Leicester 0-2 Man City: Gabriel Jesus and KevinDe Bruyne strike as leaders record 10th straight win

The goals were celebrated with the cool air of a side who had arrived with a point to prove and pride to restore against opponents who made no secret of how surprisingly elementary it had been putting four goals past them in the depths of last winter.

It was a different story this time: another contribution to the gathering narrative of Manchester City looking to be a side without equal. The nine-point lead at the top does not tell the full story.

Fully 45 before the game began, Pep Guardiola was sitting in his dug-out in an empty stadium, glancing at the team sheets. Reasons for such contemplation include the catastrophe that befell him here a little less than a year ago, when they were lucky to escape with a 4-2 defeat. The exploitation of their high defensive line that day was a career low and certainly the nadir of his year and a half at City's helm.