Manchester City cruised to the Premier League title in scintillating style this season, smashing several impressive records in the process.
When Pep Guardiola was officially appointed in the summer of 2016, almost everyone knew exactly how the former Barcelona boss was going to get his City side playing.
After trophy-littered seasons in Spain and then with Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, tiki-taka football was coming to the Etihad.
The brutal axing of stalwart Joe Hart almost immediately showed Guardiola’s intent on playing out from the back.