Hakim Ziyech with Chelsea completely outclassed by Manchester City | Football

Hakim Ziyech made his return to the base at Chelsea. The former Ajax player fell out with a hamstring injury during the league match with Leeds United at the beginning of December and then stopped playing for Chelsea. City was pretty damaged by the corona virus and missed a large number of (base) players.

Nathan Aké

For example, goalkeeper Ederson, Gabriel Jesus, Kyle Walker and Eric Garcia were missing at Stamford Bridge. Nathan Aké and Ferran Torres were also not in the match selection, but the English club did not want to confirm whether they were also missing by a positive corona test.

After fifteen minutes, Kevin de Bruyne got the chance to take the visitors ahead, but the Belgian saw his shot go wide. Three minutes later, Ilkay Gündogan did what De Bruyne had failed to do. The midfielder turned away from Thiago Silva and shot wonderfully inside. Edouard Mendy still hit the ball with his fingertips, but Chelsea’s goalie was ahead of the opening goal The Citizens not occur.

The goal seemed to give the visitors wings, as barely three minutes later Phil Foden doubled the score on a pass from De Bruyne after another wonderful attack. Frank Lampard’s side had nothing to crumble in the milk and it was only a matter of time before City would build on the score further. The third goal therefore fell before half time. Raheem Sterling hit the post from a counter, but De Bruyne was alert and shot the rebound hard. Chelsea did not get a grip on the great game of the opponent and could be happy that it was ‘only’ with a 3-0 deficit to the tea.

Kevin De Bruyne (m) celebrates his goal while the Chelsea players remain staggering. The Belgian played a great game.

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In view of the upcoming busy schedule, City played down a gear after the break, but the victory was never in jeopardy. Ziyech left the field disappointed twenty minutes before the end and saw from the bench how his substitute Callum Hudson-Odoi did something back in injury time: 1-3.

Leicester once again takes full profit

Leicester City has turned another Premier League game into a win after two consecutive draws. The team of coach Brendan Rodgers triumphed 2-1 at Newcastle United.

The hits on St. James’ Park came after half time. James Maddison and Youri Tielemans provided a 2-0 lead, after which Andy Carroll made the game even more exciting on behalf of the home team in the 82nd minute. However, the equalizer failed to materialize for Newcastle.

James Maddison celebrates his opening goal with Jamie Vardy and Wesley Fofana.

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Leicester is third in the ranking, with 1 point less than league-leader Liverpool and number 2 Manchester United. The two title candidates have played one game less than the number 3. Newcastle occupies 15th place.

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