THE publication of fixtures for the upcoming Premier League season last summer sparked the usual scramble to spot derbies and other big games for City, but little was made of Aston Villa at home on the final day.
Who and where you play your final game is always random, and with the last three leagues being wrapped up before then there was no need for undue focus on it.
As the year has progressed, the narrative of the game has grown and grown until it has reached fever pitch with City's draw at West Ham.
Providing Liverpool gets something at Southampton tonight, Jack Grealish has the chance to win the biggest trophy in English football against his boyhood club who pocketed £100m for him last summer.
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