Manchester City does not have time to lick their wounds after some other defeat in the Champions League, while Chelsea is preparing for Etihad, the two clubs fight for an end among the first four.
Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth, either to disappoint the prestige quo through the classification for the next season champions, are located at the Vitality Stadium in an intriguing clash between two sides in shape.
At the other end of the table, beleaguered Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou badly needs a win against relegation-threatened Leicester as he seeks to keep Spurs clear of danger.
The debate of the city of Ipswich of 6-0 last weekend informed that they could have recovered their mojo, however, that optimism moved away in a bombardment of four goals from Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday to leave men of Pep Guardiola at the last point of an early shameful pregnancy. outside Europe.
An undefeated race for games in the Premier League brought the city in the race for an end among the first 4 after a horrible series of results.
The English champions are fifth and would jump to Chelsea, fourth with Victoire à Etihad, on Saturday.
However, its recovery coincided with a series of lighting accessories and its cave in 2-0 to lose 4-2 on PSG showed the fragile that the most difficult opposition can expose.
City faces Arsenal, Newcastle, Liverpool and Tottenham in their 4th 4 games in the Premier League.
The club’s crisis, exacerbated through injuries, forced them to be active in the January movements market.
Guardiola has admitted that injury upheavals and Manchester City’s dismal form this season have forced the club to begin a squad review faster than expected.
After winning the Premier League six times in the last seven seasons, City offer a fifth successive name collapsed in a shocking way.
City’s astonishing decline has prompted Guardiola and the club’s hierarchy to launch a comprehensive rebuild of his team in a bid to get back on track.
Normally cautious spenders in the January transfer window, City have signed Uzbekistan defender Abdukodir Khusanov from Lens, teenaged Brazilian defender Vitor Reis from Palmeiras and Egypt forward Omar Marmoush from Eintracht Frankfurt.
This trio charges around 123 million pounds sterling ($ 152 million) in combined movement prices and opened the door to the right city volatile of the right city of Kyle Walker A AC Milan.
“Last season, we did a lot (in the Move market) with the exceptional qualities of this team,” Guardiola told Newshouings on Friday.
“Normally we wait 3 or 4 months, but we do it here with the number of injuries and disorders we have.
“They will make us strong and I’m pretty sure that the club decided for these prospective players for the future and many years.”
Forest are on course for a stunning return to Europe’s elite competition, starting the weekend level on points with second-placed Arsenal and six clear of City and Newcastle.
Qualification for the Champions League would be a surprising achievement for Forest, who crowned European champions in 1979 and 1980 under Brian Cloud.
However, the men of Nuno Espirito Santo face their ambitions on Saturday as opposed to an aspect of Bournemouth that are undefeated in a club record 10 Games from the Premier League.
The cherries spiked the shoulders of a growing injury slate to put Newcastle on the sword to an impressive 4-1 win at St James’s Park last weekend, with Justin Kluivert scoring a hat-trick.
Bournemouth have never qualified for European competition but sit seventh, just three points off the top four.
“I like the enthusiasts to dream,” Captain Lewis Cook said. “Why do you get excited?”
The joy of Bournemouth enthusiasts can be tempered via links, suggesting Tottenham may come and call in manager Andoni Iraola if Ange Postcoglou can’t save Spurs’ desolate season.
Tottenham, who devastated the injuries, lost seven of his last nine games of the First League to slide in the 15th on the table.
But the fears that will be absorbed by a war of descent have been tempered through the horrible shape of the three rear.
France-Press Agency