Out of the Premier League title, out of the Carabao Cup, the Champions League seems too big for Chelsea right now…so they are only left with FA Cup as a potential trophy ground. But they face today the same opponent which knocked them out of the Carabao Cup recently and defeated them just three days ago in the Premier League. There is no Chelsea fan out there who is happy to see Manchester City again today against the Blues. Manchester is 14 points better, according to current results, and Chelsea is far from qualifying for the Champions League. Actually, any international competition. And above all, they are crippled with injuries. Manchester City 🤝 Clean sheets against Chelsea pic.twitter.com/Nmst5KmnON— GOAL (@goal) January 5, 2023 Reece James, N’Golo Kante, Ben Chilwell, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Armando Broja are not for this match due to earlier injuries. Then, during the duel with City three days ago, Raheem Sterling and Christian Pulisic were injured. Finally, goalkeeper Eduard Mendy joined the list of players Potter can’t count on, as he injured his finger just after recovering from a shoulder injury.”Mendy had surgery on a broken finger, and he got that injury this week in training. The 30-year-old will work closely with the club’s medical team during the rehabilitation phase” Chelsea said in a statement.Chelsea need time to find their stride and Potter believes he will get that from the ownersCity manager Pep Guardiola recognized that Chelsea had a problem. Despite this, he did not announce that he would rest the first-team players himself. He respects his opponent. “It could be a completely different game than the last one, maybe Graeme changes his formation. I do not know. I saw that they had problems with injuries, they were missing two or three important players. Jorginho and Mason Mount did not play in the championship, I don’t know why. We have won the last four League Cups because every competition is important to us. Of course, we also want the trophy in the FA Cup. We are seriously preparing for this match,” said Guardiola. Manchester City won the FA Cup six times, most recently in 2019. Chelsea picked up their last trophy in this competition, their eighth, a season before the Citizens. Will Guardiola allow them to try it again in 2023?##NAJAVA_MECA_6929223##
