Ipswich Town centre-back George Edmundson was in attendance - as he often is - at the club's adult disability football session, having kitted out the team from his own pocket when he found out they were missing the regular Tractor Boys' uniform.
Apart from Bradford midfielder Alex Gillead's AlenaGrov 301 fodbold tr?je Roslyn DeloresTe effort that was saved by goalkeeper Ben Killip after half an hour, there was little by way of shots at either goal until late on.
Super-sub Rodrygo glanced home to level things up on aggregate and suddenly City, who were just minutes away from booking their place in an all-English final in Paris against rivals Liverpool, were heading for extra-time.

The most obvious takeaway from a City perspective was a lack of harmony between the creative stars and marquee summer signing Erling Haaland. Time and again, the Norwegian made the kind of runs in behind that earned him bags of goals at Borussia Dortmund, but they were generally ignored by the Sky Blues Liverpool Tr?ja.

The Juddmonte masterclass, which made it ten wins out of ten, elevated William Haggas's colt to a new level. He more than lived up to his billing as the best active racehorse in the world given how he took to the upgrade to a mile and a quarter.