Having long threatened to break into English football's upper echelons, Brendan Rodgers and Leicester City appeared to finally blow the door down on a wet Wembley afternoon last May.
A gritty 1-0 win over Chelsea in the FA Cup final, with a thunderous Youri Tielemans strike separating the two sides, felt like the beginnings of an era at the top table with the Foxes rubbing shoulders with their financially-stronger rivals.
Yet the Foxes have made an uncharacteristically slow start to the 2021-22 campaign, much to the bemusement of supporters and onlookers alike.