Why Man City players should celebrate as much as they like despite rivals' demands to cower in shame for the 'sin' of winning a match - and how they're turning abuse into fuel

Antoine Semenyo has put his journey to the top of European football down to journaling. Scribbling stuff down, manifesting every goal and target since the age of 14. It’s safe to say that the circumstances around the past fortnight will not have made it into those notebooks. Semenyo and his Manchester City team-mates didn’t account for this. It’s beyond their wildest nightmares, chastised as cheats for crimes committed before their time. Semenyo was eight years old when Sheikh Mansour completed his takeover. There has been a prevailing wind of anger blowing towards these players since Sunday.