Chelsea defended like demons to snuff out Manchester City but this was a perfectly calibrated triumph, built upon a structured attacking approach, choosing the right moments to transition, and illuminated by the smoothness of Havertz’s technique.

After such leave-takings, especially where something like a revelation takes place, there sometimes supervenes, I'm told, a sort of excitement before the chill and ache of separation sets in.

It's a ottomobile. . . . It's a second-hand tin Lizzie, said Walter. D'you know what that means? It means a flivver.

In so doing I have followed the generally accepted practice, and have 'truthened' them up a little.