United's players, substitutes and coaches celebrated wildly — to say nothing of their supporters, perched high up in the stands — but their lead was terribly short-lived.

Then he celebrated wildly, like a player in need of a manager to remind him that a semi-final was just that, a semi-final.

Hundreds of fans who had kept a vigil outside the court celebrated wildly.

He celebrated wildly and took his leave soon afterwards.

Then came that denouement and a support who had been braced for a point were suddenly celebrating wildly.