With their Women's Champions League qualification hopes hanging by a thread, an interim manager in charge and no silverware - what has gone wrong for Manchester City this season?
It is not the way they pictured things after pushing Chelsea all the way in a pulsating Women's Super League title race last year, coming second only on goal difference.
But when the full-time whistle went at the Joie Stadium on Sunday, ending City's last chance of winning a trophy this season, they had to stand and watch as rivals Manchester United celebrated reaching a third successive FA Cup final with their 2-0 win.
An injury crisis, managerial upheaval and disappointing performances in the biggest moments have all contributed to what has been a season to forget.
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'Injury crisis 100% needs to be examined'
Any team without Vivianne Miedema, Khadija Shaw, Lauren Hemp and Alex Greenwood would drop their level.
City's extensive injury list, which includes those key players, has severely impacted their campaign and thrust their lack of squad depth into question.
Jill Roord, Aoba Fujino, Rebecca Knaak, Laura Coombs, Naomi Layzell and keeper Ayaka Yamashita have also missed a significant number of games this season as City currently sit fourth in the WSL, seven points adrift of Manchester United in the final Champions League spot with just four games left.
They had only four outfield players on the bench in the second leg of their Women's Champions League quarter-final defeat by Chelsea, where the Blues overturned a 2-0 first-leg deficit, and have ended the season with academy graduates Gracie Prior and Lily Murphy starting almost every game.
Interim manager Nick Cushing admitted the injury crisis "100% needs to be examined" in the summer - but it will not help his side now.
"With so many injuries, they can't be all bad luck and they can't all be down to bad practise," he said.
"We have to look at everything. We have to look at why we're sitting fourth in the league, why we've not won a trophy and why we've not got our best players [through injury].
"The review process will be covering everything. I think we should be competing in every competition right until the end."
While City's misfortune is clear, they also failed to act, unlike their rivals.
When Chelsea superstar Sam Kerr suffered an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury last year, they broke the then-British record to bring in Colombian forward Mayra Ramirez.
The WSL leaders then splashed the cash in a world-record deal for defender Naomi Girma in January after losing Kadeisha Buchanan, also to an ACL injury.
Meanwhile, despite a growing injury list, City ...
