Pep Guardiola's fixture nightmare about to become a reality as two new Man City matchdays emerge

Manchester City ended their hoodoo at Tottenham in the FA Cup in January, giving Pep Guardiola his coveted goal at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

City had lost all five visits to the new Spurs home since 2019, failing to score a single goal - when Guardiola was asked how to top last year's treble win, he said all he wanted was to score a goal at Tottenham. Nathan Ake's late winner in the cup gave Guardiola his wish, but the league record at the new ground still stands at played four, lost four, scored zero.

For City to end that particular run, they might have to do it in the penultimate game of the season in a game that could make or break their title chances in a three-horse race with Arsenal and Liverpool.

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After City booked their place in the FA Cup semi-finals with a quarter-final victory over Newcastle, the trip to Spurs scheduled for the weekend of April 20 will now be rearranged. City's trip to Brighton, postponed as a result of the quarter-final involvement, also needs a new date.

There are currently four available midweek slots to play the fixtures, but two will be taken up by the Champions League semi-finals if City get there. UEFA used to insist on a 'memorandum of understanding' that clubs would not schedule domestic top flight games on the same nights as Champions League fixtures, although this was relaxed in 2022 after the fixture congestion resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Even if it were possible to play the games on those weeks, it may be better to lock in the schedule earlier, and also avoid going head-to-head with UEFA. So that