Chelsea were a goal up when the first chorus of 'Antonio' went up from 3,800 away supporters behind Willy Caballero's goal.
Antonio Conte was too worked up to notice, flexing and twisting in his technical area with his coat unzipped and whistling around in the wind.
The Italian went through his full repertoire of pitch-side gesticulations and he brought a roar of amusement when he ordered Ross Barkley to heel like Barbara Woodhouse when it was time for him to replace Willian.
He was so close to Wembley and more silverware, something tangible to support his pre-match claims that this was already a 'successful season'.