One swing of the boot. Not left, the right. One big old swing and Erling Haaland is back. Back in the goals, back manically storming towards a baying corner of the Etihad Stadium like none of this had ever happened before. Back to further lift this latest title defence.
And how they required his intervention. Manchester City had not managed a shot on target all afternoon. Everton settled in and, with 19 minutes of this left, were becoming increasingly comfortable with buying time. One man down, two men down, impatience in the stands.