Jose Mourinho is planning to park the bus at Manchester City this evening after it emerged his playmaker Oscar will miss out.
The omission of Oscar, who has been one of Chelsea’s best players this season, from the starting line up would be a massive gamble for Mourinho.
Yesterday Mourinho trained with David Luiz and new signing Nemanja Matic in the holding midfield roles as he attempts to stop City's Yaya Toure.
The Chelsea midfield's task may be made easier by the fact that Martin Demichelis looks set for a start in midfield for City as Brazilian Fernandinho misses out through injury.
With Ramires on the right, Eden Hazard will be on the left and Willian is likely to start behind striker Samuel Eto’o in a 4-2-3-1 formation.
But Mourinho knows City, who have won all 11 games at the Etihad in the Barclays Premier League, are a formidable outfit.
Chelsea won this fixture at Stamford Bridge earlier in the season when Fernando Torres scored in the final minute against City.
It prompted Mourinho to jump into the stands to hug his son Jose Junior, which cause much rancour with Manuel Pellegrini when they refused to shake hands at the final whistle.
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