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Wrote:
Hadi Al-Madani
Sunday, January 3, 2021
05:36 p. M.
Manchester City beat Chelsea 3-1 in the match, which was played today, Sunday, in round 17 of the Premier League, at Stamford Bridge, the home of the London blues.
Manchester City, who scored goals through Gundogan, Phil Foden and De Bruyne in the 18th, 21st and 34th minutes respectively, knew the owner’s clemency and settled for a quiet play for most of the match, while Hudson -Odoi scored Chelsea’s only goal in minute 90 + 2.
Manchester City raised their score to 29 points in fifth place, as did Tottenham – and they have two games postponed – while Chelsea stayed with 26 points and fell to eighth place.
The Manchester City team consisted of: Zach Stephen, Cancelo, Robin Diaz, John Stones, Alexander Zinchenko, Rodrigo, Ilkay Gundogan, Kevin De Bruyne, Phil Foden, Bernardo Silva, Raheem Sterling.
The Chelsea team consisted of: Edward Mendy, Cesar Azbalkueta, Kurt Zuma, Thiago Silva, Ben Chilwell, Kovacic, N’Golo Kante, Mount, Hakim Ziyech, Timo Werner, Pulsic.
Match events
The tension appeared early in Manchester City goalkeeper Stephen after he grabbed a return ball from his colleague Rodrigo to consider the referee of the match an indirect free kick in favor of the London team. Hakim Ziyech executed, but it landed on Gundogan’s leg, which made it a corner kick.
De Bruyne wasted his first chances in the 16th minute of the game, after he hit a ball from Foden, who put it in the face of the goal alone, in the role of Mendy, but aimed it next to the right post of the goalkeeper who did not touched the ball.
But what missed De Bruyne, Gundogan excelled in his 18-minute execution to advance to Manchester City after he landed a short pass from Foden on the edge of the penalty area and got rid of Thiago Silva’s control, hitting a Curved ball into the net near Mindy’s left post.
Foden appears to have put on the creative shoes and was able to score the second goal himself in the 21st minute after receiving a ground pass from the left wing and shooting to the left near the post near Mendy, who was unable to stop him.
Manchester City scored the third goal after an elaborate counterattack from De Bruyne and ended their way into the net, as Stirling got the ball out of midfield and tried to dodge Mindy, but waited a long time until Chelsea’s defense rebounded and hit the ball to bounce off the post in front of the captain of the team hosting the net. .
Gundogan was about to score the fourth goal after receiving another ball from Foden, which was played by the young Englishman on the ground on the left wing and the German shot it with the heel of his foot, looking at the Chelsea elements, but the The ball arrived next to the post and was kicked out.
Stephen caught the ball for the first time in the 45 + 2 minute, after Azpelquita received a fixed shot with a weak header from the Manchester City goalkeeper, who made no effort to possess it.
The first signs of danger came in the second half through Rodrigo, who received a fixed cross in the 54th minute with a header that came on time from Edward Mendy and pushed him into the corner with the palm of his hand.
Play continued, and after several minutes of full control of the game for the Manchester City members, Stirling came to play a ball for De Bruyne on the edge of the penalty area, with a corner kick to the right in the 62nd minute. that arrived next to the left post of Mendy.
And Frank Lampard intervened in the match for the first time with the participation of Hudson-Odoi and Billy Gilmore at the expense of Hakim Ziyash and Kante in the 64th minute.
Manchester City tried in the latter half of the second half to back off to entice the ambitious Chelsea members to narrow the gap in the hope of creating spaces that can be used in counterattacks.
Fernandinho participated in the 75th minute of the match at the expense of Ilkay Gundogan to renew the blood of the midfield in the last quarter of an hour of the Manchester City game.
The match continued, and Guardiola involved Riyad Mahrez and Sergio Agüero at the expense of Kevin De Bruyne and Phil Fodin in the 86th minute.
Huddson-Odoi scored Chelsea’s only goal in the 90 + 2 minute, after receiving a cross from Havertz, so he shoved it into the net and the referee blew his whistle immediately after him.
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