Manchester City have never looked more ominous than Wednesday night. Swatting aside with ease Real Madrid felt like a new landmark for not only Pep Guardiola but for European football. Making the task of dethroning the reigning holders Los Blancos look as simple as a cup tie against a Championship minow.
Can it get any better than this? Their Premier League rivals will be hoping not as they now charge towards a likely treble which could be sealed within the next three weeks.
The threat is very real that this is only the next chapter of City's dominance. A win against Chelsea on Sunday will secure a fifth title in six years. Incomprehensibly, it was Nathan Jones' Southampton that stopped the talk of a quadruple with a rare win in the Carabao Cup in December.
