For a moment, it was if everything was joyful again for Richarlison.
Mohammed Kudus’ cross came in from the right, and in an instant, Tottenham’s Brazilian striker swung his right boot and fired.
It was the opening day against Burnley, Richarlison’s second goal of the game, and the comparison to a happier time was clear.
Two and a half years previously, he had scored a strikingly similar goal for Brazil at the Qatar World Cup against Serbia, again as part of a brace.
This time, his acrobatics brought him back into the Brazil fold, and naturally the sights are already turning to something bigger.