That’s according to former Blues star Graeme Le Saux.
Chelsea face City tomorrow, with Pep Guardiola missing summer signing Benjamin Mendy.
City are now without an out-and-out left-back ahead of their trip to Stamford Bridge.
Guardiola played Fabian Delph in the role in midweek, with Danilo also ready to step in.
And Le Saux says Chelsea will exploit City’s defensive weakness tomorrow.
“They [City] are not just a team that are impressive statistically, the numbers don’t convey just how much they do on the pitch. They play incredibly progressive football with every player looking to get forward at any available opportunity; this is epitomised by Kevin De Bruyne and David Silva,” Le Saux told Betfair.
“Travelling to Stamford Bridge, I don’t see them changing anything about the way they play and that makes for a hugely interesting game.
“For Chelsea, Antonio Conte’s system and ability to adapt to what is going on in the game should make them comfortable with whatever Manchester City throw at them. As we saw against Atletico, they’ll be more than happy to work to contain Guardiola’s men.
“I would particularly look for them to perhaps start with their usual three at the back, but again as they did in Madrid, drop into a back five. Conte won’t see that as being defeatist, he’ll be realistic about the City threat.
“Chelsea can be lethal on the counter, and how Pep sets up to deal with that will be really interesting; especially when you consider that his first choice left-back is injured. That could be an area Conte instructs Willian to exploit.
“There’ll be many wondering whether Guardiola is going to come into the game with more caution but as previously mentioned, I think he’ll treat it very much as business as usual. For as many goals as both of these sides have scored I see it being a really tight encounter and suspect the spoils will be shared come the full-time whistle.”
