Son Heung-min strolled out of Turf Moor with his vivid yellow and purple boots in one plastic carrier bag and the match ball in another.
His team-mates had passed a Sharpie around the dressing room and autographed it, a collection of happy squiggles.
A smile breaking across his face, Tottenham's hat-trick hero spoke of how Ange Postecoglou has transformed the mood at the club in a matter of weeks.
'He wants us to have the ball, to dominate the game and to play as high as possible in their half of the pitch,' Son said.