Denis Zakaria had waited plenty of time for his Chelsea debut and will no doubt remember it for even longer.
The Swiss midfielder and the reasons for signing him were becoming something of a mystery as he continued to go unused following his deadline-day arrival.
Chelsea turned to him at the end of the transfer window in their increasingly desperate search for a central midfielder. But as he kept being overlooked, it was hard not to wonder if Chelsea had concluded they had made a mistake similar to the failed signing of Saul Niguez on the final day of the previous summer window.