How Man City should line up against Chelsea as they celebrate Premier League title

Manchester City take on Chelsea on Sunday afternoon as they are coronated Premier League champions.

City would have gone into the game in great spirits regardless after booking their tickets to Istanbul for the Champions League final with a sensational 4-1 victory over Real Madrid on Wednesday night. A Bernardo Silva double and goals from Manuel Akanji and Julian Alvarez secured a final with Inter on June 10.

The fixture will now be City's championship party in front of their fans at the Etihad after Arsenal's defeat at Nottingham Forest confirmed them as champions for the third straight season.

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It means Pep Guardiola's side have never been closer to claiming a historic treble with the Istanbul clash against Inter Milan to follow the FA Cup final against Manchester United.

However, it will be intriguing to see what starting XI Guardiola goes with against Chelsea. Wednesday was a draining match so some changes are bound to happen but how many will the Blues boss go for against a team that is struggling but still has plenty of talent.

There was no update on Nathan Ake's condition in the press conference and the defender remains a doubt for the match against his former club.

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Guardiola will be delighted to have finished the title chase this weekend but I wouldn't put it past him to pick exactly the same team as Wednesday night. If you can demolish Real Madrid, you can beat a terrible version of Chelsea.

Riyad Mahrez, Phil Foden, and Julian Alvarez all combined off the bench for the final goal and Aymeric Laporte will want minutes, but Brighton