At the ground where Christian Pulisic ignited his Chelsea career in October 2019, the American rekindled the excitement over the Blues splashing nearly £60m on his talent three years ago.
On that Autumn night in Lancashire when the American completed the perfect hat-trick with a left-foot, right-foot and header to claim the match-ball, a star was supposed to be born.
By the end of that season, you could argue it had been based on an incredible run of form to end the 2019/20 season.