Another cautious Champions League team sheet in another game. Four centre-backs in a makeshift back four, four central midfielders and only one winger.
Pep Guardiola had overthought another Manchester City starting XI, and the natives were restless before a ball had even been kicked.
The footage of City's agonising European exits to Tottenham, Lyon and Chelsea playing on the big screen at 7:55pm won't have helped those nerves and was an interesting choice to whip up the crowd. But by 8:24pm those nervous fans had nothing to worry about: Guardiola's plan had worked even better than he could have imagined.
