With a couple of minutes to go at an increasingly lively Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Jack Grealish stretched out a tired leg and brought Lucas Moura to the ground.
Cue some pushing and shoving, a yellow card for Grealish and further proof for the 25-year-old that his summer of overwhelming love with England is already a distant memory.
Grealish, Manchester City’s £100m record signing, had seen this coming. Back in the hot and heady days of June, he had laughed while at Euro 2020 about how strange it was to feel the weight of the country behind him.