Get the biggest City stories, analysis and transfer updates delivered straight to your inbox Roberto Mancini walked out of the Manchester City dressing room at Wembley and left his players to decide for themselves.
Would they grab this unique opportunity to change the course of football history, and Mancunian football history in particular?
Or would they follow the tram lines of the last 30 years, and let Manchester United walk all over them, rubbing more Blue noses in the dirt of football ignominy?
This was April 16, 2011, and for the first time, Manchester had taken over Wembley, the two clubs drawn against each other in the FA Cup semi-final.
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