At 20:30 Beijing time on January 15, the 22nd round of the Premier League will usher in a focus battle: Blue Moon Manchester City hosts the Blues Chelsea. So, who is the "deeper blue"?
Guardiola, who has created the "Dream Three Dynasty" in Barca with a passing style of play, played invincible players all over the world, and Mourinho called the world's top coach of this era, coached Manchester City, and the biggest "bitter lord" can be said to be Chelsea. In his first season in charge of Manchester City, the Premier League title was taken away by Conte's Chelsea. Since then, Guardiola, who has been operating hard at Manchester City for many years, has played almost everywhere in the Premier League, from the 2017-18 season to the 2020-21 season, only the 2019-20 season failed to win the Premier League, and the league title in that season was taken away by Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool. In the 2020-21 season, Manchester City, coached by Guardiola, finally reached the final of the Champions League in history, but lost 0:1 to Chelsea, who took over in the middle of Tuchel's season, and missed the title.
Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool, who won the Champions League first, won the Premier League the following season, and as Klopp's younger brother, Tuchel also hopes to do it at Chelsea. In the first half of this season, Chelsea also once beat Liverpool and Manchester City in the Premier League table, but this season's Chelsea's combat strength in the Premier League is obviously far from being comparable to Liverpool in the 2019-20 season, and this season's Manchester City record is much more stable than that in the 2019-20 season.
In the current Premier League standings, Manchester City led by 53 points in 21 games, 17 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, scoring 53 goals and conceding 13 goals, with a very high winning rate, the offensive firepower is the first in the Uk, and the defense is also the best in the Premier League. Chelsea ranked second with 43 points in 21 wins, 12 wins, 7 draws and 2 losses, scoring 45 goals and conceding 16 goals, only losing 2 games like Manchester City, but there were too many draws, the offensive firepower was not as good as Manchester City and Liverpool, and the defense was not as good as Manchester City and Liverpool. Liverpool ranked third with 42 points in 20 games, 12 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses, scoring 52 goals and conceding 18 goals, the winning rate is comparable to Chelsea, the offensive firepower is not as good as Manchester City, and the defense is not as good as Manchester City and Chelsea.
Chelsea has fallen behind Manchester City by 10 points, and only 1 point ahead of Liverpool in one round of multiple matches, to compete for the title, we must try our best to narrow the gap with Manchester City, but also beware of being overtaken by Liverpool at any time.
City have won nine of their last 10 matches in all competitions, drawing 9, drawing and losing, with the only loss being a 2-1 away defeat to Leipzig in the final round of the Champions League group stage, with the Premier League winning all.
Chelsea are unbeaten in their last 10 matches in all competitions with 5 wins, 5 draws and 0 defeats (before the Second Leg of the League Cup semi-finals away to Tottenham).
The two sides have met in the past 10 times, and Manchester City are still slightly at a disadvantage with 4 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. In the first leg of the Premier League this season, Manchester City won 1-0 away to Chelsea, and before that, Manchester City's FA Cup, Premier League and Champions League defeated Chelsea under Tuchel for three consecutive defeats.
This time in the Premier League again, Manchester City, who plays at home, of course, has a better chance of winning, Manchester City's recent record is more stable than Chelsea's, and Chelsea's physical strength is also a test after a match with Tottenham Hotspur in the second leg of the League Cup semi-final in the early morning of January 13.