Chelsea have stumbled over the last month but are still two points ahead of City going into this game as they beat Wolves on Monday. If Chelsea can regain their clinical touch in front of goal and overcome some key defensive injuries, they’ll be in the top four hunt until the very end of the season.

Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City met in the UEFA Champions League at Parc des Princes on Wednesday in perhaps the most critical league phase game so far this season. The Ligue 1 titleholders and their English Premier League counterparts are both facing potential elimination from the tournament after poor runs of form this European season.

Jack Grealish recognises Manchester City are now playing knockout football in the Champions League before the latter stages have even begun. City are in danger of failing to progress beyond the first phase of the competition for the first time since 2012-13 after a calamitous 4-2 defeat at Paris St Germain on Wednesday.