Man City epic season-defining fixture run next month should be celebrated

Some Manchester City fans will barely be able to watch in April when their team plays epic after epic in pursuit of a footballing achievement that has only ever happened once before. Across 11 days next month, Pep Guardiola's side will face Atletico Madrid and Liverpool twice that could decide their fate in three competitions.

Playing these teams at any time of the season is a big deal. City's previous league meeting with Liverpool was one of the games of the season, and they have been the two best teams in English football for at least four years, while Diego Simeone's Atletico give new meaning to the phrase put through the wringer, making a trip to Burnley seem like a walk in the park.

The stakes are raised further by the level of each match: a Champions League semi-final, an FA Cup final, and three Premier League points in a title race that is currently separated by one. By the middle of April, Guardiola's teams will be either close to three major trophies, zero, or somewhere in between.

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For the neutrals, it is a perfect opportunity to witness something that rarely happens in football. It is rare for a title race to be this close by now, let alone for the two main rivals to be playing each other, and also facing off in the penultimate round of the FA Cup, and also playing Champions League quarter-finals either side of their league meeting.

It may not end up being all or nothing for either club, but it could be and that prospect is thrilling. If nothing else, it is the biggest fortnight of games either City, Liverpool, or any other club has had in recent memory.

Understandably, there are less desirable aspects. There will be supporters