Not since the days of Mo Farah, Jessica Ennis-Hill and Greg Rutherford almost a decade ago have the sounds of celebration echoed through the Olympic Park quite like this.
There was a standing ovation at the start and the end and there were deep rumbles of appreciation for the team built by David Moyes during those months of football played in empty stadiums.
There were triumphant roars to greet the goals by Pablo Fornals and Said Benrahma, and cheers for the VAR and to bid farewell to Leicester’s Ayoze Perez, sent off for a dangerous tackle in the first half.