Rafael

The defender is always one yellow card away from a red and against Chelsea, he was probably most people’s favourite to see red.

That dubious honour was eventually taken by Branislav Ivanovic, but the fact that Rafael is at times a walking yellow card will not be lost on City or their manager.

Against Eden Hazard, the right back struggled at times and City will no doubt have their tricky players running at him to boot.

Rafael needs to show that he can stand up to the best wingers in football if he wants to convince Van Gaal to keep him – and this is the game to do it in.