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Manchester City fixtures: Next six games after crushing Leicester victory

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Manchester City fixtures: Next six games after crushing Leicester victory

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Manchester City continued their bid to hunt down Premier League leaders Arsenal with a crushing 3-1 win over struggling Leicester on Saturday night.

Pep Guardiola’s Citizens have hit top form in the nick of time with the Champions League and FA Cup trophies also on the line, most recently beating Bayern Munich 3-0 to put one foot in the European semi-finals.

Here’s who is on their imminent fixture list.

Rodri

Rodri came up clutch against Bayern / Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/GettyImages

It’s a case of completing the job in Germany next week when Manchester City travel to Munich for the return leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie with Bayern.

Goals from Rodri, Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland gave the Citizens a dominant 3-0 lead, but bigger victories have been overturned in Europe and Guardiola will simply want to return to Manchester with his side in the final four.

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City have good memories of Wembley in recent years / CARL RECINE/GettyImages

Once home from Bavaria, City will travel down to London to take on Championship promotion hopefuls Sheffield United.

The Blades have enjoyed a great run in England’s primary domestic cup competition but City will expect to reach the final without too many hiccups along the way.

Mikel Arteta, Pep Guardiola

Oh boy oh boy oh boy / Getty Images/GettyImages

It’s still a handful of games away, but the mammoth clash between City and Premier League title rivals Arsenal is creeping closer and closer.

We’ll see if either side buckles under the pressure before they meet in late April, but we’ll know the landscape of the title race by the end of this midweek clash.

Joao Cancelo

Joao Cancelo was sent off in the return fixture / James Gill – Danehouse/GettyImages

After that seismic fixture, City will hope for a more straightforward encounter with London outfit Fulham, who lost five games in a row before their emphatic 3-1 win over Everton.

The Cottagers had looked set to challenge for a European spot but have fallen out of contention and lack a presence up front due to Aleksandar Mitrovic’s suspension.

Erling Haaland

Haaland scored twice on his Premier League debut / James Gill – Danehouse/GettyImages

West Ham have put up decent fights in their last two trips to the Etihad but came away with 2-1 defeats on both occasions. David Moyes’ Hammers would do well to keep City down to two goals, considering how porous they’ve been in defence this season.

Erling Haaland fever began to sweep the nation when these sides met on the first weekend of the 2022/23 term as the Norwegian scored both of City’s goals in a 2-0 victory.

Stuart Dallas

Leeds earned a shock win at City in 2021 / Michael Regan/GettyImages

City will be expected to see off West Ham in midweek before hosting fellow relegation contenders Leeds the following Sunday.

United’s two trips to the Etihad since their promotion from the Championship have been contrasting to say the least; a 2-1 win in 2021 in which Stuart Dallas scored twice was followed up by a 7-0 defeat later that year.

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