Pep Guardiola has said it himself. Nothing in Manchester City’s present or future will match the drama of Sergio Aguero’s title-winning goal of May 2012.
Even when replayed almost six years on, there is still something about that strike in added time against QPR that is utterly spellbinding.
So the title clinched by Guardiola and his players by virtue of a rainy Manchester United defeat at home by West Bromwich on Sunday feels different already. It has seemed inevitable, if not from the very start of the season, then certainly from the onset of winter.