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They managed to do it. Just.

Manchester City looked to be heading towards a frustrating stalemate against Leicester, where any dropped points would have left Liverpool sat atop the Premier League table with just a game to go.

However, a Vincent Kompany screamer with 20 minutes to go handed the Citizens that all important goal, and the even more significant three points.

Whilst Pep Guardiola will most likely have been pulling his hair out – if he had any, of course – at his side’s stuttering performance, he was clearly impressed with a player wearing a different shade of blue in James Maddison.

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The attacking midfielder, signed from Norwich for a fee of £20m, has enjoyed an excellent debut campaign at top-flight level for the Foxes.

Maddison has scored seven goals and recorded seven assists this term, and impressed once again at the Etihad Stadium on Monday evening.

The 22-year-old had two shots, was fouled on three occasions, and made one key pass as Brendan Rodgers’ men almost nicked a result against the reigning champions.

After Mike Dean had blown the whistle for full-time, Guardiola wasted no time in putting his arm around the Englishman, with a beaming smile on his face as if he was congratulating Maddison on his wonderful individual showing.

Of course, we’ve seen the former Barcelona boss get to grips with opposition players before in visibly less friendly circumstances, yelling at Nathan Redmond after City beat Southampton last season – it was later revealed that Guardiola was complimenting the forward, and was more frustrated that Redmond didn’t attack his team more.

However, it didn’t seem as if the Spaniard had those same qualms about Maddison.

The cheesy grin spread across Guardiola’s face suggested he was happy that the former Norwich man took the game to his team as he did.