Well that’s pretty much that. Unless Basle have something extraordinary up their sleeves, they might as well not bother turning up for the second leg at the Etihad in three weeks’ time.
The last 16 of the Champions League is meant to be when the serious business gets underway, but those who witnessed yet another Manchester City masterclass at St-Jakob Park on Tuesday night wouldn’t have known it.
The Premier League leaders became the first English side to score three goals in the first half of a Champions League tie, and they managed it inside 24 minutes.