Manchester City are galloping towards the title, second in a row and fourth in the last five years! Pep Guardiola’s team threw Thomas Tuhel’s Chelsea 1-0 on the canvas thanks to Kevin De Bruyne’s amazing goal in the 70th minute with a shot outside the box and that threesome took the Londoners to +13 22 with the finish .Premier League game.

The Citizens celebrated their 12th consecutive league win, even clinching double wins against the European champions (they had equal points in the first round derby at Stamford Bridge), with the Blues themselves having just 1 win in their last six league games , with in that period and 4 draws and the loss to City.

The game

The first part went without much emotion for the fans, with the Chelsea trio in the back (which basically became five on defense with Athpilicueta and Alonso) defending in an exemplary manner, absorbing almost all vibration from possession and the intense aggression of Manchester City .

The only time the Londoners’ defensive plan failed was in the 39th minute, when the greatest chance of that period was wasted when Kovacic lost the ball and Grillis (covering the ‘pseudo-teen’ position for his team ) came out against Kepas but to see his spot saved with a right flank by the Spanish goalkeeper in a corner.

Somehow the two teams went to the dressing room at the break, with this year’s Premier League champions and champions having 5 finals, 3 of them at home but only one classic stage, and Chelsea not having a single last try. something that has happened for the first time since Tuhel took technical lead and for the first time ever since May 2018 (against Newcastle).

It is impressive that this was the 20th game in their first 22 games that Pep Guardiola’s side kept their home intact, while the West London Blues managed it for the 16th time.

From the start of the second half, however, it wasn’t long before Chelsea equalized the big stages with Loukakou coming out at the back of the home defense in the 47th minute. and make the play from the heights wide but Anderson to stretch his body and deflect impressively.

This phase “ignited” the game and followed a phase of suffocating pressure from City on Kepa’s home, but from 55′ and then the pace dropped again, reminiscent of the image of the first part, around the 63rd minute for the to reach Next notable last try where Kepa chased a direct foul from De Bruyne with his fists in a corner.

In the 69th minute, Tuhel made a double substitution to freshen up his attack, with Werner and Hudson-Odoi taking the place of Pulisic and Ziggs, but before their substitutions could warm up, the home side ensured the Blues froze.

That was ensured by the English champions’ best player Kevin De Bruyne, who took the ball just under the bar and attacked from the front, dodging Cande to fire an elusive wrong shot with his right hand and sending the ball off the left corner Kepa’s goal in the 70th minute (1-0).

This was the Belgian’s 5th goal in the Premier League against his former team and 21st overall from a shot from outside the box at Manchester City in 2015-16 (more than any other player during that period).

In the final 20 minutes Chelsea had little choice but to come forward and avoid defeat, but if it was a side to score that goal it was City again, with Fontaine and Grillis having good chances of becoming top scorers .

However, this did not happen and did not affect Pep Guardiola at all as his team went on to win 12 consecutive Premier League games and laid a solid foundation to win the title, 2nd in a row, 4th in the last 5 years and 6th from 2012 .

MANCHESTER CITY: Anderson, Walker, Stones, Laport, Cancello, De Bruyne (85′ Gudogan), Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Sterling, Grillis, Fontaine (88′ Jesóύςs)

CHELSEA: Kepa, Sar, Thiago Silva, Riediger, Athpilicueta, Cande, Kovacic, Alonso (81′ Mount), Ziges (69′ Hudson-Odoi), Pulisic (69′ Werner), Lukaku

The results of the 22nd game:

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The program of the 23rd game