Not to say Saturday felt unusual for Erling Haaland, but he forgot to take the armband with him. Captain for the afternoon, only to leave the attire back in his locker.
Haaland swapped his shirt at half-time, bathed in sweat after jostling with Fabian Schar and Dan Burn, and did so without realising the band needed replacing too. It meant Manchester City went out for the second half without a visible skipper.
He might have led Norway before in the absence of Martin Odegaard, yet the weekend did come as a new experience for a man alleged to be a robotic goalscorer who offers precious little else to Pep Guardiola.