He sprinted down the touchline like he was Jose Mourinho in 2004, he switched his tactics around like he was Pep Guardiola, and the away fans serenaded him as if he was a club legend who had guided them to European football.
And who knows, maybe he might. Roberto De Zerbi is building quite an affinity with Brighton fans after little over a month in the job and, after making Chelsea look like relegation fodder and playing Wolves off the park here, the sky's the limit for the Seagulls.
They raced into an early lead, were pegged back against the run of play and then went behind via a dubious penalty - but fought back with an 83rd-minute winner which was richly deserved.