Jurgen Klopp may have tried to insist that Mohamed Salah's position hasn't been altered this season after his latest match on the fringes at Everton, but that assessment simply isn't passing the eye test.
Salah was largely stationed wide on the right in the goalless draw at Goodison Park, picking up less of the ball and taking up spaces that weren't as harmful to the opposition as the ones we've seem him in for the vast majority of his Liverpool career.
The result has been that Liverpool's most dangerous goalscorer hasn't been getting into the most dangerous positions, and as a result the Reds have often looked like they are finding it hard to score.
Well, Bournemouth aside obviously.
And it was in that game that we saw a change in the mindset and position of Roberto Firmino, who went from playing far too deep in the loss to Manchester United to acting like a pure No.9 against the Cherries, going as far as bagging two tap-ins in the process.
He followed that up with a fine angled finish in the comeback win over Newcastle at Anfield, after being found by creator supreme Salah.
They were the type of goals that we have seen Firmino score in his Liverpool career, once he settled down into it and stopped being played out of position by Brendan Rodgers of course, but they have become more and more rare the longer his time at Anfield has gone on.
But with Klopp and his coaches now seemingly doing all they can to integrate Darwin Nunez as a pure No.9, a 'new' role as the understudy for and occasional partner to the Uruguayan could see more and goals for Firmino.
He's already getting into the box more often than Salah, and in the second half at Goodison Park he seemed to be engaged in a one man battle with Jordan Pickford as Liverpool searched for a winning goal.
With Firmino having just one year left on his contract, and game time for Diogo Jota either in the centre of the attack or on the left to consider, Klopp will doubtless be happy to have Firmino around to share the workload and seamlessly slot into a side built around a centre-forward.
The Brazilian certainly doesn't seem to be overawed by the competition with Nunez anyway.
Speaking before the trip to Naples he said: "Nunez is a good friend and I think he'll help us a lot.
"Obviously, there's always going to be competition in every position, but we're a team and what counts is what's best for Liverpool, getting the three points and what's best for the team.
"It comes down to the coach's decision, I'm always going to give my all so I can stand the best chance of playing."
He might just have been given more chance with this shift in onus, but performances, goals and maybe a new contract could follow.
