Jack Grealish would almost certainly have been handed a full day off against Burnley on Saturday were it not for a late injury to Kevin De Bruyne.
The Belgian midfielder has been back to his scintillating best in recent weeks and ran the show once again as Manchester City cruised to a 6-0 win over Vincent Kompany's Burnley in the FA Cup quarter-finals. Erling Haaland had grabbed his customary hat-trick by minute 59, before a Julian Alvarez brace and one more from Cole Palmer secured a trip to Wembley and a last-four clash with Sheffield United.
City were in cruise control when De Bruyne clashed with a Burnley defender, hobbling around the Etihad for a few minutes before Guardiola decided to take him off. Ilkay Gundogan was on the substitutes bench but the City boss instead turned to Grealish.
