This is what supporting Manchester City used to be like. Travelling to the other side of the country on the back of a bad run of form, more in hope than expectation.
Travelling for the day out rather than the football. If City win, even better. Pep Guardiola has completely turned the notion of 'Typical City' on its head over the last nine years.
Wins are expected. So are titles. When he says it's normal that teams lose and titles aren't guaranteed, we tend to laugh it off as Pep getting into his own head; of course they will put 10, 20 wins together at the end of the season to win another title.
Champions again, as the song goes. But this situation is one Guardiola has been warning about for years. 'One day we will stop winning', he has said on multiple occasions.
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