Too professional to sit one out, too tough to beat, too hot to stop. If this is the end of Marc Guehi’s relationship with Crystal Palace, then presumably Aston Villa must wish all farewells could be enacted so fondly.
We will get to Unai Emery’s awkward love triangle with Emiliano Martinez and Manchester United in a moment. But first we go to Guehi, who demonstrated on Sunday night why he will be remembered with such enthusiasm at Palace if Liverpool pull off his signing.