Second half of last season was also about riding the crest of a wave. Odegaard was in the form of his life, Havertz made it look like he was the number 9 we needed, Trossard stepped up and so did many others. The defence was also imperious and not making the mistakes we’ve seen this season.

But football isn’t linear and just because something happened before doesn’t mean it’s going to happen again. It’s all gone very stale and you can’t help but feel the window of opportunity we had is about to close if it hasn’t already.