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As Kai Havertz showed himself yet again to be the man for the big occasion, Thomas Tuchel let rip.

After an emotionally draining week, the Chelsea boss wheeled down the touchline, both fists clenched - facing fans in the east stand - and let out a guttural scream.

He then threw both his arms up into the air repeatedly, calling on the Stamford Bridge faithful for their support.

The European Champions remain knee-deep in a nightmare - but this was a welcome glimmer of hope.

Football is obviously an irrelevance with Ukraine being bombed into oblivion by Vladimir Putin.

But in this corner of London, with Chelsea facing ruin, the players, staff and supporters found strength in adversity.

The home fans could yet find themselves back under the microscope.

Fed up of all the triumphalism from the travelling Newcastle fans, gloating that their Saudi cash had bought them a team unbeaten in 2022, fans in the Matthew Harding stand hit back with chants of “Roman Abramovich”.

Not all of them. And it didn’t last that long. Just enough to catch the eye - and the ear - around the hour mark.

They’d previously been, relatively speaking, on their best behaviour.

Perhaps they’d seen the Sunday papers