Man City have made history by becoming the first team to win the English top flight four years in a row but the reaction from rivals fans showed it doesn't get the respect it deserves.
But what about the charges? On a cloudless day at the Etihad, the clouds were gathering over the rest of the Premier League. Manchester City have become the history boys but it's a place in the record books that comes with an asterisk next to it for some.
Not here they're not. City remain convinced they will clear their name and the supporters here trust them. So does Pep Guardiola, the real architect of the strokes of genius we see week in, week out in this most demanding of leagues. For Arsenal and their fans, for Liverpool, for Manchester United, the charges remain a tool to use to pretend this title was another to add to the list of illegitimate gongs being gathered at the Etihad.
If the Blues are blowing everyone else out of the water with their financial muscle, why did none of their Premier League rivals stump up the £15million to sign Manuel Ajanji? Or Stefan Ortega on a free transfer. "Before do you know what it was? It was the money ," said Guardiola. "For that reason why: Man United should have won all the titles. All of them. And the second, Chelsea all the titles. And the third Arsenal... all the titles. They spend as much money in the last five years as us. They should be there. They are not there.
In his final pre-match press conference before heading into the sunset Jurgen Klopp - who stands to gain more than most if the case against City is proven - played down the actual impact of the charges on the footballing success story at the Etihad. The United States Anti-Doping Agency called Armstrong's cheating “the most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping program that sport has ever seen." City's route to success clearly isn't on this scale. If anything, they have the most sophisticated, professionalised and successful football program the sport has ever seen.
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