The selfies and scores settled behind Man City finally winning the Champions League

Kevin De Bruyne had turned out of trouble all evening but he had finally been caught.

Another Champions League night, another sight of Manchester City's most creative player being smashed into as he struggled to keep his balance. Only this time it wasn't an opposition player but City's hulking chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak, who simply could not contain his happiness as he bounded down a tunnel at the Allianz Arena and spotted De Bruyne doing a post-match interview.

Al Mubarak was part of a delegation of City suits in Munich that night who felt the need to mark the occasion as City not only made a European semi-final for the third straight year but did it by beating one of the biggest powers in world football. The chairman joined Pep Guardiola on the turf in an emptied stadium along with Txiki Begiristain and other executives to take a triumphant selfie: City had come to the home of one of their biggest rivals, and they had conquered.

It was the besting of Bayern that convinced everyone at the club that they could really win the Champions League, showing the progress made from previous months when the team was flapping about struggling to find consistency in their level. It had only been one round ago where Guardiola had marched onto the pitch at full-time in Germany to tell his players to hold their heads up high after a 1-1 draw in Leipzig where they had been second-best for large parts.

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"People expect we are going to win 5-0, that's not a reality," the manager said afterwards. "It is past the group stage in a very competitive competition and many important teams around."

The score in the return leg? 7-0

That night at the Etihad was a