{"id":778003,"date":"2026-02-20T22:07:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T22:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/778003\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T22:07:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T22:07:21","slug":"jody-morris-thinks-itll-be-chelsea-who-ruin-manchester-citys-premier-league-title-hopes-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/778003\/","title":{"rendered":"Jody Morris thinks it&#8217;ll be Chelsea who ruin Manchester City&#8217;s Premier League title hopes this season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=thechelseachronicle.com \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Add as preferred source on Google <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Chelsea have to play against both Arsenal and Manchester City before the Premier League season comes to an end, and Jody Morris believes the Blues are going to have a real say on the title race this season.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/liam-rosenior\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liam Rosenior<\/a> has enjoyed an unbeaten start to life in the Premier League since taking over the club, and has a great chance of continuing that when they take on Burnley this weekend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/news\/gary-lineker-admits-what-still-surprises-him-about-graceful-cole-palmer-at-chelsea\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A return to form for Cole Palmer<\/a> has certainly buoyed their hopes, however the fixtures are about to become a whole lot more difficult for the Blues.<\/p>\n<p> Should Mamadou Sarr start tomorrow vs Burnley?\ud83e\udd14 <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2261069772-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Mamadou Sarr in his Chelsea training top at Cobham as he begins to make an impression on the coaching staff.\" class=\"wp-image-352675\" \/>Photo by Scott Llewellyn\/MI News\/NurPhoto via Getty Images       Jody Morris thinks Chelsea will beat Manchester City in the Premier League run-in<\/p>\n<p>Their first game in March will be another trip to the Emirates, while they will host Manchester City in April.<\/p>\n<p>Former Blues player and assistant manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/jody-morris\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jody Morris<\/a> was asked to predict how he thought the two title contenders would get on for the rest of the season, and he said to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/skysportsnews\/status\/2024443904544624945?s=46&amp;t=Obk7_Tuk7ajbZ4IVnByAjQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Sky Sports<\/a> Chelsea will get the better of City at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2240424738-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Chelsea Legends v Liverpool Legends\" \/>Photo by Darren Walsh\/Chelsea FC via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>He even tipped the Blues to nick a point from Arsenal, although his results ended up seeing the Gunners crowned the champions of England.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea are yet to defeat either side so far this season, however put in one of their best performances of the campaign in the 1-1 draw against Arsenal, when they were down to 10 men after the sending off of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/moises-caicedo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Moises Caicedo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Their experience against the Gunners under Rosenior has been far less positive though. They lost both legs in the EFL Cup semi-final.<\/p>\n<p>          Jamie Carragher wonders whether we are seeing another Graham Potter at Chelsea \ud83e\udd14 <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">Thoughts?<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TCC-92-819x1024.png\" alt=\"Jamie Carragher compares Graham Potter to Liam Rosenior at Chelsea\" class=\"wp-image-352877\" \/>Photo by Darren Walsh\/Chelsea FC via Getty Images       Calum McFarlane set the blueprint for result vs Man City<\/p>\n<p>The reverse fixture between Chelsea and City was the first game after Enzo Maresca was sacked by the Blues.<\/p>\n<p>Calum McFarlane took interim charge of the game, and after they showed too much respect in the first half, his substitutions changed the game.<\/p>\n<p>It was clear that the introduction of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/andrey-santos\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andrey Santos<\/a> was crucial to them getting a point from the Etihad, and given how highly Rosenior rates him there is a good chance he starts at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best Chelsea content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Add as preferred source on Google Chelsea have to play against both Arsenal and Manchester City before the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":778004,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,4884,29352,2465,16,15],"class_list":["post-778003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manchester","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-jody-morris","tag-manchester","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116105238769830874","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/778004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}