With 20 minutes gone at Craven Cottage, and with Fulham yet to muster anything even the most creative observer could describe as an attack, Ilkay Gündogan scored a thrillingly explosive goal to draw any real sense of sting from this final-day stroll in the south-west London sun.
Manchester City had spent the game to that point applying a fug of slow-burn possession. The goal came from a first note of urgency, Matheus Nunes surging down the right, found by a flick from Omar Marmoush.
