5 Reasons why Chelsea could destroy Manchester City today

#1. Antonio Conte has Pep Guardiola's number in the Premier League

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The two times Conte and Guardiola - two of world football's finest managers - have gone toe-to-toe in England it's been the Italian who's come up on top... a 3-1 and a 2-1 victory underlining the Londoners' dominance over the Mancunians.

Conte's pragmatic approach is at odds against Guardiola's insistence on expansive football and although the Catalan's gameplan is in actual effect a defensive one with ball possession as their central tenet rather than relying on numbers at the back, it might not work as well against a side that's geared to hit teams on the counter and pick off possession in vital areas (which lends itself to the previous point - here's where Kante and Bakayoko could prove vital to the game).

Alvaro Morata's form, Eden Hazard's return, the presence of a superior midfield and arguably superior defence (the absence of Benjamin Mendy, City's only naturally left-footed left back, will be felt hard today by the Citizens!) means that Antonio Conte is all set to continue his dominance of Pep Guardiola