City Vs Chelsea Pre Match Thread

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Nervous but optimistic that we'll get a good result despite losing to Bayern in the last minute
 
Team selection, for both teams, might be a decider. Costa looks like he was rested, and Sergio barely broke a sweat, so both teams big strikers are ready. The question now is whether the City midfield can win and keep enough of the ball to provide service to the forward line.

As for Yaya, who knows if he will show up?

And, if what happens to City happens to other clubs, then Lampard has to start and he will score the winner!!!(JK)

Milner has to start, so I'd play a middle three of Fernandinho, Yaya and Milner, with Navas and Silva wide and Sergio upfront on his lonesome, with support on both flanks and one of the three providing deep support.

Zaba comes in, as does Kolarov. If everything is going well, the changes would be Nasri for Navas or Silva, and Dzeko for Sergio. If not, Dzeko for one of the three midfielders and Nasri for Navas or Silva, depending on what we need most....a winger to whip it in, or a creative central player to try to find a hole and breach the wall along the 18 yd line.

This is Chelsea's first real test this season in the Prem, after having failed their first CL test tonight!! Both teams have something to prove. Chelsea will come not to lose and to break on us when we leave ourselves exposed.....which we do far too often, and everyone knows it!

For us, it is about winning the midfield and playing our own game, rather than letting Chelsea dictate pace and tempo, or allowing them to boss us in the middle of the park.

Mourinho would be ecstatic with a 0-0 draw. That would drive Pelle mad.
 
Just hope the players won't have a backlash from the result yesterday. But tbh as things are right now I'm not very positive about the outcome. It can turn out to be a very poor week and that would make the Stoke-result even harder to take.
 
Huge match, both in terms of points (obviously) but also, possibly even more so at this stage of the season, in terms of momentum and morale. We need the boost of a really strong performance - we've played well in spells so far, but have been nowhere near where we need to be in terms of our play over a full 90 minutes. Put Chelsea to the sword and I'd expect us to go on a strong run; turn in another sketchy performance and we'll still have that uncertainty of not having clicked yet - and possibly be looking back on a pretty wretched run of no wins in 4, and only 2 wins in 6.
 
Costa rested last night so guaranteed to play although I doubt he'll get half as many chances as he's been gifted already this season.

The danger this weekend is Fabregas and Hazard because they are world class players. We don't have many options really in dealing with it but I hope MP won't start this one as naively as last year. We need one striker, block up the midfield and maybe Jose will call it a draw. The season is not defined by one game but we need confidence and can't afford to lose.

Hart
Zabs Kompany Demi Clichy
Fern Milner
Yaya
Navas Silva
Aguero
 
We can't afford to lose this one so must bear that in mind when setting up.

Milner, Aguero, zaba, Kolorov in.

Clichy, Sagna, Nasri and Dzeko out.
 
Jus watched back the goal, Silva did a huge mistake, ball coming down from air he is under it, waits for Gotze to run in and actually get the ball, Silva should have been more agressive, stand in the way of him and get the ball. Gotze made a small flick to the ball and Boateng just scored from it.

That ball should have been Silva's if he is ready to fight for it and its not like Boateng won against him in the air it was a short Gotze being just more aggressive. He just had to run there and get the ball, way too easy for him.
 
Is Fernando back?

If so

------------Hart------------
Zab-Mangala-Vinny-Clichy
----Fernando-Fernandinho----
Navas------Silva--------Aguero
------------Dzeko---------------
 
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