City had kicked off, played the ball all the way back to Ederson, passed it up the pitch and down again, booted it out of play, got it back and played it about a bit more, slowly and aimlessly.
Mbappé, momentarily down after he crashed into Ederson in almost reaching a Valverde cross, the City keeper making a superb save, got back up again and scored.
When Gvardiol had a shot blocked by Aurélien Tchouaméni soon after, it was the only time City shot in the first half and it hardly registered.
It is not just that Manchester City’s Champions League campaign is over, a Kylian Mbappé hat-trick sending Real Madrid through here; it is them.
There was a reason they had to play this round at all and a reason they will play no more; this was the team that had conceded four to PSG and Sporting, three to Feyenoord, how could they not be beaten by Madrid?
