So they lost to Chelsea on Monday night, but three points to the Manchester City players for giving it their all at their Christmas party afterwards. It can't be easy, following a 90-minute workout, to have an intensive session with a costumier and then a 5.30am finish at a nightclub (Anaya in Mayfair) – even if it is one that boasts "energising beats". Most admired among the costumes are Owen Hargreaves as Batman, Stuart Taylor as a good old-fashioned chicken (very 1970s fancy dress) ... and the unknown Iron Man. Who is he? Post your ideas below.
There is one mystery, though: how is it that when footballers are interviewed they seem so reluctant to talk, yet here they have displayed a real enthusiasm and articulacy for fancy dress? Perhaps this could be the way forward for postmatch interviews.
An earlier version of this article mistook Iron Man for a Power Ranger.
