Heading into the headliner fixture of the Premier League weekend, Chelsea’s 2-0 win at Manchester City, Blues boss Maurizio Sarri played some brilliant mind games. Before the crunch clash at Stamford Bridge, Sarri doubled down on statements he made earlier this season in which he claimed his side wasn’t in the same class as the reigning champions.

On Saturday, Chelsea wasn’t just in the same proverbial league as Man City, they were better as they handed the Sky Blues their first defeat of the Premier League season. With that result, City fell below Liverpool and into second place in the standings. Chelsea are now fourth, tied with Arsenal on points, but +5 over the Gunners on goal differential.

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Metropolitan police are investigating allegations that a Chelsea fan racially abused Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling during the match at Stamford Bridge today. In the midst of the Blues 2-0 upset win, video footage went viral on social media, leading to widespread speculation that the man in the far right yelled racist insults at the English international.

Chelsea Football Club are also investigating the incident, going so far as to say they would issue a lifetime ban to the offender if he has found to have been racially abusing Sterling.

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Ahead of the Premier League’s biggest fixture of the weekend, Manchester City defender Vincent Kompany has made some very interesting remarks about Chelsea forward Eden Hazard, and the type of managers that his fellow Belgian has worked under. Hazard got off to a rip roaring starting this season, but he’s been slowed by injury lately and thus entered a bit of a goal scoring drought.

However, given his all world form at the beginning of the season, it’s only a matter of time until Hazard breaks out of the funk. Kompany says the future is bright for the 27-year-old, who he believes finally has an attacking minded manager.

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After getting off to a rip roaring start this season, Chelsea FC have now hit a dry spell. On November 24, Chelsea suffered their first loss in any competition of 2018-19 with a 3-1 Premier League loss to Tottenham Hotspur. They had been undefeated from the Community Shield up until that point.

Now they have lost their last two league games as they head into what might be the toughest test of the season. Additionally, the Blues have only won two of their last five across all competitions. The key to the scorching start, and then the subsequent drop-off might be Eden Hazard. After racking up seven league goals by October 7, he hasn’t scored since.

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On at least two occasions this season, Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri has said his club just isn’t in Manchester City’s league.

And with this admission, Sarri has stated that the goal for the year is not Premier League title contention, but a top four finish. We’ll find out just how far apart the two sides really are this weekend, as they will meet for the first time in 2018-19. Let’s take a look at the fitness and injury situation for this headliner fixture, which commences Saturday at Stamford Bridge.

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Previously this season Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri has stated that his club just isn’t in Manchester City’s class, and thus not Premier League title contenders. Tonight, following a 2-1 loss at Wolverhampton Wanderers, Sarri doubled down on his belief.

The loss to Wolves on Wednesday dropped the Blues to fourth in the Premier League table after 15 matches, and places them 10 points adrift of league leaders Manchester City. The two sides will meet at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. Despite the very disappointing loss today, Sarri believes his side will be mentally ready to take on City.

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