DEATH, taxes and Manchester City winning at home.
This was the 23rd win in a row at the Etihad for Pep Guardiola's side thanks to Erling Haaland's double either side of a superb Phil Foden effort to book their place in the Champions League last 16.
Not since Everton came here on New Year's Eve and got a 1-1 draw has a side left with anything in any competition.
The closest a visiting player got to laying a hand on a City man was when captain Mohamed Ali Camara ran after Haaland at the half-time whistle to swap shirts.
Young Boys weren't on the end of the heaviest defeat in this run but there can't have been many games which felt as lacking in jeopardy as this one.
Sunderland hold the top-flight record in England of 24 wins in a row on home soil dating back to 1891-92.
Next up for City here? Liverpool, their closest rivals in this period of dominance, on November 25.
As if that fixture needs any added spice. This game could have done with some, though.
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