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00:16My name is Ayomidi Shuzbo and this is The Nutmeg.
00:19Chelsea fans wanted so badly to face Manchester City at their worst.
00:24Now they have their chance, except that Manchester City are looking like they're back to their
00:29best.
00:30Well, this is a preview of the game at the ATR this weekend.
00:32It's Manchester City hosting Chelsea and yes, a preview for the game.
00:36My name is Ayomidi Shuzbo and this is The Nutmeg, Organic.
00:45Yeah so it's a fresh edition of The Nutmeg and Organic is here, great to have you as always
00:49on the show.
00:50Thank you very much.
00:51You know, this is what we love to do best and we're here again.
00:56Yes, absolutely.
00:57Now Chelsea are travelling to the ATR stadium on the back of bad form, sort of.
01:02I mean, there's been a drop off in their performances.
01:04Enzo Maresco has seen his side lost the last three games in all competitions.
01:08Meanwhile, Man City, there seems to be an uprising in terms of their performances and
01:12results on the pitch and this looks like an interesting game on paper for the weekend.
01:19Yes, it's a very interesting game.
01:22You know, Maresco's first game was against Man City and they lost 2-1.
01:28I feel that somehow they might want to have a revenge but it would have been beautiful
01:34for Chelsea fans if it was during the time Manchester City had issues.
01:40They had a poor form.
01:41It's really ironical that City, just around the time that Chelsea are now dropping off
01:47in terms of their results.
01:49Yes, I said this to some Chelsea fans a couple of weeks ago that they've not gone to make
01:58research about Maresco.
02:00He wins his first games, and towards the middle of the competition he begins to falter.
02:10I think that was the story when he was Leicester City boss in the Championship last season.
02:16He begins to try different things, try new things and those new things begin to fall
02:21aside the structure he has built.
02:25We can't say.
02:26Let's look at what they have in store this season.
02:29They have a very good structure of attackers, a very good structure of midfielders but the
02:36defence line is one of the issues that Chelsea have this season.
02:39Yes, your attackers can score for you but can the defence protect the goalposts from
02:46conceding goals?
02:48It's a beautiful thing that Manchester City is now in form but not fully in form because
02:55they still have a lot of things to do.
03:01There's still a lot of things going on in the background of Manchester City.
03:05It's going to be a beautiful game.
03:07Three points is the most important thing I can say.
03:10Yes, especially now that this is looking like some big game in terms of the top four race.
03:15Big game of some sorts in terms of qualifying for the Champions League next season.
03:20But you look at City, the kind of recruitment they are doing, they have got a player confirmed,
03:25Omar Mammouche and then also Kusanov, the first Uzbekistan player to play for Man City
03:31as well.
03:32Probably the first in the Premier League.
03:33And they are looking to get more in, right?
03:36Yes.
03:37I'm looking at their fixtures.
03:38They will face Arsenal, they will face Newcastle, they will face Chelsea next, they will face
03:43Liverpool as well, they will face Nottingham Forest.
03:45These are teams that are challenging for the top four places and also for the title.
03:49How far do you think City will finish or how high do you think they will finish the season?
03:54I can't bank on the new players that are just coming in.
03:57They are coming into a new team, they are coming into the Premier League for the first
04:00time.
04:01This is not the first time.
04:02We are having a history of players that are good elsewhere but coming into the Premier
04:05League and nothing to write home about.
04:07But definitely, if the structure of the team Manchester City has now and can still do the
04:13job, they started doing the job already, winning games, if they can continue like that, I believe
04:18that they can get somewhere.
04:19But I do not see them winning the Premier League, I do not see them winning the Premier
04:23League, but I see them at least getting into the second position or the third position
04:28if they can win these rounds of Manchester City against Chelsea, against Arsenal.
04:35Against Liverpool, against Newcastle.
04:36Against Liverpool, against Yorkshire too.
04:37Nottingham Forest and Manchester United.
04:38We will see.
04:39But in terms of the game, I would like you to give your quick prediction.
04:43This is not by United, so maybe you might just get it right.
04:46Yeah, I will go with a draw.
04:47I will go with a draw.
04:48Probably a 1-1 draw or a 2-2 draw because it is going to be a difficult game.
04:52Take it to the bank.
04:53City will defeat Chelsea, that is my take.
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05:11Thank you very much, Organ, for being part of the show as always.
05:14Thank you very much.
05:15Always my pleasure.
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