{"id":323332,"date":"2011-03-19T21:18:54","date_gmt":"2011-03-19T21:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/19\/essien-chelsea-will-beat-man-city\/"},"modified":"2011-03-19T21:18:54","modified_gmt":"2011-03-19T21:18:54","slug":"essien-chelsea-will-beat-man-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/19\/essien-chelsea-will-beat-man-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Essien: Chelsea Will Beat Man city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>Midfielder Michael Essien has talked up Chelsea\u2019s chances in winning Sunday\u2019s crucial clash with Manchester City at the Stamford Bridge, claiming the game will be decided in midfield, part of the pitch he patrols.<\/p>\n<p>It was the Ghanaian midfielder whose solitary header secured maximum points for the West London side the last time they defeated City at the Stamford Bridge in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Essien is now relishing the opportunity to get the better of players like Patrick Vieira, Gareth Barry, Nigel De Jong and Yaya Tour\u00e9 and see the Blues finish in a third place before the international break.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018They have some tough players in the midfield and we have some as well so it is going to be really tough in there and there is going to be movement all over the pitch,\u2019 Essien said. \u2018It is going to be physical and it is always hard playing Man City. They will come here and make things difficult for us but with the players we have got and playing in front of our fans, hopefully that will give us the advantage to go out there and get the three points.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>One player Essien is pleased will be alongside him in midfield if he is selected, is Ramires who is now a regular in the side midway through his first season in England.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Ramires has adapted to the Premier League now and you can see he has been doing great for us,\u2019 Essien praises. \u2018With his energy and his pace and his movement going forward, it is good to have him in the team.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/201ed65bget.media_983-150x90.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[Read more here|View the original here|More|More|Read More|Read More|Read More|Read More|Continued here|More here|View original post here|More|See more here|See original article|Originally posted here|Visit site|See the original post||See the original article here|Read the original post|Original post|Read the article|See more here|Read the original|Link|Excerpt from|Taken from|View post|Visit link|Follow this link|Continue reading here|Continue Reading|See the article here|Read this article|View article|<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Midfielder Michael Essien has talked up Chelsea\u2019s chances in winning Sunday\u2019s crucial clash with Manchester City at the Stamford Bridge, claiming the game will be decided in midfield, part of the pitch he patrols. It was the Ghanaian midfielder whose solitary header secured maximum points for the West London side the last time they defeated City at the Stamford Bridge in 2009. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-323332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Essien: Chelsea Will Beat Man city - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/19\/essien-chelsea-will-beat-man-city\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Essien: Chelsea Will Beat Man city - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Midfielder Michael Essien has talked up Chelsea\u2019s chances in winning Sunday\u2019s crucial clash with Manchester City at the Stamford Bridge, claiming the game will be decided in midfield, part of the pitch he patrols. 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