Manchester City is 1/3 on to win a second domestic cup competition of the season after coming from behind to beat Swansea in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup as rivals Man Utd lost away at Wolves.

When Ole Gunnar Solksjaer got the call to don his cape and fly to Manchester, he would have slipped into bed that night dreaming of the computations required to make his visit a permanent one.

A top-four finish and the FA Cup must have ranked highly, and after such an excellent start to his “will they/won’t they” United managerial career, it looks like those dreams have been eaten alive.

Last week’s 2-0 defeat at Arsenal means United’s chances of making the Champions League cut is no longer in their own feet. Sure, they can qualify by winning the thing, but a Lionel Messi inspired Barcelona are a formidable impediment.