It took a moment to register with Antonio Conte. Chelsea had launched a quick counterattack and suddenly opportunities were opening up but their manager would not get carried away.
He had spent the previous 66 minutes hollering and shouting, looking occasionally as if he was going to break down and cry every time a chance was missed, so when Nemanja Matic laid the ball off to Pedro Rodriguez 25 yards from Everton's goal, Conte dared not get his hopes up.
But then the little Spaniard twisted away from Phil Jagielka and unleashed a drive that screamed into the top corner of Maarten Stekelenburg's net and, suddenly, all the pressure and the emotion came pouring out.