As Manchester City try to put the shock of their Real Madrid defeat behind them and focus on the Premier League fixture against Newcastle, the inquest continues within the media.
City's players looked stunned on the Bernabeu pitch after Real's brilliant comeback on Wednesday, and photos of the players returning to Manchester appeared to show a subdued mood among the squad. No player has commented on the defeat in public or on social media in a rare squad silence from a club that usually knows the right thing to say at all times, even in defeat.
Their immediate focus will be to get the mindset in a place that can face Newcastle on Sunday in a must-win Premier League fixture. But the fall-out from Madrid will continue into the summer, and when City do delve deeper into why they lost, they may reflect on something Carlo Ancelotti said before the game.
