Chelsea
in their matchday 16 squad ended Manchester City’s unbeaten run in the
English Premier League on Saturday defeating the champions 2-0 at
Stamford
Bridge.
A goal in each half from N’golo Kante
and David Luiz saw Chelsea bounce back from their 2-1 loss in midweek to
Wolverhampton Wanderers. Manchester City who had not lost a Premier League game in
eight months dominated the opening 45 minutes, creating chances against The
Blues but were unlucky to go into the
break behind.
There were a couple of chances for City
to open the scoring before that, and the first fell to Raheem Sterling when he
failed to get enough on his finish to truly test Kepa Arrizabalaga in the
Chelsea goal.
Leroy Sane threatened to break the
deadlock twice in quick succession after that as he first saw an effort from a
tight angle saved by Kepa before being thwarted by a fine last-ditch block from
Cesar Azpilicueta moments later.
Chelsea had not registered a shot as the
clock ticked into the last minute of the first half, but Eden Hazard picked out
N’Golo Kante, who slammed his finish into the roof of the net past a helpless
Ederson. Ederson was forced into his first save of the match just four minutes
after the restart when he parried Willian’s free-kick away.
Chelsea doubled their lead with 12
minutes remaining when David Luiz met Hazard’s corner with a fine header which
looped into the far corner via the
underside of the crossbar. Manchester City
could not find a way back as their 21-match unbeaten streak came to an end,
leaving them a point behind new
Premier
League leaders Liverpool, who are now the only remaining unbeaten team in the
top fight this season. Chelsea,
meanwhile, move back into the top
four
having extended their unbeaten start at home under Maurizio Sarri.
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