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After Halliday's departure, Kerr was rewarded for her patience as she thumped back-to-back boundaries off Nonkululeko Mlaba in the penultimate over, before Ayabonga Khaka's horror final over conceded 16 - including the game's only six from Green - to put New Zealand firmly in the driving seat.

The screams of delight from the Arsenal analysts at the back of the press box when Gabriel thumped a towering header past Guglielmo Vicario in the 64th minute to give Mikel Arteta's side a crucial 1-0 victory - their third in succession at Spurs - underlined a decisive difference between the two sides.

He has won two trophies in two years but let's not kid ourselves that they are the United of old - they were thumped by Crystal Palace towards the end of last season and had some embarrassing results, so there is lots to improve on for them to even get close to the top four.

Walz looked as taken aback as anyone while he was on his stroll to the dais alongside Harris as Beyoncé’s “Freedom” thumped over the loudspeakers.

Two years ago, they thumped Sweden 4-0 to book their place in the Euro 2022 final having played free-flowing and exciting football - the infamous Alessia Russo backheel goal topping it off.