Man City's absurd 68 hour fixture nightmare and how schedule compares to Arsenal and Liverpool

The Premier League's farcical handling of Manchester City's April schedule means it is impossible for the club and fans to realistically plan for two crucial title race fixtures.

City are already facing a hectic schedule on their return from international duty, with Arsenal, Aston Villa, Crystal Palace and Real Madrid coming up in the space of 10 days. Now, with April's schedule released, City will see trips to Brighton and Nottingham Forest moved depending on their progress in the Champions League - but would only find out a week before their trip to the South Coast, at best.

It is not only City who are affected by the Premier League's strange flexible schedule. Leaders Arsenal will see April games April moved depending on Champions League progress, while second-placed Liverpool could see their Merseyside Derby switched at short notice as a knock-on effect from City's fixture changes.

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So which team has the best and worst of the Premier League's controversial fixture selections starting on Easter Sunday?

After those four games in 10 days, City have four days between Real Madrid away and taking on Luton, and four days before the home clash with Real in the Champions League quarter-final second leg. Then there is the baffling 69-hour gap between the Real Madrid tie and the FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea, which raises questions of its own given fellow semi-finalists Coventry have been plunged into separate fixture chaos by playing on the Sunday.

If the fixtures remain as planned, with City not in Champions League