Predicted Chelsea lineup Vs Manchester City: Find out which are the players

On Sunday, Arsenal were knocked back to reality after they were crushed 0-2 by West Ham.

Mourinho was involved in another handshake incident recently when he and Arsene Wenger refused to acknowledge each other following the Gunners’ Community Shield victory at Wembley. I always shake hands with him‘. “We’ve shown what we can do and now people are going to say why can’t you do it every game?”

Neither Manchester City nor Arsenal really looked likely of pipping Jose Mourinho’s men, and both Manchester United and Liverpool was inept.

Kompany is the first to admit his own fall in standards as much as those of team-mates as City failed to defend their title last May.

The Harlesden-raised Sterling played on the left against West Brom so could well be pitted against Ivanovic, who is one of Chelsea’s most influential players, providing constant drive on the right-hand side. They will be trying to win. I think it will be a very interesting game.

Pellegrini would not comment on continuing reports claiming City have lodged a £47million bid with Wolfsburg for Kevin de Bruyne or rumours linking the club with apparent Manchester United target Pedro of Barcelona.

But asked if homegrown youngsters, such as Loftus-Cheek, feature in his plans for the upcoming season, Mourinho said: “It depends on him not on me”. City host champions Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday and the importance of the match is not lost on Toure.

Cahill didn’t appear to be too concerned over the defeat, instead has focused his mind-set on Chelsea’s final pre-season fixture against Fiorentina, explaining that “We’re confident, we have a good squad and another game on Wednesday”. You’ll expect he would have a dip in his performance level.

“Now let’s be serious”. “Beating a team like Chelsea gives you a lot of trust in what you are doing”, he said.

Pellegrini also revealed he is still looking to add one or two more players to his squad before the transfer window closes at the start of next month, as the club continues to be linked with Wolfsburg star Kevin De Bruyne.