Man City looks to remain in control of their title destiny as they welcome Chelsea to The Etihad in a late Saturday kickoff in Premier League play.
Pep Guardiola has recaptured the advantage atop the English top flight standings, sitting second on 52 points but with a game in hand on both Arsenal and Liverpool and only a two-point deficit from the summit.
Both challengers have games against bottom-third sides this weekend, and thus the pressure is on City to maintain their slim advantage.
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Chelsea are barely clinging to a top half position, sitting 10th in the table on 34 points after topping slumping Crystal Palace last time out, but only two points ahead of 11th-placed Wolves. With the EFL Cup final to come in 10 days, the Blues must keep focus here and not let themselves wander towards that chance to secure silverware on the horizon.
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Chelsea looked to have turned their season around in December, with performances that seemed to foreshadow a coming run of form. That never came to light, and instead the Blues have dipped right back into their old habits.
Their dominant FA Cup win over a struggling Aston Villa last weekend seemed a positive, but they left it extremely late in the road win over Crystal Palace, needing two stoppage-time goals to secure three points. The Blues have been especially hapless on the road this year, and having suffered four consecutive defeats at the Etihad, all coming without a single goal, it's hard to see that streak ending.
Erling Haaland is in a long (for him) goal drought, but Phil Foden hasn't let his foot off the gas, and is picking up the slack in both the
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