Brendan Rodgers has said that he respects Chelsea as a football club, but does not intend to change his playing style for the fixture.
The Swansea boss spent four years at Stamford Bridge between 2004 and 2008 as youth and reserve manager.
The City boss commented: “We need to respect the opponent, they have world class players. But we went to Arsenal
last week and nearly got a result, and they are playing with a similar style to us.”
He added: “We are learning all the time and we know you have to be collectively right, we are not naive enough to think we can open everything up like we do at home, but we are still going to try and maintain our idea to control possession and dominate with the ball.”