Manchester City beats Chelsea and moves to fourth place in the premier league
On a day of openings, Khusanov makes a crucial mistake at the start of the game, but Gvardiol, Haaland and Foden turn it around for the home team
IT’S TASTIER ON THE TURN!
Manchester City came from behind to beat Chelsea on Saturday in the 23rd round of the Premier League. At the Etihad Stadium, Madueke opened the scoring in the first few minutes after a mistake by Khusanov, but Gvardiol, Haaland and Foden secured a 3-1 victory . In addition to the Uzbek defender, Marmoush also made his debut for the team in this match. With the victory, City surpasses Newcastle and Chelsea itself, goes to 41 points and is in fourth place. Maresca’s team is in sixth, with 40 points .
DEBUT OF THE REINFORCEMENTS
Abdukodir Khusanov and Omar Marmoush played their first duel for Manchester City this Saturday, and the Uzbek defender did not perform well . In the opening minutes, he tried to pass the ball back to Ederson and gave a free pass for Chelsea to open the scoring. He was also shown a yellow card minutes later and made other technical errors throughout the match, but left to the applause of the fans . On the other hand, the Egyptian striker showed what he was capable of and had good chances in the opponent’s area . He even scored, but the goal was disallowed for offside, a mistake that stopped some of the former Frankfurt player’s plays. Brazilian Vitor Reis, who also arrived in this transfer window, did not leave the bench.
HOW WAS THE GAME?
Chelsea took advantage of the nervousness of the debutant Khusanov and opened the scoring early. Three minutes in, Madueke scored after the defender tried to pass back to Ederson and ended up giving a free pass to Jackson, who only passed it to his teammate . Soon after, he was shown a yellow card for a foul on Palmer and missed another ball to the goalkeeper. But City did not back down. The newcomer Marmoush appeared a lot in the middle and on the right flank, with good chances. He even scored in the first half, but was stopped by an offside flag. Gvardiol , the attacking defender, had good chances in attack and brought the tie in the 41st minute, with a rebound from a shot by Matheus Nunes.
The second half was much more objective, with fewer chances for both sides. Even so, City managed to extend their lead with two great passes from Ederson . In the first, the goalkeeper launched a pass from the box straight to Haaland, who headed the ball to the right, beat Chalobah in the race and chipped the ball to turn the score around in the 22nd minute. In the 41st minute, Ederson sent another long ball into the middle. The Norwegian striker controlled the ball and passed it to Foden, who carried it into the box and beat Sánchez in the corner .
