Fifteen goals in seven days and after this latest dazzling deluge, Pep Guardiola reclined into a chair and at long last appeared at ease with his Manchester City team.
The statistics were quite spectacular. City had 28 shots in a Premier League away game. They made 637 passes to Watford's 311. Six City starters had passing accuracy beyond 90 per cent.
This was the Abu Dhabi dream, the reason City pursued Guardiola for so long. Having declared his satisfaction, Guardiola was rather philosophical as he reflected on the flaws that derailed his first season in English football.