Van Buyten winning fitness fight

Daniel van Buyten is poised to return to Manchester City's starting line-up for the clash with Chelsea on Saturday.

The Belgian defender sat out of the win over Bolton after failing a late fitness test but will return to training this week and should be fit to face Claudio Ranieri's side.

Manager Kevin Keegan told the club's official website: "Daniel will return to training on Thursday and he will be fit for Saturday, unless he has some reaction.

"That is good news for us. He is the only one who has missed training at the start of the week everyone else is fine."