MANCHESTER (NYTIMES) - Manchester City has its answer: the answer it wanted, the answer it was adamant, right from the start, was the only one possible.

There will be no two-year ban from the Champions League. There is no reason to worry that Pep Guardiola might seek new pastures earlier than expected, or that Kevin De Bruyne or Raheem Sterling or any other member of City's galaxy of stars will feel the urge to leave. All of those achievements of the last decade stand, unblemished.