For Bayern Munich and Harry Kane, the margins of the bigger picture extend some distance down the road. All the way to hopes of a Champions League final at Wembley next June.
This was a night that mattered to the German team only in terms of pride and self-image, neither of which are insignificant in Bavaria. Stretching a run of unbeaten group stage games to 40 was clearly important to them.
Bayern are champions of Germany and despite some recent problems – they lost 5-1 at Frankfurt at the weekend – can expect to be so again by next summer.