Manchester City's game against Everton 'had to be rearranged due to the Eurovision Song Contest being hosted in Liverpool'.
Merseyside Police are understood to have refused to sanction the game due to the clash.
City have faced huge fixture congestion this season as they bid to become only the second English team ever to win the iconic trophy trio consisting of the Premier League, FA Cup, and Champions League.
Now the famous song contest has disrupted preferred plans to stage City's English top-flight clash with Everton at Goodison Park on May 13, according to The Sun.
It was confirmed that the Premier League will break their usually concrete 3pm blackout rule on airing live matches for the visit of relegation-threatened Leeds after manic rearranging of games.
That match was originally set to be played on Sunday May 7 but was pulled forward to be staged a day earlier due to the hosts ongoing participation in the Champions League.
Pep Guardiola's side will face Real Madrid in a mouth-watering semi-final cup clash at the Santiago Bernabeu on May 9. They will then welcome the Spanish holders back to the Etihad in the return leg on Wednesday May 17.
However, it is understood that it was initially requested for City to travel to Madrid on May 10, with the return leg take place on Tuesday May 16.
That would mean their trip to face Sean Dyche's Everton team in Merseyside would have had to be played on Saturday May 13 so that City players could be given a three-day rest before returning to Champions League action.
However, that request was supposedly denied by Merseyside Police as they were concerned over the impact of Liverpool's hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest on the same day.
That meant UEFA had to budge on their initial plans and City's Etihad visit of Leeds suffering as a result of the fixture changes.
Manchester City are next in action on Wednesday when they take on Premier League leader's Arsenal in a potentially season-defining top-of-the-table clash.
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City is city,..