For Josko Gvardiol, the best of years was the worst of years.
He was driven to sleepless nights by Manchester City’s failings, even as they also gave him many an evening off. The Croatian joined a team who had just won the Champions League. When he won City’s player-of-the-season prize, however, it was for a campaign when City exited the competition before Lille and Club Brugge, PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord. They had come 22nd in the group stage, on course for elimination then with 45 minutes of it with remaining. They did not even make the last 16.
