Pep Guardiola counts these occasions towards his trophy haul at Manchester City. He can see little difference between this and the Spanish Super Cup.
That spoke to the glum faces among his team, the consoling of Nathan Ake after gifting Leicester a decisive late penalty.
City want silverware. Community Shield or Champions League. As he stared at Kasper Schmeichel's trophy lift, Guardiola did however realise there are wider concerns ahead of the title defence.
Pep Guardiola was left disappointed after his Manchester City side missed out on silverware
The whole squad, bar the isolating Aymeric Laporte, are only back together for the first time on Monday.