Wheels up once Joao Neves was hurdling the advertising hoardings wearing an astonished look of somebody who had not only completed Paris Saint-Germain’s dramatic comeback but located himself six yards of space from a routine set play.
Unforgivably all alone, 78 minutes into a crucial Champions League tie. Manchester City were not recovering from that, not in their fragile state at the febrile Parc des Princes, and were described as having sullenly traipsed over to their aircraft to whisk them straight home.
City usually stay overnight after European away fixtures – a steam, sauna, swimming pool in the morning – but decided against it for Paris, largely down to the short flight time.