Manchester City tried everything but failed to make Chelsea falter on Monday evening during the duel between the two teams for the 25th day of the Premier League. Kevin De Bruyne et Jérémy Doku played the entire match but came up against the London rearguard, who were put to the test at the end of the match.
In this match, Chelsea had the merit of capitalizing on a first period which they generally played better than the Cityzens. THE Blues were initially wasted on counter-attack via Jackson et Sterling but the two London attackers largely redeemed themselves by creating a striking offensive reconversion concluded by the same Sterling at the end of half-time (41st, 0-1).
Penalized by a Erling Haaland unusually clumsy, Manchester City grew in this meeting and led a one-sided second half. Suffocating ball possession, overflows from Doku, crosses from De Bruyne, incessant siege of the opposing rectangle: the ingredients were there for an easy comeback by the men of Guardiola. However, the imprecision of the Cityzens in the last gesture kept Chelsea afloat for a long time. Well grouped in their rectangle, the Blues – logically – ended up cracking on a deflected shot from Rodri in the 83rd minute (1-1).
If they could have legitimately claimed better, Manchester City would also have been able to count on big errors from Chelsea on the counter and can therefore consider themselves happy to come out of this meeting with a point in their pocket. After six consecutive victories, the Mancunians (53 pts, one match less) come to a halt and fall to 3rd place, four points behind Liverpool (57 pts) and two behind Arsenal (55 pts).
2024-02-17 21:01:47
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