It was the moment Jack Grealish repeated the word for emphasis that you knew how close he had skirted to the line.
The Aston Villa forward had ended his night in Middlesbrough with a bag of ice strapped tightly to his right shin, an image that caused sharp intakes of breath when it was beamed back into millions of living rooms. That, he stressed, was nothing to worry about and all was fine.
What had caused him anxiety, though, was a moment early in the 1-0 win over Austria when he received the first of what proved to be many overzealous tackles, one that left him wincing.