Tottenham Hotspur have only gone and won back-to-back games in the Premier League.
There's no question that Aston Villa were abject at Villa Park, careless and slow and ponderous. Unai Emery fielded a weakened team ahead of the Europa League semi-final tie on Thursday, but Spurs won't care a jot for that.
Roberto De Zerbi has had a significant effect on this Spurs side, who have leapt out of the relegation zone ahead of next weekend's home contest against Leeds United.
Supporters are starting to believe, and the players are too, with many producing strong performances at Villa Park.
Spurs' best players vs Aston Villa
Tottenham have finally started to climb up toward safety. The relegation battle is still thick, but this team has new life, with Joao Palhinha now joined by many of his peers in actually playing well for the London side.
When Spurs replaced Igor Tudor with De Zerbi last month, they had not won in the Premier League since December. Confidence was papery thin, but mentality can change much, and the Londoners are benefiting from a change in system and leadership.
Defensively, they were steely; Villa only created 0.31 xG across the evening.
Expected Goals (xG) is a metric designed to measure the probability of a shot resulting in a goal.
In attack, too, this was a much sharper display, Richarlison getting on the scoresheet and Mathys Tel playing well on the left.
However, one player stood out above all others for Tottenham, playing like prime Mousa Dembele in this relegation-threatened squad.
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Dembele was the ultimate controller in midfield for Tottenham, energetic and intelligent. He set the pace, and now, it looks like Conor Gallagher is finally growing into a similar role in De Zerbi's Tottenham team.
It's been tough for the 26-year-old this season, joining Spurs from Atletico Madrid for £35m in January. However, he is growing into his skin now, when his team need him most.
Look, Gallagher has got a long way to go before he can be considered in the same vein as Dembele, who was monstrous in the middle for Mauricio Pochettino's Tottenham, but he is starting to play with gusto and confidence, happy to influence.
The England international works his socks off, and while his goal was sublime, it was the cherry on top of a consumnate midfield performance, winning four duels, two tackles and taking only two unsuccessful touches.
That is a remarkable level of control on the ball. What's more, Gallagher played with intelligence, picking out correct passes and tying the thirds together.
Synergy and togetherness have been sorely lacking at Tottenham this season, but now, at the season's critical juncture, a page might have been turned, with Gallagher happy to star at the heart of the project with so many of his teammates sidelined.
De Zerbi made the point in his post-match interview that an on-point Gallagher is akin to playing with 12 men, for he covers so much ground and impacts numerous different phases of play, both in the build-up and during deeper defensive sequences.
Tottenham still have a long way to go, but they are finally out of the bottom three after what felt like an interminable amount of time.
Gallagher has had his detractors in a Tottenham shirt, but now, he is the main man in the middle of the park, controlling and dictating in a way that is not all that dissimilar to Dembele in his prime.