Football / Premier.- (Chronicle) City drop Chelsea and Leicester is still in the fight

MADRID, 3 (EUROPA PRESS)

Manchester City thrashed (1-3) this Sunday at Chelsea on matchday 17 of the Premier, an exhibition to continue hooked on the beautiful fight for the upper zone, where a Leicester City that beat (1-2 ) to Newcastle.

Those of Pep Guardiola passed over the London box at Stamford Bridge. Two consecutive blows from Gundogan and Phil Foden put the duel on track for the sky blue, with a De Bruyne always in the thick of it and also a scorer to make it 0-3 before the break.

City dominated possession and, despite the many casualties due to the coronavirus, it was liked in the offensive combination, also taking advantage of the gifts, as in the third in a bad clearance by Kanté. Lampard moved the bench but a Chelsea that fell seven points behind leaders Liverpool did not play a leading role with one more game.

Guardiola’s men, who have not lost since the end of November, remain behind four of the ‘reds’ but with one less game, with that coronavirus outbreak that postponed the duel this week against Everton. Meanwhile, a headshot, third is a Leicester that wants to be an alternative to the title it won in 2016.

In 2021 it is still a surprise, but the ‘Foxes’ pull Vardy and a state of high euphoria. The English striker did not score but generated Maddison’s 0-1 at the start of the second half. Shortly after, a whip from Tielemans made it 0-2 that only Newcastle could make up with Carroll.

–RESULTS AND PROGRAM OF THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF THE PREMIER.

-Friday 1.

Everton – West Ham 0-1.

Manchester United – Aston Villa 2-1.

-Saturday 2.

Tottenham – Leeds 3-0.

Crystal Palace – Sheffield United 2-0.

Brigthon – Wolverhampton 3-3.

West Bronwich Albion – Arsenal 0-4.

-Sunday 3.

Chelsea – Manchester City 1-3.

Newcastle – Leicester City 1-2.

Burnley – Fulham postponed.

-Monday 4.

Southampton – Liverpool.

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