Daniel Storey: A forgettable season, but Man City are worthy winners

Stuck at home, we were not in a position to demand constant peaks of entertainment and aesthetic wonder. We did at least have rightful champions.

Pep Guardiola leads the Manchester City title celebrations at the Etihad Stadium following their 5-0 win against Everton. Picture: Michael Regan/Getty Images

A forgettable season, but a worthy winner

This was always likely to be a season to struggle through rather than delight us. It contained a litany of unusual or unique circumstances: A shortened preseason after a relentless end to the last campaign, an equally busy schedule this season that made fatigue inevitable, a major tournament summer, an entire season without the full complement of match-going supporters, a lack of jeopardy in the final weeks — only the European places were left undecided, several teams almost always having games in hand.