Manchester City have been champions for more than a thousand days. They won the title back in May 2021 and on this evidence are not in the mood to relinquish it.
Of all the things about Pep Guardiola and his team, it is the appetite to keep going that is perhaps most impressive. The refusal to bask in what they have achieved. To process the disappointment of defeat on penalties by Real Madrid in the Champions League.
They saw Arsenal smash five past Chelsea on Tuesday. They saw Liverpool surrender three points in the Merseyside derby on Wednesday.