Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri says midfield fight will be key against Man City

Maurizio Sarri says midfield battle will be key against Man City

                Maurizio Sarri feels Sunday's game could be decided in midfield

Maurizio Sarri trusts the midfield fight will key on Sunday if his Chelsea side are to strike a second real blow on Manchester City's title test this season. 

Ruling heroes City were on a 21-coordinate unbeaten run which extended back to the past April when they made a trip to Stamford Bridge on December 8.

Be that as it may, they were paralyzed by Chelsea and proceeded to lose two of their next three group recreations and hand Liverpool the driving force in the title race.

They have been playing make up for lost time from that point forward and will look to keep the weight on Jurgen Klopp's side by picking up retribution for their annihilation by Chelsea right off the bat in the season.

David Luiz celebrates after putting Chelsea 2-0 up against Man City in December 

The two groups gloat an abundance of assaulting ability however Sarri feels the fight for strength amidst the recreation center, where Fernandinho will be key for City and Jorginho will have a vital job for Chelsea, will go far towards choosing the result.
Sarri stated: "It will be extremely hard to be responsible for the match. The match is there (in midfield), more than in the strikers.

"They can play on the off chance that you stop Fernandinho and furthermore we're ready to play on the off chance that you stop Jorginho.

"We have alternatives. Possibly they have a bigger number of choices than us since they have chipped away at this for three seasons.

"However, I recall that in Naples it was definitely not a major issue if there was a man on Jorginho, so I trust it will be the equivalent here later on."

No player has made more goes in the Premier League this season than Jorginho (who has 2,219), yet Sarri knows his side will think that its hard to keep the ball at the Etihad Stadium.

"I expect Guardiola's group need to dependably be responsible for the match, dependably possessing the ball and they're ready to do it. So it's an extremely troublesome match," Sarri said.

"We are accustomed to having the ball and ownership so on Sunday it will be altogether different.

"We will endeavor to play our football, however on the off chance that they can play their football, obviously, you need to remain lower (further)."