It is the moment all magicians fear, when the audience no longer gasps. Go and play for Manchester City and you’ll soon know the feeling. Eberechi Eze, be warned.
His goal was the difference between the teams here. But you suspect it would not have made any difference had he been in City’s side, and that is no sleight on him.
The Crystal Palace midfielder scored with his fourth touch of the game in the 16th minute. In City’s colours he would have had 40 by then — and probably done very little with any of them.