Missing it would be a sin! Chelsea vs. Manchester City faces off LIVE via ESPN, Star Plus, and Libre Football for date 19 of the 2022/23 Premier League. The commitment is agreed upon for this Thursday, January 5 from 3:00 p.m. (Peru and Colombia time) at Stamford Bridge. Remember that you can live minute by minute, with goals, best plays, and all the incidents on the Our website.
Chelsea comes into this match having drawn 1-1 against Nottingham Forest for round 18. Although the Blues were vastly superior, they were unable to beat the home side and left with just one point to London. For this reason, now that they will play at home, they are obliged to add three.
Those led by Graham Potter are suffering from many defensive problems at key moments of the matches, which is why they fail to round off good performances. This has also led them to not be able to fight in the top positions, being relegated to mid-table and out-of-qualifying positions in international tournaments.
On the difficulty of facing the Citizens, Potter said: “So much happened in those 15 games and I’ve only been here for four months, and it feels more than that if I’m honest. It’s a season that’s obviously unique. We see Manchester City as an opportunity to play against one of the best teams in the world. It will be a different game than the one we faced [on New Year’s Day in Forest] but it will be complicated and tough,” he said.
“You need those games [like Forest], and you need these too. As much as we want to win, and I don’t want to sound like it’s acceptable to lose; It’s not, but unfortunately part of the game is losing points, not succeeding. You have to suffer and improve. When I think about how I got to this point, a lot of things are setbacks and moments of struggle,” added former Brighton & Hove Albion manager.
On the opposite sidewalk, Manchester City had a small slip on the last date when they drew 1-1 with Everton at the Etihad Stadium. This result did not allow them to approach Arsenal, who on this date could only add a point by drawing goalless with Newcastle at the Emirates Stadium.
Despite this draw of the ‘Gunners’, Pep Guardiola considered that it will be difficult for them to reach at the top of the Premier League. “Arsenal has a projection of 100 points, they have done very well so far. If it continues like this, we will not be able to reach them. We have to be almost perfect. Against Newcastle, they were excellent again. Let’s see what happens,” said the Catalan coach.
On the positive side, Manchester City has Erling Haaland in ‘on fire’ mode. The Norwegian has only played fifteen games in the current season of the English championship and has already scored twenty-one goals. These records make any defensive back tremble and Chelsea must be very attentive not to be a victim of the scoring fury of the ‘Cyborg’.
Chelsea vs. Manchester City: Schedules in the world
Mexico – 2:00 p.m.
Peru – 3:00 p.m.
Ecuador – 3:00 p.m.
Colombia – 3:00 p.m.
Venezuela – 4:00 p.m.
Bolivia – 4:00 p.m.
Argentina – 5:00 p.m.
Chile – 5:00 p.m.
Uruguay – 5:00 p.m.
Paraguay – 5:00 p.m.
Brazil – 5:00 p.m.
Spain – 9:00 p.m.
Chelsea vs. Manchester City: possible line-ups
Chelsea: Kepa Arrizabalaga; Kalidou Koulibaly, Thiago Silva, Marc Cucurella and César Azpilicueta; Jorginho, Denis Zakaria and Mason Mount; Christian Pulisic, Raheem Sterling and Kai Havertz.
Manchester City: Ederson; Manuel Akanji, John Stones, Nathan Aké and Joao Cancelo; Rodri, Ilkay Gündogan and Kevin De Bruyne; Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden and Erling Haaland.
Where will the Chelsea vs Manchester City match be played?- Venue
The Chelsea vs Manchester City match will be played at Stamford Bridge.
Prediction
The city might have wobbled of late but Chelsea are in far worse form and has consistently failed to get results against Big Six rivals. Expect that run to continue. Pick Manchester City 2, Chelsea 0.
