Pep Guardiola extoled the virtues of the tortoise not the hare on the eve of his big day, one that ended with Manchester City's latest tradition of a weekly lap of honour.
Basically that no Premier League title is won in November, of which his assertion is correct. And that generally, winners rise through the season. That they are slow and steady, peak far later. He's not wrong about that either, City the main case study for it across his 550 matches on this isle.