As the West Ham players celebrated in one corner of Old Trafford, Mark Noble emerged from the pack and blew their fans a big kiss. He lapped up the applause for as long as he could and then turned to hug his teammates one by one.
Who can blame him?
Only three days earlier, Noble had been the fall guy. The substitute summoned off the bench at the London Stadium specifically to take an injury-time penalty that was saved by David de Gea after Jesse Lingard scored what proved to be the winning goal for Manchester United.