At the final whistle Pep Guardiola carried the air of a man who was perfectly accustomed to these kind of occasions. He embraced his staff, he clasped the hand of the losing manager, Arsène Wenger, and then he made his way on to the pitch calmly to congratulate the players who had given him the first trophy of his Manchester City years.
The first of many, one assumes, even if Wigan Athletic blew a gaping hole in the theory that Guardiola’s team could win the lot this season. A treble is still on, however, and the Premier League might as well be engraved with their name, given the way City have turned the title race into a procession. Guardiola’s men will have to play better than they did here if they are to join the list of Champions League winners. Yet it was still another occasion to suspect the Abu Dhabi masterplan – target: worldwide domination – is gradually coming together.
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