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Hoddle unimpressed by inconsistent Man City

Tottenham legend Glenn Hoddle rates Chelsea ahead of Manchester City.

Hoddle wrote in the Mail on Sunday: "Manchester City remain an enigma to me. On Sunday they face their main rivals for the title in Chelsea and they have been transformed as a club since Sheik Mansour took them over in 2008.

"That said, the owners have invested £865million in the club in the six years in which they have owned it yet I still can't quite grasp their true identity.

"On their day, they can be something special. Look at their results against Manchester United in the past three seasons. In six Premier League games they have scored 18 goals against them and won five of those games. And in the majority of those encounters they have been absolutely brilliant.

"But I don't see them hitting those heights nearly enough. If you catch City on an off day you can definitely takes points off them, as Stoke did the other week.

"It's very early days but City's start to the season has been unsure and stuttering, putting them under extra pressure on Sunday because they don't want to see the five-point gap behind Chelsea increase."

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