In the visiting dugout, Claudio Ranieri span on his heels and vented to the heavens. He had seen this script before and in the heady days of Leicester City's title push, he was usually the director of the piece. This time, however, the plot was agonising.
On the centre-circle, N'Golo Kante appeared in a flash, picking the pocket of Fulham's expensive summer signing Jean-Michel Seri and he was, by now, speedy towards the penalty area. The worst was yet to come but Ranieri knew Kante would make the right call.
The Frenchman powered on, teeing up Pedro Rodriguez,, who jinked inside Maxime Le Marchand and clinically dispatched the finish.