The television camera zoomed in on David Moyes' face and there was no hiding place for the Manchester United manager.
With his team losing 2-1 to Premier League basement club Sunderland in the first leg of the League Cup, a United player under no pressure gave the ball away in midfield, passing it to an opponent.
The frustration, the helplessness and the pressure of a manager at the highest level of English football was perfectly, if savagely, illustrated, in a 10-second cameo.