After the international break and our FA Cup sojourn last week, which saw us reach the competition's semi-finals by overcoming Port Vale, our focus has turned back to top-flight action as we welcome Pep Guardiola's side to west London.

For the Blues, the game represents an opportunity to get back to winning ways in the Premier League and claim an important three points in our bid to secure Champions League qualification. For City, victory is imperative if they are to keep the heat on leaders Arsenal.

Results have been hard to come by against Guardiola's side in recent seasons; our last victory over City came when we defeated them to claim the Champions League in Porto.

Yet while Rosenior appreciates the quality possessed by the Manchester side, his focus is on ensuring the Blues are proactive in their approach to the contest.

'I don't think it's about stopping them,' Rosenior explained. It's about trying to win the game, and it's about playing your way.

'Obviously, you can talk about the many strengths that they have, how well coached they are, and their understanding. They've been together for a long time, but we're at home and we want to take the game to them in our way and make sure that we express ourselves in the way that I think we're capable of.'

City's visit to SW6 firmly starts the season run-in. The Blues have seven Premier League games to play and will also travel to Wembley later this month to face Leeds United in the FA Cup semi-finals.

However, Rosenior is not looking beyond our next opponent, an approach that he has stressed his players to follow in the weeks ahead.

'That's what we've spoken about this week,' he said. 'We need to focus on each game and not think about the bigger target too much.

'If we do that, we're in a really, really good position to go on and have a good season.'