Manchester City lost their third game inside a week to bow out of the Champions League 5-1 on aggregate to Liverpool.
A terrible week for Manchester City was rounded off they crashed out of the Champions League at the hands of Liverpool on Tuesday, the Reds' 2-1 win at Etihad Stadium sealing a resounding 5-1 aggregate victory in the quarter-finals.
City's first-leg defeat at Anfield last Wednesday was followed by surrendering a two-goal half-time lead in the Manchester derby to lose 3-2 to neighbours United on Saturday.
However, it has still been a fine season for City, who won the Carabao Cup in February and hold a 13-point lead in the Premier League over nearest challengers United, with just six top-flight fixtures remaining for both clubs.
BBC Sport rounds up the views of fans and pundits on the impact the last seven days have had on an otherwise stellar campaign.
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John Hardwick from Northampton:
I'll be honest, I was hoping to win the Champions League but wasn't sure we would this year. But what has taken the gloss off the season for me is Saturday - we should have been holding the Premier League trophy up in front of the Reds and saying look at this. What happened has spoilt it a little bit.
The title is the most important thing, though, and the Champions League would've been a bonus.
If we drop points against Tottenham on Saturday then it will look like we are limping over the line a bit - people will ask questions and the rest of the teams that we are playing who need points will come after us, and that is going to make it even harder for these guys.
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Andrew Bucknall, season ticket holder for over 30 years:
I was resigned to the fact we'd be going out. City being City, you half expected it to end 3-3 and us to lose in the last minute. The interesting thing was to see how we played after losing to Liverpool and Manchester United. That for me is the measure of any team and the measure of a person - how do you respond in a crisis?
I feel fans are still questioning Pep Guardiola and his bottle. They look at it and say 'you've done all this but still lost to Man United and Liverpool' - who I suppose, as the two most successful clubs, remain the benchmark.
It's as though people are trying to cheapen City's achievements this year though - we've just had a bad week at the office.
We've already won the League Cup and are 13 points clear in the Premier League. A lot of Blues are flapping. They are flapping because they still think it could all go wrong, but we're not realistically going to lose five games in the league.
Glenn Brodie from Manchester:
We have to look at the bigger picture. It has still been a brilliant season - we have beaten everyone in the Premier League - winning the Champions League would have just been the icing on the cake.
Julian Hayes, from Hazel Grove:
Losing to Liverpool and Manchester United has taken a little bit of the gloss off the season. It's still a successful year but it would've been nice in the league to wrap things up against United. But it didn't happen because we weren't good enough on the day and the team didn't manage the game well enough when we were 2-0 up.
Somebody had a go at me - another fan - at the derby for clapping the team off at the end of the game. I thought they played OK, particularly in the first half.
Obviously the defending was shocking but it was a decent performance and they came back and could have got a draw.
I think we've shown in the Premier League that we can generally bounce back from any setbacks so I've got no real concerns on the back of this.
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