Chelsea demolish Manchester City,

With City due to make the long flightto the Ukraine on Monday ahead of their Champions League last 16 firstleg tie at Dynamo Kiev on Wednesday, Pellegrini had pleaded with the FA not to bow to demands from television networks to move the Chelsea game from its original Saturday date.But Pellegrini’s request was ignoredand, concerned that injury-hit City were in danger of being stretched tobreaking point, the Chilean boss prioritised European success and next weekend’s League Cup final against Liverpool, admitting that he didn’t consider the Stamford Bridge showdown “a real game”.Diego Costa put Chelsea ahead and,although David Faupala equalised for the visitors, second half goals from Willian, Gary Cahill, Hazard andBertrand Traore handed City a third successive defeat.Pellegrini will face accusations of disrespecting the FA Cup, but he won’t care about that if City can takea step towards the Champions League quarter-finals and win the League Cup this week.