Chelsea ended the 2020 year with a 1-1 draw against Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge. After their 3-0 win against West Ham, it looked like the loss against Everton was nothing but a small hiccup in their way but the disastrous defeat against arsenal changed the total situation. Now Lampard is under pressure and will face Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City.
Chelsea will be looking to go all out for their third successive home league win against Manchester City. Another home defeat will make things worse for the manager Lampard.
Man City on the other hand has started to get the rhythm in the league with no defeats in their previous ten matches. Pep will also get an additional rest and his players back after their match against Everton was Postponed before the new year.
WHEN & WHERE?
Date: Sunday 3rd January
Time: 04:30 pm GMT
Venue: Stamford Bridge
TEAM NEWS
Chelsea will not have right-back, Reece James in their most important match along with Hakim Ziyech, who is still working out to get into match fitness after recovering from injury. These two absentees will be a huge loss for Frank Lampard and that implies captain Cesar Azpilicueta will be playing his 400th match for the Blues.
On the other hand, Pep Guardiola won’t have his striker, Gabriel Jesus due to Covid positive result and Kyle Walker will also be unable to feature. The other two players namely, Gundogan and Garcia are also questionable as well.
