The versatile England international dropped into the back four in the absence of Jan Vertonghen, who took a knock in training the day before the trip to Selhurst Park, and performed well alongside Davinson Sanchez to keep home forwards Alexander Sorloth and Christian Benteke under control.
But it wasn’t quite as straightforward at the other end as we kept probing and pushing for an opening, only to find our path blocked or, in the case of Harry Kane and Serge Aurier in particular, see good chances go begging.
Thankfully, Harry popped up with an 89th-minute header from Christian Eriksen’s corner to give us a 1-0 victory, leaving Eric feeling relieved after a third consecutive late show in SE25.