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Manchester City angered by fixture crunch of three key games in seven days

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Manchester City have been left angered by what they deem to be an end-of-season fixture pile-up that could have been avoided had the Premier League acted quicker to rearrange matches. City face the prospect of playing three games in seven days as part of their pursuit of the Premier League title and the FA Cup. Their home league game with Crystal Palace, which was originally scheduled to take place on the weekend of March’s Carabao Cup final, will now take place on Wednesday 13 May, followed by the FA Cup final against Chelsea at Wembley on Saturday 16 May. Pep Guardiola’s men then travel to Bournemouth, again in the league, on Tuesday 19 May. City’s principal frustration is centred on the Premier League having known about the need to find a new date for the Palace game since City defeated Newcastle in the Carabao Cup semi-final on 4 February. Matches are supposed to be rescheduled at the earliest opportunity and City do not believe this has happened in this regard.…

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