It can be difficult sometimes to recall there was once a time when it was Manchester City, not Chelsea, with the reputation for operating a revolving-door policy with their managers.

Who would have thought that a rookie manager – who only seven months ago was a youth team coach at Southampton – would play such a potentially significant role in the Premier League title race?

A significant alteration sees Rodri make his first start in three months, when he was forced off early at Brentford with a hamstring injury.