City beat Chelsea away and cut the gap to five points behind Premier League leaders Arsenal.
Relative to the 1-1 draw against Nottingham Forest, Mateo Kovacic and Hakim Zyech return to the Blues‘ starting line-up, replacing Jorginho and Mason Mount.
The SkyBlues‘ coach Josep Guardiola updates his starting line-up with Kyle Walker, Joao Cancelo, Ilkay Gundogan and Phil Foden.
The game barely starts when Raheem Sterling is injured. Head coach Graham Potter is forced to bring on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
On 22 minutes, Potter makes another forced substitution and substitutes Carney Chukwuemeka in place of Christian Pulisic. As for the game, it was more or less even and without chances.
The first shot of the match comes in the 24th minute when City goalkeeper Ederson parries Zyech’s shot from an acute angle.
The teams play on and on in a rather dismal fashion. Erling Haaland only finds himself for the first time in the 38th minute, shooting wide.
The most dangerous moment in the first half comes in the 44th minute when Chukwuemeka’s low shot from outside the penalty area hits the bar!
Guardiola reacts to an unimpressive first half by taking Walker and Cancelo off the pitch. Manuel Akanji and Rico Lewis come on.
Guardiola clearly brings his team to their senses and they start the second half with an assault. Nathan Ake shoots a header into the crossbar, then Kevin de Bruyne checks Kepa Arrizabalaga with a shot from the edge of the box.
Pretty soon, Chelsea stifle this impulse of the opponent and celebrate with a moment of their own. Tiago Silva shoots from the centre of the box but misses the target slightly.
Having slow down a little, City still look better and, in the 63rd minute, they open the scoring — thanks to two substitutes. Jack Grealish crosses from the left edge of the box to the far post where Riyad Mahrez beats Marc Cucurella to make it 0–1.
Soon, the SkyBlues settle down and take the lead to victory without too much trouble. The Blues try their best but have no real chances to get back into the game.
Chelsea are good at intervals, but City pick up the pace at the right moments and score. Thus City beat Chelsea away 0:1.
