Before a game, Declan Rice sometimes eats four pancakes covered in honey or syrup.
The way he had Madrid rooted to the spot in shock at the Emirates, you'd think he had sprinkled some of that glaze on their boots. For a moment, Kylian Mbappe was a as statuesque as his Madame Tussauds exhibit.
There was a time, back in primary school, when kids would shout 'bend it like Beckham!' and subsequently hit the most underwhelming free-kick you had ever seen.
Now Rice will be the next footballing star to have playgrounds across the country in thrall as boys and girls try to imitate what he did against Real Madrid.