They paced their innings perfectly, picking off the bad balls throughout and accelerating through the second half of the innings.
This was a night not only of reclamation but of redemption, for it was everything that the Haye-Harrison farce wasn't, full of passion and perfectly picked punches from Froch.
Gündogan shot wastefully high when trying to emulate De Bruyne's super goal at Leicester last weekend, Agüero headed uncharacteristically wide when perfectly picked out by De Bruyne's cross, and most glaringly of all Bernardo Silva could only manage what amounted to a back pass to Jones when Sterling gave him a clear close-range opportunity.
"Troughton's innings was almost chanceless, perfectly picking the bad balls to score off.
He side-footed the first wide from the penalty spot after controlling the ball on his chest and then headed straight at Guzan when perfectly picked out by McAnuff's cross.
For example, my grandfather, who belongs to Hendricks's generation, has a perfectly picked afro that recalls the painter's 1969 self-portrait, Icon for My Man Superman (Superman never saved any black people — Bobby Seale).
And hey, if you can think of better escape methods than the following hour of perfectly picked disco, then you need to let the rest of the world know ASAP.
No society can perfectly cherry-pick the immigrants it needs and have them fit neatly into all the open slots in its economy, like pegs in a hole.
For one, they've played from behind a few times this year and have an offense that is perfectly structured to pick apart prevent-style defenses.
In the end, though, it matters not: rules is rules and Stuart Lancaster is perfectly entitled to pick Joubert if he wishes.
