Pep Guardiola claims to have suffered the toughest season in years but insists that Manchester City have the experience to continue fighting on three fronts.
City, embroiled in their first three-way title race under Guardiola, will not have a free midweek should they progress against Real Madrid to make a fourth consecutive Champions League semi-final.
The intensity of tussling with both Arsenal and Liverpool, coupled with a Treble hangover and a raft of injuries - including Kevin De Bruyne missing the first five months - have seen City only just begin to show their teeth.