Manchester City training at Charlton's Valley ahead of Tottenham fixture

That’s exactly what happened in SE7 on Sunday however.

Pep Guardiola’s side, fresh from their 1-0 FA Cup semi-final win over Brighton on Saturday, took to the turf to use the League One promotion hopefuls’ facilities.

With a Champions League first-leg trip to Tottenham’s new stadium on Tuesday the side decided to stay in the capital instead of making the 400-mile round trip twice in four days.

Still fighting on three fronts with the League Cup already in the trophy cabinet, you can understand why Guardiola's team were reluctant in travelling to and from Manchester twice in quick succession.

READ:Charlton fans praised by Bowyer after Plymouth win

READ: Top two still in reach: Charlton boss

Lovely day at The Valley 😍 pic.twitter.com/suvyw6Kp3V

— Manchester City (@ManCity) April 7, 2019

Man like Pep gaining advantage for when we meet in 2020/21 season.. #CAFC #MCFC pic.twitter.com/0P75ptuRmO

— H (@Charlton_H) April 7, 2019

Such is the form of both sides at the moment, it’d be hard picking a combined XI, Taylor or Aguero?

Good to see @ManCity making use of Premier League facilities at The Valley...😱😂 A @lyletaylor90 and @aguerosergiokun partnership would be lethal.👀🤣 #cafc #mcfc pic.twitter.com/IReNJLhlU0

— Ben Hunt (@BWH93_) April 7, 2019

@ManCity training at The Valley? Any of you lot fancy a couple of games until the end of the season? Not sure Aguero would get any game time over @lyletaylor90 but good bench warmer. #cafc

— Tom Waters (@TomWaters) April 7, 2019

Putting it out there, Man City would struggle to cope with us playing like this #cafc

— Tom Wallin (@Wallin58) April 6, 2019