For Ange Postecoglou and Tottenham, there was only one story, one mission. It was not about what happens next with the manager; that can wait. It was about grasping an opportunity that does not come around very often, about emerging from what has felt like a generation’s worth of jibes; about winning.

On a golden night for their long-suffering followers, they chased the baggage off their backs, they changed the narrative. Yet again, Postecoglou won in his second season. For the first time since 2008, Tottenham got their hands on a trophy.