As Pep Guardiola celebrated a victory by speaking about the intricacies of substitutions, his players were much more guided by emotion. They could be heard in the room next to the Chelsea media area, banging the walls and singing the names of various players. “Johnny Stones”, to the tune of “Daddy Cool”, was especially popular.
If it was much more mundane than, say, Argentina’s celebrations throughout the World Cup, it still sounded like more than the usual response to such a result.
