Sergio Aguero placed the ball on the spot and took a few steps back. No mistakes this time. The penalty was despatched with effortless, nerveless precision into the corner of the Burnley net and there it was.
Goal No 177 for Manchester City, level with Eric Brook’s club record that has stood for the last 78 years.
Brook’s career was cut short by a car crash that left him with a fractured skull in 1939 after 494 appearances for City.
In Aguero’s case, a road accident in Amsterdam three weeks ago merely delayed the inevitable.