Manchester City back to the top of the EPL standings, after embarrassing Chelsea at Stamford Bridge through Kevin De Bruyne's single goal
The match between Chelsea and Manchester City goes according to prediction, colored by a lot of exciting action done both sides, although no goals are created in first round.
The first chance came from the hosts through the club's mainstay striker, Alvaro Morata, who continued N'Golo Kante's pass through a header in the third minute, but his direction was off the mark.
The visitors played very aggressively to then rise to dominate the game after Morata opportunity, Raheem Sterling became one of the scourges with the lively movement often troublesome the Blues defense.
After all, Chelsea played patiently to find space, and they almost maximized it in the 26th minute. Cesar Azpilicueta got a wild ball that he immediately grabbed with a hard kick, but Ederson with a brilliant was able to ward the ball off the field.
In the last 15 minutes, the game was entirely dominated by Man City, especially after Morata was pulled out due to injury. Thibaut Courtois became one of the reasons why the score remained goalless until the break, he was able to confront David Silva volley from inside the penalty box, Fernandinho header he threw away brilliantly in the final minutes.
In the second half, City's dominance continues, Silva, Gabriel Jesus, Kevin De Bruyne, and Sterling continue to put pressure on, while front-line Chelsea-led Hazard and Willian often clogged in the opponent's defense.
After several attacks again dampened the performance of Courtois, City finally successfully broke the deadlock in the 67th minute. The combination of bait one-two Jesus and De Bruyne completed the last name in extraordinary, accurate hard shots from outside the penalty box to make the Blues goalkeeper helpless.
Coach Antonio Conte is trying to increase his power to catch up, he drew Hazard and Bakayoko, including Pedro and Michy Batshuayi. However, there is not much that both players can do.
Pep Guardiola's squad appears to be very disciplined in the back line and still give the threat if the Blues off guard because of the preoccupation of attacking. Score 1-0 to City excellence finally survive until the fight
complete.
This victory makes City back topped the Premier League standings after being evicted by rivals, Manchester United. While Chelsea stuck in the fourth position but could go down again if Liverpool won victory against Newcastle United.
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