Man City vs Chelsea

The Premier League sides meet for the second time in four days.

Indeed his last club goal, separated by strikes against Poland and Australia plus a World Cup semi-final brace against Croatia, was for Manchester City against Chelsea: in the Carabao Cup in November. [Man City and Chelsea enter another edition of the new-money derby](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/chelsea-man-city-fa-cup-preview-b2257368.html) [Chelsea’s attempts to buy Fernandez have riled Benfica](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/enzo-fernandez-chelsea-transfer-benfica-coach-b2256748.html); if they end up triggering his release clause, it will cost £105m, though the Portuguese club bought him for just £8.8m. Enzo Fernandez was an Argentina teammate of Alvarez’s in Qatar; when the midfielder won the award as the World Cup’s best young player, perhaps it was at the striker’s expense. Julian Alvarez’s first start since the World Cup final could come for Manchester City against Chelsea on Sunday. He’s had ups and downs in the past and injuries but this is part of the process to realise what he needs, to be consistent.” Graham Potter’s Chelsea have won just one of their last eight Premier League matches with three draws and four defeats. The teams also met in the Premier League last Thursday when City edged to a [1-0 win at Stamford Bridge thanks to Riyad Mahrez’s second half tap-in.](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/chelsea-man-city-result-premier-league-2023-b2256958.html) [ Pep Guardiola ](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/pep-guardiola)is expected to start World Cup winner Julian Alvarez while the likes of Cole Palmer and Stefan Ortega should feature. The stories were touching and humorous in equal measure, like the time Vialli and fellow Italian Gianfranco Zola wanted to thank Chelsea’s player liaison officer, Gary Staker, for helping them adjust to English life. Phil Foden, Bernardo Silva, Kyle Walker and Rodri are the ones who keep their places. City’s most recent triumph in this competition came in 2019 and they’ll want to go on another decent cup run this time around.

Manchester City host Chelsea in a mouthwatering FA Cup third-round tie, seeking their third win of the season against the London side after a Carabao Cup ...

— Potter's injury problems suffered a fresh hit during the midweek defeat to City, with attackers Raheem Sterling and Christian Pulisic each limping out of the action early on. Cup goalkeeper Stefan Ortega replaced Ederson after impressing in the League Cup tie between the sides, which was the last time Spanish left-back Sergio Gomez got a start. City are trying to make it two wins in a row against the London side. 1 hr 40 mins from kickoff: City and Chelsea reconvene three days on from Riyad Mahrez scoring the only goal in the Premier League encounter at Stamford Bridge. I want to send my condolences to Gianluca Vialli's family and friends. Mount has played 31 minutes in total across those matches, having been unable to start any of them. Julian Alvarez makes his first City start since his World Cup heroics, alongside midweek matchwinner Riyad Mahrez and Phil Foden in attack. On the left of defence, Lewis Hall gets another start having impressed on this ground in November and also during a substitute cameo against City on Thursday. The England attacking midfielder would certainly be a welcome sight for Blues fans. Graham Potter has made six changes from midweek and some of those suggest the Premier League remains his priority despite the Blues languishing in mid-table. There's a debut for teenage defender Bashir Humphreys.

Bashir Humphreys is handed a Chelsea debut for today's FA Cup third round tie at Man City.

[Raheem Sterling](/en/teams/profile/raheem-sterling) and [Christian Pulisic](/en/teams/profile/christian-pulisic) not involved after picking up injuries early in Thursday’s league meeting between the teams, the attack also has a new look. [Graham Potter](/en/teams/profile/graham-potter)’s side. [Hakim Ziyech](/en/teams/profile/hakim-ziyech) starts, as do [Conor Gallagher](/en/teams/profile/conor-gallagher) and [Mason Mount](/en/teams/profile/mason-mount).

Manchester City and Chelsea face each other for the third time this season. Can the latter cause an upset in the FA Cup?

They will then host Crystal Palace on Sunday, 15th January. Manchester City vs Chelsea confirmed lineups The injury list has kept growing, with players like Reece James, Wesley Fofana, Ben Chilwell, N'Golo Kanté, Raheem Sterling, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and so on.

Minute-by-minute report: who will come out on top when the two heavyweights meet for the second time in four days? Find out with Rob Smyth.

[Chelsea](https://www.theguardian.com/football/chelsea), Zakaria’s long-range shot hits Akanji in a babymaking area and loops over the bar for a corner. They haev a brilliant coach - it’s far too early to say whether he has the personality to cope with a job of this size – and maybe a dozen of very talented players aged 25 or under. This is worth keeping an eye on in the medium-term, absurd as it sounds. It must be so humiliating for good players to have to dot the Is and cross the Ts on a heavy defeat that was confirmed before half-time. “I doubt he’d do it for a crucial match, as he’d be slaughtered, but he must be thinking about it.” “1- If they wanted to draw more readers in making me an Everton fan makes no sense, they would be trying to whip up enthusiasm, not depression. Everything he did at Brighton suggests he is a top-class coach for clubs who want to build something longer term. 77 min “Might take issue with Potter being a brilliant coach,” says Simon Fuller. From the first angle it looked like he had sprayed it high to the left. 86 min Actually, I was talking nonsense: he just smashed it slightly to the left of centre. [Chelsea](https://www.theguardian.com/football/chelsea) at the Etihad. Riyad Mahrez scored two, with Julian Alvarez and Phil Foden getting the other goals.

Match report as goals from Riyad Mahrez (2), Julian Alvarez and Phil Foden gave Manchester City a 4-0 win over Chelsea in the third round of the FA Cup; ...

I thought they gave everything and showed their quality but we are disappointed we went out of the competition. His goal against them in the Carabao Cup in November now looks to have been a turning point. He was not playing at the level he is playing right now. “The FA Cup is a competition I love. At the same time, we struggled. Either way, it is the sort of problem that Potter would love to have. What a goal their third of the first half was. With that advantage, the confidence grew and Guardiola's side really started to purr. Graham Potter made six changes to the Chelsea team that were beaten by the same opposition on Thursday evening. If Chelsea could do little to stop that, the second was self-inflicted. Pep Guardiola's team can look forward to a tie at home to Arsenal if the Premier League leaders overcome Oxford United on Monday evening. His curling free-kick from the right edge of the box arrowed into the top corner beyond Kepa Arrizabalaga's dive.

The Football Association will launch an investigation into alleged homophobic chants during Manchester City's 4-0 FA Cup win against Chelsea.

[after Chelsea's Premier League draw against Nottingham Forest](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/forest-condemn-fans-for-offensive-chants-against-chelsea/bltdfa606146790bd56) on January 1. [such chants were heard during their clash against Chelsea](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/chelsea-condemn-discriminatory-language-fans-man-utd-match/bltfe3b6526a6605126) in the Premier League back in October. “Part of our work in this area has been to provide the relevant authorities with impact statements from LGBTQ+ supporters, detailing how chants of this nature affects their experience and feeling of inclusion at football matches, so that a clearer stance and understanding on the chant can be established.

The Football Association is set to investigate alleged incidents of homophobic chanting by Manchester City supporters during the FA Cup third round victory ...

An FA spokesperson said: "We strongly condemn the use of the term ‘rent boy’ and we are determined to drive it out of our game. It is understood that the chant was aimed towards Toffees boss Frank Lampard and referred to his time as a player and manager of [Chelsea](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/chelsea-fc). Pep Guardiola's side booked their place in the fourth round with an emphatic 4-0 win over Chelsea thanks to two goals from Riyad Mahrez, with Julian Alvarez and Phil Foden also getting on the scoresheet.

The FA plan to investigate after homophobic slurs were heard at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester City's FA Cup Third Round match versus Chelsea.

It is the second time in three days the chant has been heard in an FA Cup match, with a similar occurrence during Manchester United's win over Everton. Blues fans have already been subject to the sentiment in their Premier League match against Manchester United this season. An FA statement on Sunday evening read: "We continue to work closely with the Crown Prosecution Service, as well as the UK Football Policing Unit, in relation to the use of this term.

The Football Association will investigate alleged homophobic chanting during Manchester City's win over Chelsea in the FA Cup. The alleged chanting occurred ...

Get a report of the Manchester City vs. Chelsea 2022-23 English FA Cup, Third Round football match.

[Argentina](/soccer/team?id=202) striker converting a penalty after a VAR review spotted a handball from [Kai Havertz](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/231182/Kai-Havertz). [Riyad Mahrez](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/163940/Riyad-Mahrez) opened the scoring with a well-struck free-kick on 23 minutes to send City ahead. City also knocked Chelsea out of this season's Carabao Cup in November.

Match report as goals from Riyad Mahrez (2), Julian Alvarez and Phil Foden gave Manchester City a 4-0 win over Chelsea in the third round of the FA Cup; ...

I thought they gave everything and showed their quality but we are disappointed we went out of the competition. His goal against them in the Carabao Cup in November now looks to have been a turning point. He was not playing at the level he is playing right now. “The FA Cup is a competition I love. At the same time, we struggled. Either way, it is the sort of problem that Potter would love to have. What a goal their third of the first half was. With that advantage, the confidence grew and Guardiola's side really started to purr. Graham Potter made six changes to the Chelsea team that were beaten by the same opposition on Thursday evening. If Chelsea could do little to stop that, the second was self-inflicted. Pep Guardiola's team can look forward to a tie at home to Arsenal if the Premier League leaders overcome Oxford United on Monday evening. His curling free-kick from the right edge of the box arrowed into the top corner beyond Kepa Arrizabalaga's dive.

The Football Association will investigate alleged homophobic chanting by some Manchester City fans during their FA Cup clash against Chelsea.The alleg.

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