Manchester City treated 2,000 of their fans to one of their most dominant performances of the season as they beat Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 in the Carabao Cup final on Sunday.
The tie was originally scheduled to be played in February but was rescheduled for April to give a small section of fans of each side, as well as 4,000 members of NHS staff, the chance to watch a game of football live.
Aymeric Laporte nodded home City's winner in the 82nd minute, despite many claiming the Frenchmen should have been shown two yellow cards in quick succession in the first half.
Defeat for Tottenham ensures 14 years would have passed by the time they get the chance to lift silverware next, making the club's decision to sack serial trophy winner Jose Mourinho from the Spurs' hot-seat less than a week before the final all the more puzzling.
In Mourinho's place, Tottenham handed the reigns to former player Ryan Mason, who became the youngest manager in Premier League history last week after he guided Spurs to a 2-1 win over Southampton in his first game in temporary charge, aged just 29.
However, his second game would prove more difficult, with Sky commentator Gary Neville claiming Mason was taught a lesson by a City side that controlled proceedings from minute one.
Neville said: "They were so dominant, Manchester City.
"You look at that Pep Guardiola cup final record, it’s absolutely sensational, but the way in which they go about it - the passing, the movement, the domination. It was a lesson for Ryan Mason, a great experience for him."
Fellow Sky pundit and ex-Tottenham midfielder Jamie Redknapp was quick to praise Manchester City's efforts, and claimed Mourinho's presence on the touchline would have had little impact on the way the final played out.
He claimed: " I think everyone will say: ‘Would Jose have a difference if he was here for this game?’, but it didn’t have a different feel to when they played at the Etihad a couple of months ago.
"There was a gulf in class then and I think it was pretty much the same. You have to be so careful because we all believe in a philosophy - you want to play out from the back, but if a team is pressing you and they get success with it and they can’t get out, there has to be a time, even as a player where you accept this isn’t working.
"Then you go to the halfway line, try to turn them and get down the sides, a little bit like Chelsea did last week."
