When Larry David won his Emmy for writing Seinfeld, he took to the stage and waited for the applause to die down. ‘Well, this is all well and good,’ he said. ‘But I’m still bald.’
It was a bit like that for Manchester City on Thursday night; 3-0 up against Liverpool at half-time was all well and good, so was 4-0 when the final whistle went — but they were still 20 points adrift.
That is the question for Pep Guardiola and his players this summer, presuming they all remain. How to make up seven wins, give or take, on the most dominant champions in English football history?