The stage was set two weeks ago when Phil Foden helped Manchester City beat Borussia Dortmund and reach the Champions League semi-finals, teeing up a mouth-watering clash with Kylian Mbappe's PSG.
'Are you ready?' Foden later tweeted Mbappe, calling the Frenchman out after the second leg in Germany.
Except it wasn't Foden who posted the tweet as it turns out, but rather a PR company running the City star's social media accounts.
The tweet supposedly infuriated Foden, who quickly severed ties with the firm as a result of the blunder as he feared it would be seen as throwing down the gauntlet to the French superstar.