For nine minutes, it was like a starburst. The passing, the movement, the pace. Everything was in sync, an explosion of attacking football to stir the soul.
Eight days on from that basketball shootout with Monaco in the Champions League, here were Pep Guardiola's Manchester City showing how potent they can be when everything clicks together. In 540 seconds, they went from potential victims of a shock to FA quarter-finalists.
But… Unfortunately for Guardiola the eulogy for the jet-heeled attacking of his wingmen Leroy Sane and Raheem Sterling must carry a caveat. He won't like it but the locals know it and the example came in the 43rd minute.