It feels like we've been here before.
On Wednesday Manchester City will take to the Etihad Stadium turf for what is an essentially meaningless game and Pep Guardiola use it as an opportunity to rest some of his key players. The Champions League fates of City and Sevilla have already been determined, so there is no need to put extra minutes in the legs of Kevin de Bruyne, Joao Cancelo and others.
When games like this come around, there are - understandably - cries from supporters to start the kids. They rarely get to start matches at other points in the season, so why not?