The champions make a guest appearance at Stamford Bridge!
And ManCity coach Pep Guardiola (51) has to substitute for victory after a tough first hour…
63. Minute: After constant pressure from ManCity in the second half, Pep’s 100m man Grealish hits a low cross from the left in the sixteen – Mahrez is perfect and pushes the ball over the line.
The 1:0 and at the same time the winning goal in the duel of the top clubs! And the two deliver immediately after the substitution: almost 190 seconds after Grealish and Mahrez come into play (60th), they make the city victory perfect.
Double luck for Pep. The coach proves a golden substitution touch. Before that, Chelsea have to cope with a double shock!
Because the first bad news is already in minute three. Winger Sterling is injured and has to go down early in the top game. Ex-Barça star Aubameyang (5th) comes in for him.
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Weakened, Chelsea get their first really big chance – and the next injury shock!
The game goes quickly over curly mane Cucurella, then the ball reaches ex-BVB star Pulisic via DFB star Havertz. At the last moment, however, City defender Stones straddles him fairly in the box (16th).
Bitter, however: US boy Pulisic injured himself and had to leave after two minutes of treatment. Youngster Chukwuemeka comes (19th).
Ouch: Pulisic injured himself with this last-minute tackle by Stones
And he accelerates: The only 19-year-old hits the post (44th) after fine dribbling by the city defense, missing his first goal in the Premier League.
The table tenth from London in the 1st half but better than the second ManCity.
“Torweger” Erling Haaland has hardly had a chance so far and has only minimal participation in the game. The ex-BVB star only touched the ball eleven times in the first round. In the end he remains goalless: only the fourth time this season.
After the break, however, the “Skyblues” come. World Cup star Aké heads hard at the Chelsea box – bad luck for Pep Guardiola’s team (50th)!
And then the great hour of Grealish and Mahrez comes after almost an hour of tough play…
by the way: Chelsea’s hot transfer flirt, the Ukrainian Mykhaylo Mudryk (22), who is currently negotiating with leaders Arsenal, was sitting in the stands. Mudryk is said to be worth almost €70m to Chelsea.
