Sadly, City will have to have the latter mindset after losing at Wembley in fairly gutting circumstances.
Regardless of how little you care about the big silver plate, conceding a deflected equaliser 11 minutes into injury time and then losing on penalties is a kick in the proverbials.
As far as curtain-raisers go it was a fairly damp squib of a game ahead of what looks to be an exciting and competitive season and City played their part in making it that way. That was until the 64th minute and the introduction of Kevin De Bruyne.
The brilliant Belgian was making his return to the field after missing the rest of pre-season with the hamstring injury that saw his Champions League final end early for the second time. Yet, he looked as though he'd never been away.
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