Kevin De Bruyne Man City
Kevin De Bruyne Man City

The Champions League final for the 2020-21 season is going to be an all-English affair between Guardiola’s Man City and Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea.

Both these sides knocked two of the favourites in the semi-finals, PSG and Real Madrid but before they take on each other in the final later this month, they will get to play a dress rehearsal match this weekend in the Premier League.

This game will give us a pretty clear idea as to what we can expect from Manchester City as well as Chelsea in Istanbul. Chelsea have made a really strong case in their favour after the superb win vs Real Madrid in the second leg but according to Arsene Wenger, Man City have a slight advantage over their English rivals.

‘I would say City looks more mature,’ Wenger told beIN Sports, as quoted by Metro.

‘Both are very good in transition and both teams can maintain a high level, a high rhythm for 90 minutes.

‘We could see that Real Madrid when they had to chase the game in the second half, they never found a way to be dangerous because the discipline of these English teams, the capacity to remain focused and the transition of pace to go quickly forwards was always a threat.

‘Last night Paris Saint-Germain and tonight against Real Madrid – who are two big teams. On that front they are quite level.

 

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‘I find, the difference between the two teams is that conversion rate of chances created is, at the moment, much higher at City. ‘They need less chances to score goals than Chelsea. But that can change, the final is on the 29th. It’s 24 days – a lot can change in between.’

If Man City can pick up a win this weekend then they will be crowned the Premier League champions while a win for Chelsea is also equally important for them to maintain their fourth spot on the table.

So, clearly none of the two managers are likely to play a second fiddle side on Saturday.

Man City were totally dominant over PSG on Tuesday and while Chelsea also managed a comfortable win but they should have at least scored a couple of more goals. If they are as wasteful on Saturday as they were against Zidane’s men then there’s no doubt that Man City will be wrapped up all three points.

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