They say the sign of true champions is winning even when you are not playing well. The same can be attributed to individuals.
Christian Eriksen's performance for Brentford against Southampton on Saturday was labelled 'average' by his own manager, the Dane far from his industrious best.
Yet even though he failed to hit the heights of some of his recent virtuoso performances, he was still at the heart of all that went right for his side against the struggling Saints.
It was his pinpoint corner that found the chest of Ivan Toney after 13 minutes, the striker able to bring the ball down and tee up Pontus Jansson for the opener.