Barca’s fall a lesson for all

We wondered if Guardiola had moulded the perfect football template

It was possible to be saddened yet slightly relieved as everything unravelled for Barcelona this past week. Like an all-you-can-eat buffet shut down just as you pondered one more plateful. It might, ultimately, be for the best.

Primarily, after all the enjoyment they have given us, you felt for Pep as the jacket came off on Tuesday night and he gave himself over, for possibly the first and last time, to the undignified business of panic.