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Your support makes all the difference.Champions League semi-finalists Manchester City can consolidate their top four status with a victory at outgoing Premier League champions Chelsea in Saturday’s evening kick-off, although the Blues are set to recall striker Diego Costa after he served his three-game suspension. Follow the latest here.
- Diego Costa returns from suspension and starts
- John Terry, Eden Hazard and Loic Remy still injured
- Nemanja Matic and Gary Cahill return after recovering from injury
- Vincent Kompany absent for City
Teams:
Chelsea: Courtois; Azpilicueta, Cahill, Ivanovic, Baba Rahman; Mikel, Fabregas; Willian, Loftus-Cheek, Pedro; Diego Costa.
Subs: Begovic, Miazga, Matic, Kenedy, Traore, Pato, Falcao.
Manchester City: Hart; Zabaleta, Mangala, Otamendi, Kolarov, Fernandinho, Toure, Navas, De Bruyne, Nasri, Aguero
Subs: Caballero, Sagna, Demichelis, Fernando, Delph, Bony, Iheanacho
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Today’s fixtures:
Norwich City vs Sunderland – 12.45pm
Everton vs Southampton – 3pm
Manchester United vs Aston Villa – 3pm
Newcastle United vs Swansea City – 3pm
West Bromwich Albion vs Watford – 3pm
Chelsea vs Manchester City – 3pm
Sunday’s fixtures:
Bournemouth vs Liverpool – 1.30pm
Leicester City vs West Ham – 1.30pm
Arsenal vs Crystal Palace – 4pm
Monday’s fixture:
Stoke City vs Tottenham Hotspur – 8pm
West Brom 0 Watford 1: ANOTHER PENALTY SAVED BY GOMES! Berahino fails to convert for the second time in the game.
Funes Mori celebrates his goal GOAL! Newcastle 3 Swansea 0 - Andros TownsendWell that is game over. Mitrovic plays in Townsend who slips the ball under Fabianski to grab all three points.
2 - Heurelho Gomes is the first goalkeeper in Premier League history to save two penalties in two different Premier League games. Lifesaver.
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Bad news for Tom Hanks Right attention turns now to Chelsea v Man City, which strangely considering how close we are to the end of the season is a fairly meaningless game. Only City with a theoretical if highly unlikely chance of winning the league. Teams coming up...
Chelsea v Man City Chelsea: Courtois, Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Cahill, Baba, Fabregas, Mikel, Willian, Loftus-Cheek, Pedro, Costa.
Subs: Begovic, Falcao, Alexandre Pato, Traore, Kenedy, Miazga, Matic.
Man City: Hart, Zabaleta, Otamendi, Mangala, Kolarov, Toure, Fernandinho, Jesus Navas, De Bruyne, Nasri, Aguero.
Subs: Sagna, Fernando, Caballero, Bony, Delph, Demichelis, Iheanacho.
Gomes is congratulated for his second penalty save
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