City have just 46 hours 15 minutes between the start of their matches at Wolves on 27 December and at home to Sheffield United on 29 December. The Blades have 75 hours from kick-off at their 26 December home match with Watford to the start of the City game. It is not thought that City actually wrote a letter but it is understood they made several representations about the situation to the Premier League. But aside from City, the only other Premier League team at such a disadvantage in terms of time to prepare for their second Christmas fixture are Wolves. By the time they go to Wolves, Guardiola hopes Leicester will have become the first side this season to beat Liverpool in the Premier League.

Source: BBC December 22, 2019 23:03 UTC