When Manchester City welcome Chelsea to the Etihad Stadium for an FA Cup third round clash on January 8, Pep Guardiola is likely to field a strong team.
The late Sunday afternoon fixture will see City launch an offensive on a fourth front, having already made good progress in the Premier League, Champions League and League Cup so far this season.
Guardiola has always promised that City will fight on every front, and that he does not consider any competition unimportant when compared to the others. That, combined with the fact that Pep has plenty of high-quality players at his disposal, means that he rarely makes wholesale changes to his line-ups with future fixtures in mind.
