Another season when Manchester City finish the year as group winners in this competition. Six in a row now.
That is what Pep Guardiola will talk about. Avoiding the elite, notably Bayern Munich and probably Real Madrid, in the last 16 when that comes around in February.
Yet equally, he cannot be overly enthusiastic with what he is witnessing generally at the moment. Despite largely positive results, not all of their recent performances have been particularly glittering – and that is when Guardiola is at his most critical.
City might have been significantly better as the game wore on during the Tuesday night clash but were earlier close to being punished by Dortmund.