There was something almost reassuringly familiar about the sight of Serbia's Strahinja Pavlovic taking out Bukayo Saka after 22 minutes of England's opening Euro 2024 group game on Sunday.
Saka had by then already made England's winning goal with a deflected cross for Jude Bellingham after racing away from Pavlovic and was giving Serbia's left-sided defender hell, turning him inside out again and again.