Manchester City were sent tumbling out of the Champions League on Wednesday night, with Pep Guardiola and his players looking justifiably glum as they returned from Monaco on Thursday.
They headed to the principality with a two-goal advantage, but let their lead slip as they were beaten on away goals by a talented, young French side who sent them crashing out of the competition in the last 16 stage.
As they walked through Manchester Airport on Thursday the City players and staff were noticeably all dressed in black, as if to mourn their exit from the competition.