Unconventionally, Manchester City's players got the tram to the bus. Well, three open-top buses. And there were three more with roofs close by, because the thunderstorms coming our way seemed particularly nasty.
City have spent the last 15 years ripping through the traditional elite like a tornado and, once they reached the Treble summit, a different sort of storm threatened to blow them over while surveying the path trodden. Thankfully, it didn't.
But first, the tram. A metro from Velopark across to Deansgate is not exactly a glamorous route – especially after a few beers and an Ibiza hangover.