City held firm and even threatened to retake the lead when Adam Johnson tested De Gea, but it was United who laid down the marker for the forthcoming Premier League campaign, beginning the defence of their title by collecting more silverware.

A foul out was recorded on the scorecard.

Cot and caught are homophonous in some American accents, as are there and they're.

There were quatrains and broken verses and entire poems. There were padas that she had started and scratched out.