Whatever the reason, there can be no debate about the quality, or lack of, in his miss. With three minutes left Chelsea were struggling to breach an obdurate David Moyes defence. Then Romelu Lukaku rolled away from Craig Dawson and was pulled back in the box. Michael Oliver pointed to the spot.

Stamford Bridge stood in unison with phones at the ready. A gritty game was at last, surely, going to deliver a moment worth recording and posting to social media.

Perhaps a long Var delay fazed Jorginho. His familiar mannered shuffle step technique was tweaked last year for a more conventional approach which has not altered his excellent record. Only two misses in Italy’s doomed European Championships qualifying campaign blotted his impeccable 2021, and it had been nearly 16 months since he last missed a Premier League penalty, against Arsenal on Boxing Day in 2020.