Chelsea – Manchester City watch online translation. Good evening, fans of football! Today we are going to Stamford Bridge stadium, where Chelsea meets Manchester City. 9th week of English Premier League presents us a clash between the second and the fourth team of the current table.
Chelsea – Manchester City. Good evening, fans of football! Today we are going to Stamford Bridge stadium, where Chelsea meets Manchester City.
9th week of English Premier League presents us a clash between the second and the fourth team of the current table. The Blues against the Sky blues.
October, 27th, 18-00
London, Stamford Bridge
Chelsea - Manchester City 2:1Goals: Schurrle, 33, Torres, 90 - Aguero, 49.
Chelsea: Cech; Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Cole; Ramires, Lampard; Hazard, Oscar, Schurrle; Torres
Manchester City: Hart; Zabaleta, Demichelis, Nastasic, Clichy; Garcia, Fernandinho, Nasri, Toure, Silva; Aguero
Full time result 2-1, and 3 points for Mourinho's team.
90+6 min. The final whistle from Howard Webb finishes this amazing match! What an intrigue we've watched today!
90+4 min. City drives forward, but instead of taking a shot they make foul. Chelsea gets a possession.
90+1 min. The referee has added 4 minutes of stoppage time.
89 min. Chelsea gained a possession. Willian tried to push forward through the City's defenders, but referee whistles a foul from Brazilian talent.
87 min. Promising shot from Willian after free kick option. Off the target.
82 min. Corner for Chelsea, but Clichy kicks the ball outside City's penalty area.
81 min. Ambitious run from Navas, but Zabaleta's cross was unsuccesful.
78 min. Chelsea tries to make a combinations in front of City's penalty area, but the armour of the opponents defense was strong and Ramires shot is off the target.
76 min. Fernandinho fouled on quick Ramires. Dangerous free kick for Chelsea.
72 min. Cahill blocks perspective shot from fresh and quick Jesus Navas.
69 min. Oscar shots wide of the post after a free kick chance.
62 min. The referee whistles for offside. City now possess the ball.
57 min. Interesting situation in the City's penalty area. A penalty appeal. Hazard seems to be fouled by Zabaleta, but Webb did not whistle.
55 min. City counter attacks. Quick dash from Nasri, but Fernandinho couldn't control his cross.
53 min. Aguero is adjudged to be in an offside position.
50 min. Manchester City push forward and gets first corner in the second half.
47 min. Ramires fouls and David Silva takes a shot, but it was blocked.
46 min. The second half has started. We are back into the game. The managers did not make any changes in the squads.
Howard Webb whistles half-time. Chelsea leads thanks to the goal of Andre Schurrle. See you at the second half.
45+2 min. Yaya Toure ends the first half with an inaccurate shot on Peter Cech's post.
45+1 min. Hazard dives near the penalty area and no foul is given by the referee.
45 min. Chance for the counter attack for Manchester City. After attacking from the right wing Frank Lampard had nothing to do but to kick the ball outside the pitch and give City a corner.
43 min. Chelsea captain John Terry tries his luck with a header after corner kick by Lampard. Unsuccesful.
42 min. Cech makes a save after Sergio Aguero controlled the pass from the teammate and sharply shot on the post.
39 min. After a few shocking minutes City makes an attempt on goal, but Aguero shot was very weak.
37 min. What a shot from Torres! The ball hit the woodwork while Hart was absolutely helpless.
30min. Amazing goal opportunity for Fernando Torres. Having the ball in front of City's goal, Spanish striker shots wide of the post.
26 min. Ramires makes a great tackle against the big men Yaya Toure. Out throwing for City.
24 min. Aguero couldn't control a long distance pass from his centre backs and lost the ball.
21 min. Andre Schurrle fouls on Zabaleta trying to break through the defense of the mancs.
19 min. Aguero dribbled few opponents on the right side but couldn't make a powerful shot. As a result, Peter Cech gets the ball.
15 min. Another corner for the Sky blues after Chelsea playing nervously near their post.
14 min. Corner kick for City, but Silva's cross is blocked by Schurrle.
13 min. Webb awards free kick to Chelsea for Aguero's foul.
6 min. Header from Torres is unsuccesful thanks to Joe Hart.
3 min. Cahill from Chelsea gets up for a header but cannot keep the ball on target.
1 min. Howard Webb blows the whistle and game is on!
The battle of two ex-madridistas, Jose Mourinho and Manuel Pellegrini seems to be very exciting. The best defense vs. the best attack of the EPL this season.
Jose Mourinho’s team is now the second of the league trailing only Arsenal. In the last three matches the Blues scored 11 goals, so their attack is in top form. Manchester city is on a good run as well. Manuel Pellegrini and his players are in fourth place in the league table and have won three straight matches. Moreover, attack of the Sky blues have scored the most goals in this season, so they will make a good test for the Chelsea’s defenders, who also played well from the start of the season and conceded only 5 goals. The Blues defense will have to keep tabs on the Man City’s Yaya Touré and prolific goal scorer Sergio Agüero, who have combined in for 10 goals this season. Argentinian international scored two goals in City's last match, which ended in 3-1 win over West Ham. Another double goal scorer from previous week Eden Hazard is ready to challenge City’s defense lacking their captain Kompany. Hazard scored two against Cardiff and Chelsea won 4-1.
Ashley Cole was excluded from the squad for the Champions League match against Schalke, but “The Special One” Mourinho hopes that first-choice left-back will be available today. Marco van Ginkel is injured and will not help Chelsea in this crucial match. Pellegrini also had expectations that his skipper Vince “The Prince” Kompany will be available for this match after a three-week lay-off, but unfortunately for the City’s fans the Belgian is still out of the game.
Mourinho characterized his opponents in a few words, “A fantastic squad, fantastic players, a really good team”.
“Winning at West Ham and CSKA means we will go into this game with a lot more confidence, but we know Chelsea won’t be an easy game,” said Samir Nasri, Manchester City midfielder.
Interestingly, that Mourinho has never lost at Stamford Bridge ground in the EPL matches during his staying at London club, while Manchester City have scored in just two of their last 11 matches at Stamford Bridge. By the way, Manchester City are unbeaten in their last five games against the London club in all competitions. So how would it end today?