Chelsea claimed a 1-1 draw at Manchester City’s home ground.
Erling Haaland regretted the missed goal situation. PDO
Manchester City manager About Pep Guardiola it was clearly visible how much Chelsea’s lead goal at the end of the opening period hurt.
Raheem Sterling had won the Premier League four times with Guardiola, but the Catalan had decided to sell him in the summer of 2022 to Stamford Bridge.
However, more than the goalscorer’s City background, the manager set up his home team’s loose defense in a situation where Nicholas Jackson found a practically empty field in front of him.
The Senegal international saw Sterling still running in the middle, who passed with his cunning deflection by Kyle Walker and sunk the ball nicely into the back corner.
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Guardiola threw his hands in the air in anger, but nothing helped. City lost at home.
Rodri equalized
In the second period, the reigning champions besieged the Chelsea goalkeeper Dorde Petrović plot of land.
The pressure was so strong that it would have taken a miracle for the Croatian striker to score a clean sheet.
The Londoners were spared setbacks until the 83rd minute, but Rodri caught the ball so hard that it inevitably found its way into the roof of the goal – although Trevoh Chalobah through the thigh.
The home crowd erupted as Rodri’s missile tore through the net behind Petrović.
There were still ten minutes on the clock to score an important winning goal. The City congregation even begged for help from the var videos that were searched Levi Colwillin manual error.
However, the biggest scapegoat seems to be the super striker Erling Haalandwho failed at least in two of the places where he usually puts the ball into the goal.
The biggest winners of the day were Liverpool and Arsenal, who took crushing victories away from home. Manchester City was tied 1-1 at their own Etihad.