Chelsea vs Manchester City Live

By Football Daft at 26 February, 2010, 3:00 pm

Chelsea v Manchester City Live : Premier League Live.

Chelsea vs Man City.
Premier League.
Kick off: 12:45 GMT – 26th February 2010.
Stadium: Stamford Bridge.

Watch Chelsea take on Man City live in a must win game for both Chelsea and Manchester City in the premier league.

Chelsea v Man City – Watch Live Instantly Here.

Chelsea vs Manchester City : Preview.

There is a massive amount of hype and anticipation surrounding this match with Chelsea and top four chasing Man City this weekend. Not necessarily for the football reasons that would normally come with a Chelsea fixture with Man City but more due to the Terry/Bridge saga that has dominated English football over the last month. The outcome that fans are debating the most is not who will take the three points but whether or not the Manchester City defender will shake the Chelsea captain’s hand.

In truth this match is riddled with subplots and aside from er… Terrygate?… Bridgegate? There is also a massive rivalry on the touchline between Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelloti and Man City manager Roberto Mancini who were previously squaring up to each other regularly in the Milan derby while in charge of A.C Milan and Inter. Their rivalry will be renewed for the first time in English football this Saturday as Mark Hughes was still in charge when Manchester City defeated Chelsea in their previous league encounter earlier this season.

Also not to forget that Wayne Bridge was once a Chelsea player and will be facing his old side when Man City make the trip south to Stamford Bridge, however, with the recent hullabaloo involving the City defender and the Chelsea captain that fact is rendered almost pointless now. He has more on his plate i guess.

As i stated previously it was Manchester City who came out on top when they faced Chelsea back in December with goals from strikers Adebayor and Tevez securing the win after Adebayor put Chelsea in front with an own goal. That was at the City of Manchester stadium in front of their home crowd however and they will be sure to face a sterner test at Stamford Bridge this weekend.

Chelsea have a fantastic record at home, taking an incredible 37 points from a possible 39 at home this season and in all competitions are unbeaten at Stamford Bridge in their 37 games. That stat states just how much of a challenge Manchester City face here and how it will take a massive effort from them to come away with a good result.

As for injuries and other absences Man City will be without Emmanuel Adebayor after the striker was sent off midweek against Stoke although that blow is dampened by the return of Carlos Tevez after being granted compassionate leave by the club. Kolo Toure and Roque Santa Cruz are both doubtful to be fit for Man City while Martin Petrov and Vincent Kompany have been ruled out.

The focus of injury problems at Chelsea is on defence. Full backs Ashley Cole and Jose Bosingwa are ruled out for some time while this week goalkeeper Petr Cech was declared injured for a month.

Despite having a few injury problems at the back, with Petr Cech’s absence being the biggest blow, i still fancy Chelsea for the win. At Stamford Bridge they are almost unstoppable and they will want revenge for that defeat to Man City earlier in the season. 2-0 Chelsea i’m going to go for.

Chelsea v Man City – Watch Live Instantly Here.

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