Manchester City won 0-2 at Chelsea. Three Belgians were in the starting line-up.
The Premier League returned to business this weekend and already offered us a first shock with Manchester City’s trip to Chelsea. Jeremy Doku and Kevin De Bruyne were starters for the visitors.
The Cityzens are already well-honed
But for Belgian football, the real news is the starting position of Romeo Lavia with the Blues. Transferred last summer for 62 million, he had not been able to show himself, due to repeated injuries. This is therefore his very first presence in the eleven.
Following a very convincing preparation, the 20-year-old Red Devil made a strong impression in midfield. Interceptions, sharp passes forward: Lavia did Lavia. Coming off 20 minutes from the end, he is, as you will have understood, to be credited with a good match.
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Unfortunately for him, it was not enough to give Chelsea the victory. Manchester City avoided the opening misstep by opening the scoring shortly after the quarter of an hour through the inevitable Erling Haaland. Pep Guardiola’s troops then managed and then made the break through the former Chelsea player Matteo Kovacic in the final minutes.
For the Cityzens, Kevin De Bruyne and Jérémy Doku stayed on the pitch for 90 minutes, Pep Guardiola made only one change (the exit of Savinho, injured, at half-time). Doku sometimes seemed to struggle in his match in the match with the European champion Marc Cucurella, but still offered a brilliant moment at the end of the match.
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