While Arsenal had a longer turnaround, three of England’s other Champions League teams had a Premier League game three days later like City.
Newcastle, like Manchester City, were also in Champions League action on Thursday night – at home to Barcelona.
And they faced a Premier League trip to Bournemouth on Sunday in an earlier fixture than City, at 14:00.
Liverpool had an even shorter turnaround.
They hosted Atletico Madrid on Wednesday – and then faced Everton in the Merseyside derby at 12:30 on Saturday – 62.5 hours after full-time.
Chelsea were away to Bayern Munich on Wednesday and visited Manchester United on Saturday.
Tottenham had four days in between games, hosting Villarreal on Tuesday and then Brighton on Saturday.
The Champions League teams are all in Carabao Cup third-round action this week.
Five of the six teams have their tie three days after their league game, with Tottenham getting an extra day.
And between seasons, Chelsea had less preparation time than Manchester City having won the Club World Cup – with City going out two weeks earlier in the last 16.
