With an FA Cup final and Champions League qualification still to play for, Pep Guardiola has to plan for three huge games in just nine days.
Kevin De Bruyne is the ultimate professional who will do whatever the manager asks, but he deserves to play at Wembley — having been left out of the semi-final against Nottingham Forest — and end his glittering Manchester City career with a medal round his neck.
In fact, his helicopter vision will be pivotal to City’s chances of beating a super-organised Crystal Palace.