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Report says, City Beat Chelsea To Maintain League Title Hope
According to Channels Television, City Beat Chelsea To Maintain League Title Hope
Chelsea’s
English midfielder Mason Mount (L) shoots over Manchester City’s
Brazilian striker Gabriel Jesus in the wall but wide of the goal during
the English Premier League football match at the Etihad Stadium in
Manchester, north west England, on November 23, 2019. Oli SCARFF / AFP
Manchester
City came from behind to leapfrog Chelsea into third in the Premier
League with a 2-1 victory at the Etihad to keep the English champions’
title challenge alive.
Liverpool’s late win at
Crystal Palace earlier in the day meant City started 12 points behind
the leaders and looked in danger of failing to cut that gap when N’Golo
Kante gave Chelsea a deserved lead midway through the first half.
However,
Kevin de Bruyne’s deflected strike breathed new life into Pep
Guardiola’s men and a trademark left-footed finish from Riyad Mahrez saw
City edge a thrilling encounter.
Defeat ends a run of six
straight Premier League wins for Frank Lampard’s Chelsea, but there was
still plenty of encouragement for the Blues on a ground where they were
thrashed 6-0 last season.
De Bruyne flashed a shot inches wide in a
bright opening by the hosts as they sought to make amends for a 3-1
defeat to Liverpool in their last outing before the international break.
However, it was Chelsea who began to take control of the game in the first quarter.
Willian
drilled wide at the end of a flowing counter-attack before Fikayo
Tomori’s effort after a corner ricocheted around the City box also flew
just off target.
There was no surprise when the visitors
eventually took the lead 21 minutes in when Kante made the sort of run
from midfield that Lampard made his trademark during his playing career
before slotting the ball under Ederson from Mateo Kovacic’s wonderful
pass.
City bemoaned their luck in defeat at Anfield a fortnight
ago but got the slice of fortune they needed to gain a foothold back in
the game eight minutes later when De Bruyne’s tame shot deflected off
Kurt Zouma to leave Kepa Arrizabalaga wrong-footed.
Mahrez then turned the game on its head with a brilliant jinking run and finish into the far corner as City clicked into gear.
The
champions should have been further ahead by the break as Kepa’s poor
clearance gifted possession to Sergio Aguero, but the Argentine hit the
bar with just the keeper to beat.
In a game that flowed from
end-to-end, City could never feel comfortable with a single goal lead
and Kante was close to his second when a goalbound shot was deflected
behind by Fernandinho.
At the other end, a well-worked corner saw
Mahrez pick out Joao Cancelo, but the Portuguese full-back did not get a
clean strike away before Kepa prevented Mahrez sealing all three
points.
Willian sent a dipping volley just over and Mason Mount’s free-kick was inches away from snatching a point for Chelsea late on.
But
City’s margin of victory could have been even greater as Raheem
Sterling found the bottom corner deep into stoppage time, only for VAR
to rule the goal out for offside
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