Duo give Eriksson midfield options

Manchester City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson looks set to have midfield duo Martin Petrov and Michael Johnson available for the visit of Chelsea.

Petrov was suffering from flu and Johnson had a groin injury which forced him to miss last week‘s 3-1 defeat at Birmingham.

Both players could feature in tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League match but England defenders Michael Ball and Micah Richards (both knee) remain on the sidelines.

Provisional squad: Hart, Corluka, Onuoha, Dunne, Garrido, Jihai, Ireland, Fernandes, Hamann, Petrov, Johnson, Castillo, Elano, Benjani, Vassell, Caicedo, Geovanni, Sturridge, Isaksson.