So as last evening’s match result continues to sink in a thought has been bubbling on the edge of my mind................would anybody trade a third league title in four years and the fourth consecutive League Cup win for winning the Champions League alone this season?
In the bigger picture as the pain of yesterday begins to receded and we take a view of the last few years under Guardiola:-
2017/18 - two trophies
2018/19 - all three domestic trophies
2019/20 - one trophy
2020/21 - two trophies
This is the sort of domestic dominance we have sought for decades - most of my lifetime in fact - and it forms the foundation for the long term future success of the club. I know Sheik Mansour has eyes on the Champions League as the ‘Jewel in the Crown‘ and he will have been disappointed at the outcome, but he will also have seen real progress but we also know that the Overall plan for MCFC involves the sort of consistent long term challenge and dominance that we are seeing emerge. Add those outcomes above to the two previous PL titles, two league Cups and the FA Cup in 2011 (plus FA Cup Final in 2013) and, as ex-CEO Gary Cook would say........the trajectory of results is in the right direction.