Few teams deserve a Christmas party more than Manchester City this year, and the Premier League champions celebrated a superb 2018 on Wednesday night.
Most of the team's biggest names, from Sergio Aguero and David Silva to Raheem Sterling and Benjamin Mendy, hit the town for a meal and drinks.
The party was very much a casual affair, with fancy dress also eschewed in favour of jeans, hoodies and t-shirts.
There were a few stand-out pieces of attire, not least charismatic left back Mendy, who donned a wide brimmed black hat.
Aguero also stood out, pairing his newly dyed silver hair with hooded top featuring a colourful design of a tiger on the front.
His strike partner, Gabriel Jesus, also made a statement with a bright orange cap and trainers.
The players first went to Great Northern, a former railway warehouse, now home to bars, restaurants and a cinema, for their Christmas meal.
They were then taken out the back entrance to avoid attracting too much of a crowd - although they were not quite able to escape the photographers' lenses.
The party mood had taken hold; Bernardo Silva laughing as he clutched a bottle of beer, before pulling a pose for Mendy to take a picture on his phone.
The players then jumped into waiting cars, and continued the celebrations at Chinawhite nightclub in the city centre.
It was clearly a night where football took a back seat, although work will have intervened at some point, as the draw was made for the Carabao Cup semi-finals.
The players will have heard at some point that they drew League One side Burton Albion, meaning they will surely expect to reach the final for the second successive year.
Before then comes the packed Christmas schedule - City host Crystal Palace on Saturday, before visiting Leicester on Boxing Day.
After Southampton away on December 30, arguably the biggest league game of the season begins their 2019 - Liverpool at home on January 3.
They then face a cup double header within three days - Rotherham at home in the FA CUp, before the first leg against Burton.
badvibration
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Could well be !
what???? no way
29356899(deleted)
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for a moment I thought it some crack business going on there
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Could well be !
29356899(deleted)
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Jesus Muric is HUGE lol
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CityMan
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Jesus Muric is HUGE lol
CityMan
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Manchester is............... NOT BLUE
Hmm a weird time to try and make this statement.๐
Awie Nyuwi
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The fans are enjoying, the players are enjoying, the club dominating... Im loving it...
jxhenry
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splendid๐๐๐๐๐
boost
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First thing I noticed as well. At least they came up with the name of a Goalkeeper, albeit the wrong one!
Harrington
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Funny how Ederson in that photo bears a striking resemblance to Muric!
herbivorous
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You'd think with the money they earn they'd get a decent pair of jeans.
darknesss
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Arguably the biggest league game of the season begins their 2019 - Liverpool at home on January 3. And who has been given the job of refereeing this pivotal fixture. Non other than Anthony Taylor, the one who along with Bobby Madeley would do everything in his power to ensure City don't get a result.
Sharifmuts
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Manchester is............... NOT BLUE
hahaha lol I would love to see the guilt of shame on your face while you typed your comment
sir-pele
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that's the real definition of "The BIG boys" city all the way....
AnirbanSinha
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Manchester is............... NOT BLUE
Manchester is so blue!
badvibration
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for a moment I thought it some crack business going on there
anuragnandella
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Manchester is............... NOT BLUE
man utd useless
9-9
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Manchester is............... NOT BLUE
ya its sky blue
i0uch
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Manchester is............... NOT BLUE