Premier League: Manchester City v Chelsea

Summary

Terry substituted for first time ever by Mourinho
Chelsea have one point from opening two games
Man City top of Premier League with two wins

Live Reporting

Phil Dawkes

'Aguero is 100% fit'published at 15:29
Manchester City v Chelsea (16:00 BST)
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It’s very important we play a tactical game. They have good technical players in attack and we must work very hard to recover the ball. Aguero is 100% fit. He has no problem and has been working for around 20 days now. Maybe the last game was too soon but now there are no problems. The key is not to lose the ball because Chelsea are fast on the counter-attack. We have to try and score the chances we have."
Manuel Pellegrini, Manchester City manager
Sunday stroll for Jose?published at 15:28
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'We have to keep a clean sheet'published at 15:25
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I see a big game...the champions against the former champions. It's two candidates for the title but it is the second fixture of the season and there are 36 matches still to go after this. The reality is the winner gets three points and stops a direct opponent from getting three points.To win this game we have to defend very well, we have to keep a clean sheet."
Jose Mourinho, Chelsea manager speaking to Sky Sports
'First meeting of the superpowers'published at 15:23
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Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer
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The first meeting of Premier League superpowers this season and it comes after the well-chronicled differences between Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho and his medical team. Manchester City have had no such problems after a smooth 3-0 win at West Bromwich Albion on Monday - and the fans in the newly-extended Etihad Stadium (with capacity increased to more than 55,000 with the new South Stand expansion) will get to see £49m buy from Liverpool Raheem Sterling make his home debut.
50 up for Cescpublished at 15:22
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LINE-UPS - Chelseapublished at 15:20
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Silva liningpublished at 15:16
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LINE-UPS - Manchester Citypublished at 15:12
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Breaking City team newspublished at 15:09
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Good news for City. Striker Sergio Aguero is back in the starting line-up. He replaces Wilfried Bony.
Oscar injuredpublished at 15:07
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We started the season with Oscar in the team and we started the week with Oscar in the team. But he had an injury, not a big one but it stops him playing today and probably next week, so we had to make a change."
Jose Mourinho, Chelsea manager speaking to Sky Sports
Breaking Chelsea team newspublished at 15:05
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We already knew Chelsea would be without suspended goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois - meaning a first start for Asmir Begovic - but they are also missing midfielder Oscar, due to injury. As a result, Ramires comes in.
Focus on the footballpublished at 15:04
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It would be fair to say that Chelsea have not enjoyed a great week on the PR front.
The reigning champions have staged something of a drawn-out acrimonious re-imagining of Carry On Doctor, with manager Jose Mourinho playing Sid James' role as a snarling, arm-waving antagonist.
The whole 'medicgate' affair has overshadowed an average start to the season for the Blues - that 2-2 home draw with Swansea - and the build-up to what is a huge clash at their nearest challenger from last season, Manchester City.
Apologies of you came here for a recap of all the week's medical-themed shenanigans, but I'm going to focus solely on the football.
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