The goal was the three points, of course. Yet on the 59th minute at Goodison Park yesterday, there was a moment that believers in fate will have seen as every bit as important.
Mason Mount took a shot from just inside the penalty area. It had Jordan Pickford beaten but struck the inside of the left post. Then it spun at a right angle scuttled across the goal line, and struck the right post too. Cesar Azpilicueta arrived a hit a thunderous follow-up shot which Pickford recovered to keep out quite brilliantly. It was surely one of the saves of the season.