The main screen in Carrington's analysis room sat frozen on Mauro Icardi standing between two center-backs inside the penalty area.
His body was turned away from goal.
His eyes were already looking over his shoulder toward the space behind the nearest defender.
Wilfried Zaha's image waited in the next clip queue.
Lucas Torreira, Dries Mertens, Sacha Boey, and Fernando Muslera sat listed on the tactical sheet beside the screen.
Demien filed in with the other players after the 5–2 win over Palace, his legs registering the ninety minutes the moment he lowered himself into the chair.
The satisfaction from two goals and three assists still showed, though, in the grin he traded with Højlund and Bruno before Ten Hag dimmed the lights.
Nobody got to spend long celebrating Palace.
Ten Hag pressed the remote and played Icardi's movement immediately.
