For good or bad, there was a spell when audiences in Aberdeen simply couldn’t take their eyes off Alfredo Morelos as the Colombian commanded centre stage in the north east.
Be it the Pittodrie pantomime villain or the blunt force battering ram Rangers relied on to smash through the Granite City defences, the Ibrox striker knew exactly how to attract the spotlight.
Whether he was playing the role of the match-winning hero for the visitors or the baddie locals loved to boo on his way for an early bath, Morelos’ appearances in front of the Red Army were always box office affairs.
So how strange, sad even, it was to see Gers’ one-time leading man effectively reduced to a slot in the background supporting cast on Sunday as Aberdeen snatched their moment in the limelight.