In the week when the city's inhabitants were told to re-enter isolation, Leicester's players finally emerged from what has felt like their own post-restart lockdown.
Five games in and they now have a victory, not that the locals were able to toast this belated triumph.
While the rest of the country's pubs were allowed to re-open on Saturday morning, those in the vicinity of the King Power Stadium remained closed for business, the government having imposed a local lockdown following a spike in coronavirus cases.
Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers says his players are protected from the fresh outbreak because they remain in their 'bubble'.