Closed Man City v Chelsea

[Thendo 1,088]

Why are they playing Demichelis in midfield? have they been doing it earlier in the season?

[Pizy 17,860]

I kinda like it.

Oscar and Salah as subs to bring high energy in the second half.

[Sheva. 5,373]

Dang, Willian must be doing something right to be favoured over Oscar.

[didierforever 7,349]

No oscar!!!! Ofcourae no oscar!!!! We were always going to play 4-3-3. We played that against arsenal to stop thwir attacking play and we would not do that to CITY!!! What land do people live in

[Toli 977]

lol at mourinho whining about parking the bus and than putting a 4-3-3 with Luiz, Ramires and Matic.

just hope, that hazard+willian alone will be capapble to produce something...

[Thendo 1,088]

Nice to see Salah on the bench aswell!

[xPetrCechx 13,546]

Ramires as RW?!

[TrippingStep 336]

Fernandinho and Aguero out, I' m a bit less scared.

I would have liked Clichy as left back and not Kolarov.

I think it will be a 4-3-3 for us. Matic as defensive midfielder, Ramires and Luiz the bulldog in midfield. I think the idea for this formation is to let Hazard not defend as much against the fullback if it was a 4-2-3-1. One of the tree midfielder can close a side and let Hazard not drop too much back and being an outlet for counter-attacks.

[Barbara 15,149]

well, it seems Mourinho also wanted Luiz in the midfield like a few of us. Sorry couldn't resist

[Peppen 934]

Starting lineup could work, however it could fail miserably. City's lineup doesn't look particularly scary without Aguero or Fernandinho, but none the less they have loads of offensive firepower.

[Moustradamus 60]

On Twitter MCFC fans are freaking out Fernandinho is injured. Love it!

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

last time we saw a lineup like this and thought it was a 4-3-3 but instead it was a 4-2-3-1 with rami on the wing, i think it's the same shit today, although i really hope not

better be a 4-3-3 otherwise there is no reason to drop oscar

[Belgiannutt 3,201]

Dang, Willian must be doing something right to be favoured over Oscar.

Probably just because Willian has more pace then Oscar.

[Namika 922]

Salah will come out the bench and scores.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

Ramires as RW?!

Ramires wont be playing RW calm down!

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

I have a feeling Jose will go with

--------------Eto'o--------------

Hazard------------------Willian

--------------Rami--------------

------Matic----------Luiz-------

Azpi----JT-----Cahill--Ivanovic

-------------Cech---------------

and Schurrle, Lamps and Oscar coming in during the game. Solid team with two defensive midfielders (Luiz and Matic) that can pass the ball and initiate the counterattacks, one central midfielder (Rami) to harass Yaya and two pacey wingers.

SPOT ON!

[kellzfresh 7,226]

Exactly like I predicted. No way mourinho will play two slow people in the 3 midfield. I already knew lampard won't start together with matic.

That will be too slow to press city

Come on chelsea!!

[LegenTerry 263]

What did you message him?

I would give you a screenshot if I know how to post picture from my mobilephone,i told him that it doesnt matter if we loose tonight its matter that we show them that we are strong team and that they need bloody hell effort to beat us and that Im sick and tired of Man City fans who think they are unbeatable.