You tell me, her inquisitor throws back at her, and she concludes somewhat hollowly, “I don’t know.”

In one interrogation, she says her inquisitors tried to force a confession out of her.

Eriksson was an engaging, courteous character with an uncanny ability to smile as he deflected away various personal scandals, never allowing his inquisitors to lay a glove on him.

“It is attributed to me, yes,” he tells his inquisitors.

Twice he was asked directly about Liverpool - who are a point ahead of Manchester City - and on both occasions he told his inquisitor to "ask me on Friday", meaning his pre-match media conference.