Ziyech And Aubameyang To Start; Sterling, Koulibaly And Havertz Dropped: Chelsea’s Predicted XI To Play City

Ziyech And Aubameyang To Start; Sterling, Koulibaly And Havertz Dropped: Chelsea’s Predicted XI To Play City

Chelsea manager Graham Potter says that the Blues’ performance against Nottingham Forest at the weekend “wasn’t good enough” and that’s an understatement, to say the least.

After going 1-0 up following some quick reactions from Raheem Sterling, they tried to coast towards victory, thinking they could get away with doing the bare minimum against a relegation-threatened opponent.

The lack of energy, work rate and quality was extremely concerning and they will have to do A LOT better if they are to get any points from the game against Manchester City on Thursday night.

Press the next page as we predict Chelsea’s starting lineup for the match at Stamford Bridge.

David Tully

David Tully

David has worked as a football reporter for the last fifteen years. Having started as an intern at Snack Media, he then went on to become a freelancer, working on various different sites. At the start of 2023, he took up his current role as content writer for National World's Football News Network.