Manchester City are set to take on Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium, in an important Premier League match on Wednesday.
The Blue side of Manchester, which is currently at the second place in the table, will look to remain in touching distance with leaders Manchester United, with a win which will close the gap between the two sides to only one point.
However, Chelsea will be looking to bolster their prospects of finishing in the top four with a win against City. Currently, they are in the fifth spot in the league table.
Manchester City were at the top of the table for seven months before the Red Devils leapfrogged them, after City suffered a shock 1-0 defeat at the Liberty Stadium against Swansea City. The hiccup enabled United to surpass their local rivals by a one point
margin with a win against West Bromwich Albion at Old Trafford on the same day.
United then turned the heat on their neighbors by crushing the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wolves-c40952 5-0 on Sunday, to open up a four point lead. The victory added more pressure on Roberto Mancini’s side, who are chasing a maiden league title.
Meanwhile, Chelsea who have had a string of good results under interim manager http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429, with the Gunners trailing the third
placed Spurs by a point. With the minor gap between the three big clubs of English football, the race for the Champions League berth is set to go down to the wire.
The Blues will draw confidence from the fact that their misfiring striker, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fernando-Torres-c13707 scored two goals in their previous fixture, having steered his side to the semi-finals of the FA Cup.
In the last league encounter between the two sides, which took place at the Stamford Bridge, the London side make a comeback win after http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mario-Balotelli-c23937 had put the Citizens in front in the opening stages of the game. However, the Londoner’s bounced back through
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Frank-Lampard-c14097 went on to grab the winner to condemn City to their first league defeat of the season.
But this time, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 will have to visit Manchester and will face an uphill task of beating City at home. So far, City boosts a one hundred percent record at home winning all of their 14 league matches at the Etihad Stadium. During this time, they have
scored 42 goals while conceding only 6. Their four defeats and three draws have all come in away games.
Despite a hiccup against Swansea in the league match, the City boss is confident his side will be able to pull off the win and edge closer to the title.
"Until now we have had a fantastic Premier League, we need to continue like this. We play one game a week, we can have more concentration about this." He said
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