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Man City vs Chelsea confirmed team news: Kante out, Morata bench, Zinchenko starts
N'GOLO KANTE is surprisingly missing from the Chelsea team to face Manchester City.
Kevin de Bruyne starts for Man City
The France midfielder is left out due to illness and his place is taken by Danny Drinkwater.
The other Chelsea change sees Cesc Fabregas replace Alvaro Morata and it means Eden Hazard leads the attack with Willian and Pedro supporting him.
For the Premier League leaders, they make City changes from the team which beat Arsenal and both are defensive.
Oleksandr Zinchenko and Aymeric Laporte come in for Danilo and captain Vincent Kompany.
Let's go! ������
— Manchester City (@ManCity) March 4, 2018
City XI | Ederson, Walker, Laporte, Otamendi, Zinchenko, Gundogan, Bernardo, Sane, Silva (c), De Bruyne, Aguero
Subs | Bravo, Stones, Kompany, Danilo, Jesus, Yaya Toure, Foden
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Chelsea team: Courtois; Azpilicueta (c), Christensen, Rudiger; Moses, Fabregas, Drinkwater, Alonso; Willian, Hazard, Pedro.
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) March 4, 2018
Subs: Caballero, Cahill, Zappacosta, Emerson, Chalobah, Giroud, Morata. #MCICHE pic.twitter.com/Ws29PUw4ay
Man City: Ederson, Walker, Laporte, Otamendi, Zinchenko, Gundogan, De Bruyne, B. Silva, D. Silva, Sane, Aguero.
Subs: Bravo, Danilo, Kompany, Stones, Toure, Foden, Gabriel Jesus.
Chelsea: Courtois, Moses, Rudiger, Christensen, Azpilicueta, Alonso, Drinkwater, Fabregas, Willian, Pedro, Hazard.
Subs: Caballero, Morata, Giroud, Zappacosta, Cahill, Emerson, Chalobah.