New Order and Acid House

Listening to "Faces and Phases" a few years ago, by Kevin Saunderson (detroit tecno musician - responsible for Inner City, Reese and Santonio etc), there is a track by one of his alter-egos - Kreem- recorded in 1988. It is called Triangle of Love, and sounds remarkably like NO. In interviews with many musicians and DJs from that period, most cite NO as being huge influences on them. Everyone knows the Paradise Garage connections of NO, but I wondered how significant a role NO played in the development of the Acid house scene in the UK, particularly at the time of technique etc.