The Manchester City has cleaned the highway that leads to the title. Kevin deBruyne He threw Chelsea to the gutter, yes, with a soft and delicate parabolic shot that takes him away from the head at a distance that seems insurmountable. With a 13-point advantage (four wins away) Pep Guardiola’s team is packed in search of his second consecutive Premier, the fourth in five seasons.
Defensive rigor was the vector that guided both teams and scoring chances were scarce. Neither City wanted to risk bringing Chelsea to life nor did Chelsea want to jeopardize their aspirations in mid-January. There was more discipline than joy and more concentration than imagination on the pitch at the Etihad, resolved by a spark of genius from the City captain, who received an intercepted ball in midfield and led it to the edge of the box and shot into the corner.
Too far for the intervention of Kepa, who until then kept Chelsea on its feet. With only two interventions, there was no more: a start at the feet of Grealish and a clearance on a free kick by De Bruyne. At the other end of the field, Ederson broke up a Lukaku attempt. So few were the edges of a balanced duel that both coaches wanted to keep away from their areas.
⌚️FT | ?Premier League?
?VICTORY of Manchester City against Chelsea.
⚽️K. DeBruyne.
?Classification:
1.City | 56pts | 42GD.
2.Chelsea | 43pts | 28GD. pic.twitter.com/Kk1KzefMgF– We are 90 (@Somos90fut) January 15, 2022
Data sheet
Manchester City: Ederson; Walker, Stones, Laporte, Cancelo; Bernardo Silva, Rodrigo, De Bruyne (Gundogan, d. 84); Sterling, Foden (Gabriel Jesus, d. 88), Grealish.
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Chelsea: Kepa; Rudiger, Thiago Silva, Sarr; Azpilicueta, Kanté, Kovacic, Marcos (Mount, d. 80); Pulisic (Hudson-Odoi, d. 69), Ziyech (Werner, d. 69); Lukaku.
Goal: 1-0 (m. 70), De Bruyne.
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