Frank Lampard has reiterated a key message to his Chelsea group that Mauricio Pochettino himself would be sending them ahead of a daunting trip to the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. Incidentdly, Lampard was the last man to take points off of Pep Guardiola's side in the league but few are expecting his current team to do so here.
Chelsea are in the bottom half and have won just once in their last 11 games. City, meanwhile, are steamrolling their way to a third straight league title and are potentially even less than three games away from a historic treble. It would be easy to underplay just how dominant they have been in recent months.
Since the champions elect last lost, away to Tottenham on February 5, Chelsea have been bettered 10 times and have won just four times. City, on the other hand, have victories in their last 11 games and 13 of the past 14. The title could already be theirs by the time the game kicks off if Arsenal lose to Nottingham Forest on Saturday evening.
