The trophy was already in the cabinet but Pep Guardiola was eager to see his team keep up their rhythm ahead of two huge cup finals to end the campaign.
Guardiola said before the Brighton game that he was less concerned about the results against Albion and Brentford and more interested with maintaining the side’s tempo before massive games against Manchester United and Inter.
We take on those teams in the FA Cup final and Champions League final respectively on 3 June and 10 June as we aim for glory.
In this one at the Gtec Community Stadium, the boss made seven changes with Kyle Walker, Riyad Mahrez, Phil Foden and Rico Lewis the only ones keeping their place from the last to-flight clash.
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There have been niggles in the camp over the past couple of weeks so the boss was eager, understandably, to pick the right side and not risk any of the absentees.
We had several academy graduates on the bench, too, in a real boost for the academy – with Shea Charles, Alex Robertson and Ben Knight all involved in the matchday squad.
But how would we get on in this one?
Play the video to find out...
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