Friday 15 April 2016 23:22, UK
Ahead of Manchester City's trip to Chelsea on Saturday Night Football, Jamie Redknapp reflects on a poor domestic season for both sides, and where they go from here...
When we looked at this fixture at the start of the season, we thought it would decide the title. Both sides should feel a bit of embarrassment, without disrespecting Leicester and Tottenham.
With the money they've spent and the quality they've got, it just shows you sometimes it's not about how much you've spent but how well you can create a winning team and create that formula.
Both these sides, in the Premier League, haven't possessed that. They haven't been together, they've given away silly goals, points from winning positions and they've both been major disappointments.
The amount of Chelsea players whose form has dropped has been staggering. Nemanja Matic, who some said was one of the players of the season last year, has been a shadow of himself. The same goes for Eden Hazard.
It's been a horror show, although it has got slightly better under Guus Hiddink. But their home form, drawing six of their last seven, just shows there isn't much value to their football. A lot of Chelsea fans are scratching their heads and wondering how this happened.
Where do they go from here? You can't just get rid of players while they're under contract. The major problem they've had is that the players they've brought in haven't freshened up the squad or lifted the club.
Radamel Falcao was a mystery to everyone and the same with Alexandre Pato, trying to get him going and give him a push. It hasn't really worked.
Last year, we were expecting them to dominate for five or six years. Now, we're wondering what they can do to get back up there next season because it will get tougher and tougher.
The outcome and flow of the game depends on City and how they approach it. First of all, they have to secure a top-four place and then they want to win the Champions League.
It's impossible not to be looking ahead to those Champions League games against Real Madrid, especially for Sergio Aguero and Kevin De Bruyne.
They are the games they've got to focus on because that's history-making, that's defining, and that's what the owners want. They want to be global and if you win the Champions League, that's what happens.
City this season have had some injuries that have caused them problems. Aguero was out at the start of the year and Vincent Kompany has been out on several occasions. It was a real blow when they lost De Bruyne against Everton in the Capital One Cup.
He was one of the top two or three players in the league at the time, maybe even the best, and was scoring goals, but they still really shouldn't be in this position.
If everyone is fit, they are probably the best team to watch when they are playing well. They have been a major disappointment and have really let themselves down at the back.
