Choosing a team of the season is an almost impossible task, not least because there is often more than one player excelling in a position.
Nothing drew attention to the elephant in the room quite like the absence of the Premier League’s chief executive at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.
Bayer Leverkusen's chances in Wednesday's Europa League final clash with Atalanta in Dublin have been boosted by the return of star midfielder Florian Wirtz to full fitness. Wirtz has not played a full 90 minutes since Leverkusen's Europa League quarter-final win over West Ham on April 11, nine games ago, but has still made an impact.
Atalanta have a date with history and Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday when the Italians aim to become the first team to beat the new German champions this season and win their first ever European final."Qualifying for the Champions League is best we can achieve at Atalanta, it's not like we can aim to win Serie A," Gasperini told reporters on Saturday.