It was not a goal that clinched a title, or secured a trophy, and it was not a victory that was needed, not a win that changed very much at all.
On the surface, when Gabriel Jesus scored in injury time against Southampton on the final day of last season, it was just another goal, just another win. Manchester City had scored 106 times over the previous 10 months; on the way to the Premier League title, Pep Guardiola’s team had won 32 of 38 games.
The championship had been wrapped up weeks earlier, and the route for the next day’s open-top bus parade around Manchester had already been planned.