The best images from Friday's session at the City Football Academy...

Pep Guardiola’s men dotted the I’s and crossed the T’s ahead of this weekend’s clash with Chelsea, in one of the most highly anticipated matches of the new season.

The Londoners currently sit top of the Premier League, beating both Aston Villa and Crystal Palace 3-0 in their previous two encounters on home soil so far.

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Nonetheless, we travel to Stamford Bridge with fond memories from last season’s hugely impressive 3-1 victory in January 2021, not to mention four successive league clean sheets.

Everything points towards Saturday’s lunchtime kick-off being an absolute thriller, and we made sure we travelled south at our sharpest with one final session at the CFA.

Chelsea v Manchester City

City’s game against Chelsea kicks-off at 12:30 (UK) on Saturday 25 September and we’ll have full coverage here on mancity.com.

Our Matchday Centre begins two hours before kick-off, whilst our Matchday Live show starts one hour before we get under way.

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A match report and post-match reaction from players and Pep Guardiola will be available shortly after the final whistle and you can watch brief highlights from 17:15.

A full-match replay will be available on CITY+ from midnight after the game.

Enjoy the best of training via the gallery below…