Everton's players had barely left the pitch when the phones started to buzz.
It only takes seconds for the technological whizzes to get to work and, sure enough, out into the ether of social media came an image of Sean Dyche. His face had been imposed on to the flying body of Superman, with a broad smile and a clenched fist. Here he was, swooping in at the nick of time to save the season. Standing outside Goodison Park's press room, Dyche raised a wry smile when the image was shown to him.
'My head's been put on a few of them down the years,' he chuckled.