Pep Guardiola enjoyed a full squad in training ahead of Manchester City's quarter-final match with Atletico Madrid.
Five Man City players with a point to prove on international duty
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The March international break always feels like it comes at the worst time, and this year is no different as Manchester City wait to being their treble run-in for the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup.
Pep Guardiola appears to have settled on his first-choice City XI for the most important of those games, with his recent selections showing that Phil Foden, Riyad Mahrez and Raheem Sterling are ahead of Jack Grealish and Gabriel Jesus in the attacking pecking order. Likewise, Ilkay Gundogan may not fancy his chances of playing in the biggest games from the start, with Bernardo Silva and Kevin De Bruyne seemingly the preferred options in midfield.
And in defence, the back four picks itself with Ruben Dias still out, so any squad players behind that first-choice team have some work to do to persuade Guardiola they can be counted upon in the next two months. For Jesus and Fernandinho, they are back in Brazil but not with the national team as they get some much-needed time off, so they must show their worth to Guardiola on the training pitch next week.
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That gives Jack Grealish a chance to steal a march on Jesus and use England's friendlies with Switzerland and Ivory Coast to try and build some momentum to return to City in good form. Friendly internationals at Wembley are rarely exhilarating affairs, but Grealish is a player who wants to play on the biggest stage for club and country.
To do that, he's got to show Gareth Southgate he can perform in the less glamorous games. It would boost his City prospects if he could get a morale-boosting goal or two.
In midfield, Gundogan is another hoping to send a
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