Pep Guardiola had been saying how important Manchester City's last three games were before the international break, but it was only as they won the last of them that the reality seemed to set in: as they enter the final months of the season, they are well set to win three trophies.
Not just any three trophies either, but the big three trophies; the three trophies that have only been won in the same season once, by a Manchester United side immortalised since 1999.
Pep Guardiola will go down in the same bracket as Sir Alex Ferguson when the greatest managers in the game are listed, and here is an opportunity for the Catalan to again follow in the same footsteps.
Of course, there is a reason it has only been achieved once. Without even going into the difficulty of the cup competitions, City have a game in hand at the top of the Premier League but are now eight points behind leaders Arsenal and even if they were to push at the top of the table the Gunners are unlikely to see their lead utterly collapse before the end of the season. Also read: Five Man City players with a point to prove on international duty Perhaps the fact that City have trailed in the league for so long is why Treble talk has been so much slower in emerging at the Etihad this season.