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It was, one excitable fan commented, "like The Avengers for gay people".

One moment stood out - when he crouched down to excitably stress a point to substitute Boubacar Kamara as he was coming on.

At the heart of it all was Guardiola - excitable, animated and showing with every action just how important the FA Cup is to him and Manchester City.

There are no gilded gates here, but there is one heck of a party, complete with serenading busts, ballroom dancers, excitable opera singers, drunken buffoonery and portraits locked in an endless duel.

The artist would return to the club several times to create new worlds, with a revolving door of excitable 11 to 16 year olds – oblivious to who the artist would eventually become.