The sign in the home end at Ibrox was designed as a dig at their Liverpool counterparts on Wednesday night but it was one that spectacularly missed its mark.
'We Don't Go Walking Away' read the particular banner in question in an effort from Rangers supporters to apparently stir up the tension by taking aim at their visitors' You'll Never Walk Alone ethos.
It took just six minutes and 12 seconds for Mohamed Salah to disprove the theory of the Glasgow natives, however, as the Reds racked up the biggest win from an English side against a Scottish one with a 7-1 triumph.
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What was slightly more accurate from the Rangers' fans was the flag that was simply labelled 'Royalty' at Ibrox because it was the Liverpool supporters who were serenading Salah with their familiar 'Egyptian King' refrain.
It's a famous terrace anthem that has been conspicuous mainly by its absence so far this season, but one that could now be heard with increasing regularity if Salah's stunning hat-trick is the catalyst that returns him to the sort of levels that have made him a bona-fide superstar of the game.
After Darwin Nunez had made it 3-1 on the night with his last touch of the game, Salah made short work of his hosts, dispatching the quickest hat-trick ever scored in the Champions League.
In stark contrast to the boasts about refusing to walk away, Salah's first was the cue for scores of Rangers fans to head for the nearest Ibrox exit. His second only increased the numbers for the mass exodus. And by the time his third was curled home in trademark style, there was barely anyone left in royal blue to lament a scoreline that would eventually equal their heaviest ever defeat, thanks to Harvey Elliott's seventh late on.
Salah's treble takes him past Sergio Aguero and Didier Drogba and makes him the top scorer for an English side in the Champions League with 38. It was typical of the Reds' No.11 that he would break two records in one fell swoop.
"That's what he can do!" Andy Robertson said after the game. "You give Mo chances and he will score goals. So that will give him loads of confidence from that. He's a fantastic, unbelievable player. Obviously he came on and wanted to get his name on the scoresheet. Luckily he's managed to get three. Hopefully that will give him confidence and hopefully there's a lot more goals to come from him.
What was instructive was the fact that all three goals came from relatively central positions inside the penalty area. It's become a perplexing subplot of the season at Liverpool watching Salah operate from increasingly wider parts of the pitch, further and further away from the goal where he can wreak so much havoc.
The ongoing adaptation of £64m Darwin Nunez has had an impact on that but it seems strange that Klopp would knowingly forsake the virtually guaranteed return from Salah in order to try and facilitate the potential one from the Uruguayan. In a perfect world, the pair can co-exist in the attacking system.
If the investment made in Nunez - a player who could become a club-record purchase at £85m - means adjustments and allowances must be made to ensure he reaches his potential, the same can also be argued of Salah given that his huge new contract makes him the highest-paid player ever to turn out for the Reds.
It's not a simple case of either-or where Nunez and Salah are concerned up top for Liverpool, but how Klopp can get the maximum from both while playing in the same lineup is something for the manager and his staff to analyse in greater detail going forward.
"All the effort is paying off," said Klopp in his post-match press conference when asked about Salah. "We all know when it is running for Mo he is exceptional, absolutely exceptional. Obviously it was a different position for him tonight, coming on [for Nunez]. I hope everything works for him from now on, like I hope it does for us!"
A return to peak levels for Salah will surely mean Liverpool will be able to navigate their way out of the foggy maze they find themselves lurching around in the Premier League just now. And of all the signs on display at Ibrox, there was plenty on the pitch to suggest Salah is about to do just that.
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