We were looking for an animal to characterise Manchester City's deflating title bid, and after a
certain amount of brainstorming came up with an animal that has «the mane of a horse, but
in all other respects resembles a bull; its horns are curved back
in such a
manner as to be of no use for fighting, and it is said that because of this it saves itself by running away, meanwhile emitting a trail of dung that
sometimes covers a distance of as much as three furlongs, contact with which scorches pursuers like a sort of fire.»