“I’m so pleased that we won the game,” explained president Rocco Commisso after the victory over Como on Sunday. “What a wonderful birthday present for me ahead of tomorrow. I’d like to thank everyone: the team, the coach, the club officials and all our fans, who really helped us out once again today.

“We’re taking it game by game. We have a Europa Conference League fixture on Thursday, so we mustn’t let up. Let’s keep going together.”