It will be a crucial battle when Manchester City and Chelsea meet in the Premier League on Saturday. The winner will achieve an advantage because the duo is fighting for the same position in the top four. You would be forgiven that you think the place for Grans between them is the title, they certainly fought it at the top of the table. But this year is quite far out of reach for both teams. They follow Liverpool with 12 and 10 points respectively. No, they claw to secure Champions League football next season.
There was a point at which Chelsea insisted on the title and one of the highest scorers in the competition, but Baas Enzo Maresca repeatedly stated that his side, “not ready” for a title race. To his honor he was well proven. Since he made that statement on December 15, Chelsea has only picked up six points in six games, good for the 13th in the table that sees their lead in the city for fourth place because the men of Pep Guardiola have finally shown signs of signs of The life of the life of 11 points in this.
Chelsea is certainly the happier of these two clubs with their performance this season, their expectations that arrive in the year, were much lower and it can be difficult for young parties to maintain title costs. So the step back is understandable, but now the blues have to come up with a way to return while the city is loading. With new reinforcements such as € 75 million attacker Omar Marmoush, City wants to push the table and pick up as many points as possible.
One eye will be on their Champions League match Hostingclub Brugge on Wednesday, but if you are a city, you have to assume that you can beat Bruges even after you have made a full effort to look at Chelsea. Given that some of the non -characteristic losses of the city this season, it may not be a safe assumption to make, but as soon as they start to doubt themselves, mistakes happen.
The city old is far from what this current team is, when they have sandwiches big victories between disappointing fallen points and that is what Chelsea Hope will give. As a former Guardiola assistant, Maresca will be well equipped to come up with a game plan in the competition and he has former Stadsman Colmer on the field to take it into action. These are quite intertwined clubs, but look at the future, if Chelsea can win this, it is hard to say that they are not positioned better the team.
Guardiola may have signed a contract extension until the following season, but Champions League football is crucial for recruitment and balancing of the books. Whatever the team misses will be a pretty disadvantage, which is one of the many reasons why this is a must -win affair. It will certainly bring fireworks to the Etihad stage.
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- Date: Saturday, January 25 | Time: X12: 30 pm et
- Location: Etihad Stadium – Manchester, England
- Live stream: Peacock
- Chances: Manchester City +105; Sign +300; Chelsea +210