Manchester City have the tough task of following a Champions League collapse with a match against Chelsea. The defending English champions once again coughed up a two-goal lead, this time to Paris Saint-Germain,

The financial incentives are obvious but there is also a prestige and importance beyond money to being in Europe's premier competition

And yet, Chelsea’s poor run of form was nothing compared to the epic slide that City experienced in November and December, wherein they won just once in thirteen (13!) games in all competitions. January has seen them put a few more W’s on the board,