Jack Wilshere was 14 minutes away from playing his first full 90 in two years when the fourth official held up his electronic board and the midfielder's number 32 flashed up.
Dan Gosling's four was alongside it and Wilshere jogged off having been instrumental in Bournemouth ending Everton's unbeaten run in the Premier League.
He did not score the match-winning goal — that went to Junior Stanislas with a 20-yard strike — but he came close, seeing a first-time shot deflected on to the crossbar when Seamus Coleman slid in. And in his favoured No 10 role Wilshere controlled much of the game and still put himself about as much as any defensive midfielder.