Manchester City v Chelsea – Wednesday 21st March
Chelsea will be without John Terry for their trip to the Etihad stadium as he is still recovering from the effects of the last two games since returning to action shortly after knee surgery.
Many were tipping Manchester City for Premier League glory, almost as if it was a sure thing during the winter months, but they have come under pressure from their neighbours and rivals Manchester United, who now top the table.
Roberto Di Matteo is certainly confident that his players can give the Citizens a game and they’ve already beaten them once this season, a game which many thought they would not win at the time because of their inconsistent form. But the Italian has won all his games in charge so far and would love to add another to that ahead of another big game against Tottenham at the weekend.
Just cannot see that team winning? What if we did a 442 with drogba and torres, both same wingers, essien + lampard? That would work for sure.
No.
Cech. Invanovic. Luiz. Cahill. Cole….mikel. Ramires. Lampard…mata. Drogba. Sturridge
John Obi Mikel is so underated,he must be in the startin 11 for this game and most games.we rarely lose wen he plays.its not a coincidence we hve started to win wen he is back in the teamhe provides stability to our defensive shape.We all love essien but he is looks shadow of player we know.will go with same team as Alfa.
It’s simple isn’t it? The best Torres has been functioning all season is on the wings, where he cuts back inside. Play a 4-3-3 with:
Cech… Cole(LB), Cahill(CB), Luiz(CB), Ivanovic(RB)… Lampard(CM), Essein(DM), Mata(CM)… Torres(LW), Drogba(CF), Sturridge(RW).
3-2 Win. Game Over.
RDM always played Chelsea in 4-2-3-1 formation so I expect the same this time around.
Cech
Ivanovic—Cahill—Luiz—Cole
——-Lampard—Essien——–
Sturridge—–Mata——Ramires
Drogba
u cant afford to leave ramires out for ths game?he’s an agile player n ups the tempo of the game.
Cech
Ivanovic-Cahill-Luiz-Cole
Essien-Lampard
Torres-Mata-Ramires
Drogba
If we want 2 beat man city, then use 4-4-2 formation with: cech, ivanovic, luiz, cahill, cole, ramires, lampard, mikel, mata, torres, drogba. Using essein instead of mikel wont be a bad idea but i prefer mikel to start
cech ivanovic-cahil-luiz-cole ramires-lampard sturridge-mata-torres drogba
4-2-3-1 torres as left winger !!
CECH
IVANOVIC CAHILL LUIZ BERTRAND
STURRIDGE LAMPARD ESSIEN RAMIRES
MATA
DROGBA