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Manchester City vs Chelsea | Will City’s resurgent league form continue? | The Nutmeg

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00:00Get the most insightful analysis on everything football every week.

00:16My name is Ayomidi Shuzbo and this is The Nutmeg.

00:19Chelsea fans wanted so badly to face Manchester City at their worst.

00:24Now they have their chance, except that Manchester City are looking like they're back to their

00:29best.

00:30Well, this is a preview of the game at the ATR this weekend.

00:32It's Manchester City hosting Chelsea and yes, a preview for the game.

00:36My name is Ayomidi Shuzbo and this is The Nutmeg, Organic.

00:45Yeah so it's a fresh edition of The Nutmeg and Organic is here, great to have you as always

00:49on the show.

00:50Thank you very much.

00:51You know, this is what we love to do best and we're here again.

00:56Yes, absolutely.

00:57Now Chelsea are travelling to the ATR stadium on the back of bad form, sort of.

01:02I mean, there's been a drop off in their performances.

01:04Enzo Maresco has seen his side lost the last three games in all competitions.

01:08Meanwhile, Man City, there seems to be an uprising in terms of their performances and

01:12results on the pitch and this looks like an interesting game on paper for the weekend.

01:19Yes, it's a very interesting game.

01:22You know, Maresco's first game was against Man City and they lost 2-1.

01:28I feel that somehow they might want to have a revenge but it would have been beautiful

01:34for Chelsea fans if it was during the time Manchester City had issues.

01:40They had a poor form.

01:41It's really ironical that City, just around the time that Chelsea are now dropping off

01:47in terms of their results.

01:49Yes, I said this to some Chelsea fans a couple of weeks ago that they've not gone to make

01:58research about Maresco.

02:00He wins his first games, and towards the middle of the competition he begins to falter.

02:10I think that was the story when he was Leicester City boss in the Championship last season.

02:16He begins to try different things, try new things and those new things begin to fall

02:21aside the structure he has built.

02:25We can't say.

02:26Let's look at what they have in store this season.

02:29They have a very good structure of attackers, a very good structure of midfielders but the

02:36defence line is one of the issues that Chelsea have this season.

02:39Yes, your attackers can score for you but can the defence protect the goalposts from

02:46conceding goals?

02:48It's a beautiful thing that Manchester City is now in form but not fully in form because

02:55they still have a lot of things to do.

03:01There's still a lot of things going on in the background of Manchester City.

03:05It's going to be a beautiful game.

03:07Three points is the most important thing I can say.

03:10Yes, especially now that this is looking like some big game in terms of the top four race.

03:15Big game of some sorts in terms of qualifying for the Champions League next season.

03:20But you look at City, the kind of recruitment they are doing, they have got a player confirmed,

03:25Omar Mammouche and then also Kusanov, the first Uzbekistan player to play for Man City

03:31as well.

03:32Probably the first in the Premier League.

03:33And they are looking to get more in, right?

03:36Yes.

03:37I'm looking at their fixtures.

03:38They will face Arsenal, they will face Newcastle, they will face Chelsea next, they will face

03:43Liverpool as well, they will face Nottingham Forest.

03:45These are teams that are challenging for the top four places and also for the title.

03:49How far do you think City will finish or how high do you think they will finish the season?

03:54I can't bank on the new players that are just coming in.

03:57They are coming into a new team, they are coming into the Premier League for the first

04:00time.

04:01This is not the first time.

04:02We are having a history of players that are good elsewhere but coming into the Premier

04:05League and nothing to write home about.

04:07But definitely, if the structure of the team Manchester City has now and can still do the

04:13job, they started doing the job already, winning games, if they can continue like that, I believe

04:18that they can get somewhere.

04:19But I do not see them winning the Premier League, I do not see them winning the Premier

04:23League, but I see them at least getting into the second position or the third position

04:28if they can win these rounds of Manchester City against Chelsea, against Arsenal.

04:35Against Liverpool, against Newcastle.

04:36Against Liverpool, against Yorkshire too.

04:37Nottingham Forest and Manchester United.

04:38We will see.

04:39But in terms of the game, I would like you to give your quick prediction.

04:43This is not by United, so maybe you might just get it right.

04:46Yeah, I will go with a draw.

04:47I will go with a draw.

04:48Probably a 1-1 draw or a 2-2 draw because it is going to be a difficult game.

04:52Take it to the bank.

04:53City will defeat Chelsea, that is my take.

04:56But thank you very much for watching this edition of the Not Meg and you can be part

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05:11Thank you very much, Organ, for being part of the show as always.

05:14Thank you very much.

05:15Always my pleasure.

05:16And we will see you in the next edition of the show.

05:17Bye for now.

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