Every moment of "The Arbalest" is alive with an electric charge of immediacy, with the energy of Pinney's creative presence.
That's what I mean by the Arabs being finished – not as a people, but as a creative presence".
The 23-year-old soon got back to his feet, however, and showed why he developed a reputation for being an energetic and creative presence during his four and a half years in the Bundesliga.
The Austrian has been a driving, creative presence from a wide-left position, with six of the seven goals he has scored this season coming against Tottenham, Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United and Everton.
United's creative presence was blunted by the lack of spark shown by Gary Mackay-Steven who, to be fair, had been subjected to some rather heavy treatment before being withdrawn after 68 minutes.
And Wesley Sneijder, another Dutch player who, like Arjen Robben, was deemed surplus at Real Madrid last summer, was far and away the most creative presence on either side.
Admittedly, if he was an ordinary mortal, you wouldn't give two hoots, but Eno is one of the most consistently diverting creative presences in Britain: godfather of ambient music, visual artist, Prospect magazine columnist, one-time bemulletted techno-whizz at Roxy Music's keyboards, and the record producer who made U2, Talking Heads, David Bowie and even Coldplay sound so compelling.
Alongside Riyad Mahrez, Özil has been the season's most notable creative attacking presence, a player who, like his opposite number here, David Silva, has learnt to cope with the concussive speed of the Premier League and accept its corollary, the pockets of space to find the telling pass.
Either side of which, in a match that saw Manchester United's best player, Anthony Martial, lassoed to the left wing, and City's most creative central presence, Kevin De Bruyne, also shunted wide, this was 90 minutes of almost-football, of football-related product.
A self-taught welder, carpenter, set designer and explosives expert, Vercoutere was a creative, unruffled presence on the set of "The Exorcist," said Owen Roizman, the film's Oscar-nominated cinematographer.
Plibersek also laid down some markers about a broader approach to foreign policy, suggesting Australia could be "a better international citizen, a more active player in our region and a more creative, more confident presence on the world stage".
