The blue-shirted player stopped the ball dead on the edge of the box then completely threw his marker with a deft drag-back and spin.
He then chopped inside another defender to work space to shoot. Only the finish was lacking, a left-footed strike that rolled just wide of the far post.
You had to blink to realise the twinkle-toed Chelsea player was Marcos Alonso and not one of the attackers.
This moment, as Chelsea pushed for a killer second goal against Zenit St Petersburg this week, neatly summed up the Spaniard's fresh lease of life at Stamford Bridge.