Manchester City's training ground would have been a place of deep reflection in a week of Champions League quarter-finals which, for the first time in seven years, did not feature Pep Guardiola’s side.
They would have watched with envy but it was a chance for Guardiola to get his side back to boiling point because, if they don’t get their act together, they won’t be dining at European football’s top table next season.
Guardiola said after the United game that he was happiest with how well City worked off the ball.