Manchester City's 6-0 FA Cup win over Burnley throws up further fixture rescheduling headaches for the Premier League and Pep Guardiola's side in the final weeks of this season.
After coasting past Vincent Kompany's side, City face another high-flying Championship club, Sheffield United, for a place in this year's final. The next round of the competition takes place across the weekend of April 22, when Guardiola and company were due to visit Brighton and Hove Albion, who are coincidently playing Manchester United in the other semi-final.
That Premier League match will need to be rearranged as a result. City already need to fit in a clash with West Ham United which was postponed to enable their FA Cup quarter-final.
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City have a free midweek in early April between matches with Liverpool and Southampton when they resume their campaign following the international break. But David Moyes' side play a league game against Newcastle United on the Wednesday and Brighton face Bournemouth 24 hours earlier.
In mid-April, the Champions League and Europa Conference League quarter-finals take place, in which City and West Ham are both involved. There are also midweek Premier League fixtures later in the month, meaning the first available opportunity for the Premier League to reschedule the fixture would be the week beginning May 2.
Champions League and Conference League semi finals come across the next two midweeks, meaning City and West Ham could be out of action, leaving only the week commencing May 22 as the only other available date.
The scheduling is compounded by the date of City's league fixture against Leeds United on the weekend of May 6 - which coincides with the weekend of King Charles' coronation. The coronation will take place on Saturday May 6, a concert and light show will take place at Windsor Castle on May 7 and May 8 is a Bank Holiday.
The Premier League season finishes on Sunday, May 29 with the FA Cup final on Saturday, June 3. The Champions League final is on Saturday, June 10.
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