Barney Ronay: Manchester City’s title is a triumph of class and refinement on the hoof

Look beyond the wealth and admire the solutions found by Pep Guardiola and his team in this draining, bubble-bound season

Pep Guardiola: Led his side to another Premier League triumph

Was it ever in doubt? Funnily enough, the answer to this question is yes. Such has been the serene, high-spec nature of Manchester City’s passage through the second half of the season it is easy to forget that the drive towards a third Premier League title in four years contained its own wrong turns, crunched gears and a sustained period of meandering in the doldrums.

Even the moment of triumph, Leicester’s victory at Old Trafford, following a careless defeat to Chelsea for a second-string City team, suggests a club easing through this series of weekly engagements with its biggest weapons safely holstered.