On Guardiola's best-case five-week absence, Haaland would be back for the Premier League game at Southampton on 10 May. Guardiola's worst-case seven weeks would be the final game of the season at Fulham on 25 May. Intriguingly, in the middle of those two matches is the FA Cup final.

Brentford full-back Jayden Meghoma started for loan side Preston North End in their FA Cup quarter-final against Aston Villa on Sunday.The Championship side were beaten 3-0 by their Premier League

Sorry for the inconvenience, but Manchester City have made the FA Cup semi-finals again. FA Cup lore has become so much about underdog stories and giant-killings that the bigger teams are almost treated as an afterthought: just ask Aston Villa, who were the sideshow to Preston North End’s attempts to win the trophy for the first time since 1938.