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Cesc Fabregas starts for Chelsea, Yaya Toure on bench for Manchester City

Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas returned to the starting XI for the Premier League leaders' match against Manchester City, who named Yaya Toure on the bench at the Etihad Stadium.

Fabregas, 29, has not played for Chelsea since the 3-0 defeat at Arsenal on Sept. 24, his only Premier League start for manager Antonio Conte.

The Spain international comes into the team in place of Nemanja Matic, who was not in the squad for Saturday's match.

Toure, 33, was not named in Pep Guardiola's team despite his influential performance in City's 2-1 win at Burnley last weekend, which was only the Ivorian's third appearance of the season.

Young winger Leroy Sane came into the City side, with Raheem Sterling not included in the matchday 18.

Manchester City XI: Bravo, Stones, Otamendi, Kolarov, Fernandinho, Gundogan, Navas, Sane, Silva (C), De Bruyne, Aguero

Manchester City bench: Caballero, Zabaleta, Sagna, Clichy, Yaya Toure, Fernando, Iheanacho

Chelsea XI: Courtois, Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Cahill (c), Moses, Kante, Fabregas, Alonso, Pedro, Diego Costa, Hazard

Chelsea bench: Begovic, Ivanovic, Aina, Chalobah, Oscar, Willian, Batshuayi