Pep Guardiola tipped a bottle of water over his head. Even though the attire, all black, will have added to the heat, it really wasn’t hot enough for such drastic measures.
The cold shower can only have been to keep him alert. To wake him up. Manchester City were just not there, drowsy on the south coast, not the team that had started to crank performances up as their manager found new ways to attack teams at the end of a year that he’s admitted has been the most challenging of his career.
Champions League qualification could have been all but done in Southampton.