Forget football cliches, Tottenham Hotspur are entering Hollywood trope territory in the aftermath of Harry Kane's recent injury.
The striker's challenge with Sunderland's Papy Djilobodji could be viewed as a Sliding Doors moment, a "what if?" question where his not getting hurt leaves the north Londoners not having to get by without him.
Or, more pertinently given the actual outcome (and for those of you more into your science fiction than romantic comedies), how about the "If-Then-Else" episode of the recently concluded television series Person of Interest, in which various outcomes for the show's heroes in a desperate situation are seen via the evaluations of the protagonist's artificial intelligence.