The crucial moment of this match, the moment that decisively tilted the balance of the game in Tottenham Hotspur’s favour, came in the 60th minute when Harry Winks surged up the field on a fast counter and galloped as far as the halfway line, where, with a two-on-two situation looming, Oleksandr Zinchenko was forced to bring him down and take a second yellow card. Winks should never have reached Zinchenko: as he streaked away from Tottenham’s penalty area, his first touch was heavy and presented Ilkay Gündogan with the opportunity to dispossess him. But Gündogan was half a second too slow and Winks got to the ball first, leaving the German clutching at his coattails.

To judge by the statistics of the match, Gündogan was