Sports 247 – Man City had an excellent day to defeat Chelsea with a devastating score of 6-0, thereby regaining 1st place on the rankings from Liverpool.
Video: Highlight Man City 6-0 Chelsea
Man City faces Chelsea in the highlight match of round 26 of the Premier League at Etihad’s home field.
Entering the first half, Man City deployed a familiar style of play with fast and dangerous moves.
Chelsea almost completely lost the match at Etihad Stadium when in the 25th minute the score was 4-0 after Gundogan curled the ball into Kepa’s net.
The away team entered the second half with a bit more excitement, but Chelsea’s attack did not last long.
In the remaining minutes, despite a 5-goal gap, Man City still advanced to overwhelm the away team.
Thus, with 3 points, Man City has reclaimed 1st place in the rankings from Liverpool.
Squad:
Man City: Ederson, Walker, Stones, Laporte, Zinchenko, Gundogan, Fernandinho, De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Aguero, Sterling.
Chelsea: Arrizabalaga, Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Luiz, Alonso Kante, Jorginho, Barkley, Pedro, Higuain, Hazard.
Developments
90′: TIME END!!!
80′: IN IN IN IN!!!
78′: No way.
74′: NO GOAL!!!
65′: Aguero leaves the field to make room for Jesus
57′: Kepa successfully blocked De Bruyne’s direct free kick.
55′: IN IN IN IN!!!
49′: CROSSBAR!!!
47′: Hazard, Kante and Higuain had a good rebound in the middle of the field but could not get the ball close to Man City’s goal.
45′: The second half begins
45′: END OF THE FIRST HALF!!!
Highlight the first half
45′: No way.
38′: NO GOAL!!!
28′: No entry!!
25′: IN IN IN IN !!!!!
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19′: IN IN IN IN!!!
13′: SUPERPRODUCT!!!!
8′: DO NOT ENTER.
4′: IN IN IN IN !!!!
2′: Higuain received the ball after Hazard’s cross but could not finish in front of the siege of Man City’s defenders.
1′: The match starts
Aguero warms up before the big fight
Higuain played from the start in Chelsea’s squad
General perception:
Man City just had an early match of round 27 at Everton in midweek.
Thanks to the recent victory, the blue half of Man City took first place in the Premier League rankings for the first time since October last year.
On the other side, the Blues showed excitement in their playing style after the presence of rookie Higuain.
Force information:
Man City: Bravo, Kompany, Mendy are injured.
Chelsea: No significant absences.
Surrounding information:
13 – Man City won 13 of their last 14 home matches in the Premier League.
9 – Man City scored more than 2 goals in the last 9 matches at Etihad.
3 – Both teams have 3 wins in the last 6 clashes.