Chelsea's hopes of bringing Champions League football back to Stamford Bridge next season took a huge hit on Saturday evening as Enzo Maresca's men suffered a 3-1 defeat to Manchester City.

Despite Noni Madueke putting them ahead, the Blues were second best at the Etihad Stadium. Josko Gvardiol's equaliser late in the first half was followed by Erling Haaland capitalising on Robert Sanches' mistake, before Phil Foden's late strike.

The English champions are now ahead of Chelsea in the Premier League standings by one point - in fourth place. Newcastle's 3-1 win at Southampton means the west Londoners are now joint seventh with Bournemouth - who thrashed Nottingham Forest 5-0 in an eye-catching result.

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Here, football.london takes a closer look at Chelsea's next five Premier League fixtures - and compares them to what Liverpool and Arsenal have coming up;

Chelsea's next five Premier League fixtures

West Ham (H) - Monday, February 3

Brighton (A) - Friday, February 14

Aston Villa (A) - Saturday, February 22

Southampton (H) - Tuesday, February 25

Leicester City (H) - Sunday, March 9

Liverpool's next five Premier League fixtures

AFC Bournemouth (A) - Saturday, February 1

Everton (A) - Wednesday, February 12

Wolves (H) - Sunday, February 16

Manchester City (A) - Sunday, February 23

Newcastle United (H) - Wednesday, February 26

Arsenal's next five Premier League fixtures

Manchester City (H) - Sunday, February 2

Leicester City (A) - Saturday, February 15

West Ham (H) - Saturday, February 22

Nott'm Forest (A) - Tuesday, February 25

Manchester United (A) - Sunday, March 9

Nott'm Forest's next five Premier League fixtures

Brighton (H) - Saturday, February 1

Fulham (A) - Saturday, February 15

Newcastle United (A) - Sunday, February 23

Arsenal (H) - Wednesday, February 26

Manchester City (H) - Saturday, March 8