It’s going to be a blue Christmas

There was a sense of Christmases past, present, and future coming into focus as Manchester City played Leicester City in the League Cup this week, says Liam Mackey.

Just the sight of the home side playing in front of a noisy King Power Stadium brought to mind Christmas past and luminous memories of that miracle season of 2015/16 which ended with the 5000-1 outsiders crowned Premier League champions.

Christmas present was represented by the opposition albeit that, on the night, they came across a bit like a tribute band.