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One of the misconceptions about Pep Guardiola is that he’s a hard taskmaster. In reality, he has always had an appreciation of the merits of proper time off, allowing players to savour success.

So as Bernardo Silva ate some dough with a bit of cheese and tomato on top inside City’s dressing room, Rodri butchered a Queen classic with an Asahi beer in hand and Erling Haaland wandered the streets of Manchester in pyjamas, City were allowed to celebrate this third consecutive title in whichever way they saw fit.

The players had not one, but two parties on Sunday evening. The first was downstairs at the Etihad Stadium’s premium area of their hospitality suites, the Tunnel Club, and shared with club staff. The paying public in the posh bit had been vacated by 8pm and those with wristband access — family and friends, largely — kicked off the night.

Chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak made a brief appearance, congratulating staff for the first of potentially three trophies this season. Tables were full of sliders, mini-burgers, tapas and some small cakes but the free bar was more appealing as it carried on long into the evening, finishing up at around midnight — 90 minutes later than originally planned.

The vast majority of Guardiola’s squad had vacated some time beforehand, the last saying their goodbyes at just gone 10pm, because there was party No 2 waiting. That was a 10-minute car journey away, in Mnky Hse — a Latin American restaurant-turned-nightclub — just around the back of St Peter’s Square.