The Brazilian just does this with the minimum of fuss
Understandably, all the talk last night was about the Mario Balotelli penalty and the reaction to his decision to take it by Steven Gerrard in the ITV studios.
With that in mind, this superb touch by Phillipe Coutinho may have gone unnoticed. The Brazilian evades a would be Besiktas tackler with the sort of subtle nutmeg that would make a football purist weep.
Sorry, we think there is something in our eye.