Man City vs Chelsea: 3 reasons why Frank Lampard’s side will win at the Etihad this weekend

Archie Blade | 23/11/2019
Man City vs Chelsea 3 reasons why Frank Lampard’s side will win at the Etihad this weekend

Manchester City’s Frail defence

It appears that Pep Guardiola has lost faith in Nicolas Ottamendi. This is perhaps the reason he has resorted to using Fernandinho as a centre back ahead of the Argentine. Not having Aymeric Laporte due to injury and Vincent Kompany departed has hurt the side quite a lot this season.

Last season, City conceded only 23 goals in 38 matches. This season however, they have already conceded 13 goals in 12 matches. However, they seem to have taken a more aggressive approach to make up for their defensive frailties.

Last season City scored 95 goals in 38 matches at an average of 2.5 goals per match. This season, they have already found the net 35 times in 12 matches at almost 3 goals per game. Should Chelsea whether the storm and find the perfect opportunity to launch a counter attack, they have more than good enough forwards to take advantage of a suspect back line.

Man City vs Chelsea could be one of those matches where City launch a plethora of attack on Chelsea while the visitors play the waiting game. A moment of brilliance is what is likely to separate the winners and we back the Blues to produce that moment.

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Archie Blade

Archie is a WWE and UFC Editor/Author at the SportsRush. Like most combat sports enthusiasts, his passion for watching people fight began with WWE when he witnessed a young Brock Lesnar massacre Hulk Hogan back in 2002. This very passion soon branched out to boxing and mixed martial arts. Over the years he fell in love with the theatrics that preceded the bell and the poetic carnage that followed after. Each bruise a story to tell, each wound a song of struggle, his greatest desire is to be there to witness it all. His favorite wrestler is Shawn Michaels and he believes that GSP is the greatest to ever step foot inside the octagon. Apart from wrestling, he is also fond of poetry and music.