With Arsenal falling to a shock defeat at home to Bournemouth on Saturday, Manchester City will be looking to take full advantage when they take on Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, writes JOE CITRONE.
Manchester City have had an excellent couple of weeks. First, defeating Arsenal in the League Cup final to pick up some much-needed silverware, and then emphatically knocking Liverpool out of the FA Cup with a 4-0 win.
Now, their focus will be on delivering in the league and steadily chipping away at Arsenal’s nine-point lead at the top of the Premier League table.
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JAN 2026 PREMIER LEAGUE Man City 1-1 Chelsea
JAN 2025 PREMIER LEAGUE Man City 3-1 Chelsea
APR 2024 FA CUP Man City 1-0 Chelsea
FEB 2024 PREMIER LEAGUE Man City 1-1 Chelsea
NOV 2023 PREMIER LEAGUE Chelsea 4-4 Man City
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APR 2026 FA CUP Chelsea 7-0 Port Vale
MAR 2026 PREMIER LEAGUE Everton 3-0 Chelsea
MAR 2026 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Chelsea 0-3 PSG
MAR 2026 PREMIER LEAGUE Chelsea 0-1 Newcastle
MAR 2026 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PSG 5-2 Chelsea
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APR 2026 FA CUP Man City 4-0 Liverpool
MAR 2026 EFL CUP FINAL Arsenal 0-2 Man City
MAR 2026 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Man City 1-2 Real Madrid
MAR 2026 PREMIER LEAGUE West Ham 1-1 Man City
MAR 2026 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Real Madrid 3-0 Man City
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There is pressure mounting on manager Liam Rosenior already, but they did at least manage to avoid an embarrassing cup upset in their last outing, by thrashing Port Vale to advance through to the semi-finals at Wembley.
In terms of the league, they will be looking to bounce back from a 3-0 defeat to Everton in their last Premier League outing three weeks ago, and Rosenior will be hoping to silence some of his critics.
Pep Guardiola and co’s eyes will have lit up on Saturday when they saw Arsenal lose to Bournemouth, and now just need to keep their cool and take advantage, and I am backing them to do that. At even money, I am backing an away win.
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