Pep Guardiola turned to face Anfield's imposing Main Stand and started orchestrating the jubilant Liverpool fans. The Manchester City manager had been waving his arms in the air seconds earlier and now he was egging on the delighted home fans.
It felt like City - and Guardiola - at Anfield in microcosm and came at the end of a passage of play that probably sums up their misfortune at this stadium.
There will be plenty who still think City have a mental block when it comes to playing here in front of fans and the team selection was perhaps a little cautious to face a side so low on confidence and whose manager had declared them out of the title race after eight games.
