The rally was not enough but West Brom, deep in chaos with Alan Pardew's future hanging in the balance even before the infamous Barcelona taxi heist of 2018, at least showed they still care.
Southampton's door was thumped, their crossbar struck, their goal guarded heroically. Pardew deserved a replay and pointed to a gutsy second-half performance. He will do similar if asked to explain an eighth defeat in charge by owner Guochuan Lai.
There are definitely things to take from this into the Premier League. The crowd was frenzied, the players pumped up. Unusually so and maybe the jaunt to Spain, however embarrassing and whatever the legal ramifications, can galvanise a team seven points adrift at the division's foot.