Chelsea is expected to pay homage to Manchester City with a guard of honor before their match at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, May 21, 2023.
Manchester City are the 2022–23 Premier League champions after Arsenal’s 1-0 defeat at Nottingham Forest means Pep Guardiola’s side can no longer be caught at the top of the table.
Chelsea will face Manchester City for the third time this season; the league champions defeated them by 1:0 and 4:0 scores in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge and the FA Cup at the Etihad Stadium in January, respectively.
Frank Lampard in the dugout for the twelve-placed table team, Chelsea, will need his second win against Pep Guardiola in the Premier League. The last time Frank won against Guardiola was in 2020 at Stamford Bridge, when Willian and Pulišić scored for Kevin De Bruyne to pull one back.
In a week, the runaway league champions, Manchester City, have had celebrations of honour in the UEFA Champions League and the English Premier League.
Guardiola’s team defeated Real Madrid by a score of 5-1 overall after both legs of the semifinal of the UEFA Champions League last Wednesday, May 17, 2023, to advance to the final in Istanbul.
The City players celebrated after watching the Nottingham Forest match together at the training ground, so they are playing their next Premier League game at the Etihad Stadium as the season’s champions and deceiving reverence from their opponent in the game.
The Premier League will ensure Chelsea will congratulate the Manchester City team as the season’s champions, according to information gathered by the editors of www.atspo.com.
Manchester City will be presented with the Premier League Trophy and medals after their match at home to Chelsea on Sunday, one of the treble trophies they aspire to achieve for the first time in the history of the club and Guadiola’s second treble in a season as a coach.
