Here’s a match-up of teams that all the pundits picked to be champions, or perhaps runners-up. It’s the Blues versus the Blue side of Manchester, League leaders Chelsea, who have begun the season with a perfect record of four wins from four matches visit last season’s champions Man City FC.
TV coverage begins at 11 a.m. ET Sunday on NBCSN and Telemundo, highlighting NBC Sports Group’s Premier League coverage this weekend. That match features Chelsea forward Diego Costa, who has scored seven goals in his first four Premier League appearances for the Blues, including a hat trick against Swansea City last Saturday.
NBC Sports Group’s Premier League lead play-by-play announcer Arlo White calls Man City FC v. Chelsea, joined by Jim Beglin at the Etihad Stadium. Match coverage begins with Premier League Live at 10:30 a.m. ET on NBCSN.
So obviously, this one will have huge, and I mean HUGE championship implications for the 2014-15 Premier League season.
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