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Chelsea pose City's toughest test yet; Palace need Manchester miracle

John Brewin previews the weekend's Premier League action and highlights five key storylines in W2W4.

Chelsea offer injury-hit City sternest test<

Saturday evening brings a blockbuster when leaders Manchester City visit defending champions Chelsea. Their last three league matches may have seen City score 16 unanswered goals, but Chelsea present a far tougher proposition than Crystal Palace (smashed 5-0 last week) and Watford (6-0 the week before that).

Prior to those, Sadio Mane's red card stopped Liverpool's visit to the Etihad being a contest as City won 5-0. And this week has seen City suffer a double helping of bad luck as Benjamin Mendy was ruled out for the season with a ruptured ACL before news that Sergio Aguero had damaged his ribs in an Amsterdam road accident on Thursday night.