The Preview: Chelsea vs Man City

The Athletic FC Podcast

The Athletic

World Cup, Premier League, Soccer,, Champions League, Sports

4.0 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Chelsea welcome Manchester City to Stamford Bridge. Can the Citizens keep the pressure on in the title race?

Elsewhere Arsenal host Bournemouth, Manchester United face local rivals Leeds, and Roberto De Zerbi begins his Tottenham tenure away to Sunderland.

Host: Matt Davies-Adams

Guests: Tim Spiers & Mark Critchley

Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead

Producers: Jay Beale & John Rogers

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0:00.0	The Athletic FC
0:03.1	Welcome to the preview from the Athletic FC
0:08.0	It's the show where we get you set for the weekend's Premier League action
0:11.7	This week we're starting with a battle at the bridge
0:14.1	It's Chelsea versus Manchester City
0:20.6	And with me for this one we have, Tim Spears.
0:23.4	Hello, Tim.
0:24.4	Hey, Matt.
0:24.9	And Mark Crishley's back with us as well.
0:26.4	How you doing, Critch?
0:27.9	I'm okay, Matt.
0:28.9	Thank you very much.
0:29.6	Just down in another mug of Lemsip.
0:31.9	We soldier on.
0:33.2	It's that time of year.
0:34.8	Later on, we're going to get into the action elsewhere, but first, let's get to our feature
0:37.9	presentation.
0:40.3	And the title race is heading towards its conclusion, and although Arsenal are still in the
0:45.3	ascendancy with a nine-point lead at the top, Manchester City aren't giving up without a
0:50.8	fight.
0:51.5	And Tim, we've seen many different versions of City in recent weeks.
0:55.8	Drop points to relegation strugglers,
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