As Thomas Tuchel was setting off to leave the south coast on Saturday, it was put to Chelsea’s manager that he wouldn’t need to gorge on chocolate that evening.
‘Good for my diet,’ he responded and off he went with a smile, a little healthier and a lot happier than 24 hours earlier, when he had spoken about snacking his way through miserable re-runs of Wednesday’s defeat against Real Madrid.
The world looks a little brighter in those parts today, because there will always be something restorative about 6-0 wins.
What Chelsea did to Southampton was quite brilliant, and much-needed too if an improved mood is the first step to saving their Champions League campaign on Tuesday.