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

Manchester City are frustrated with a demanding end-of-season schedule that sees them play three crucial matches in just seven days. They face Crystal Palace in the Premier League on 13 May, the FA Cup final against Chelsea at Wembley on 16 May, and then travel to Bournemouth in the league on 19 May. The club believe the fixture congestion, partly caused by the delayed rescheduling of the Palace game from the Carabao Cup final weekend in March, could have been avoided had the Premier League acted more swiftly.