A display oozing authority, tenacity and, above all, versatility was greatly appreciated by the home crowd, who liked what they saw of our latest loanee.
Amrabat had a late cameo at left-back at Burnley, replacing fellow loan arrival Sergio Reguilon, and was asked to fill the role again from the first whistle against Crystal Palace in the start of our Carabao Cup defence.
Before the game, boss Erik ten Hag described him as a "warrior" and said "he will play where the manager needs him".
While he may have operated in the first half as a left-back, it was an inverted role for the no.