"If we drop points it will be over," said Pep Guardiola before Erling Haaland flopped and Man City did just that. But "it's not over...because we didn't lose".

Between the defeatist messaging of Unai Emery and the record-breaking misery of Oliver Glasner, the Man Utd manager race is thinning out.

Mikel Arteta sensed that something shifted in Arsenal with the win over Everton; their victory against Bayer Leverkusen proved it.

Arsenal are heading into the final weeks of a season with the Quadruple still possible, but they have a way to go to beat a Liverpool record.

If every player could only be used once, how deep into a selection of England XIs would Trent Alexander-Arnold reside? After Jaidon Anthony, for one.