English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 8, 2018
Manchester City WWDWW 0
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Chelsea DLWWL 2
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CHE112
Stamford Bridge · 40,571 att.

Match Report

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Chelsea hand Manchester City first Premier League loss of season

Manchester City's loss to Chelsea knocks the defending champions into second place in the standings, behind undefeated Liverpool.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
12
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
13
Corner Kicks
1
3
Saves
4
61.3
Possession
38.7
14
SHOTS
8
4
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
563
Accurate Passes
334
640
Passes
410
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
3
23
Crosses
6
0.1
Cross %
0.5
57
Long Balls
39
40
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
2
15
Effective Tackles
14
19
Tackles
28
0.8
Tackle %
0.5
8
Interceptions
19
11
Effective Clearances
31
11
Clearances
31

Head to Head

MNC leads series 3-2

Lineups

CHE · 4-3-3

  1. 1Kepa ArrizabalagaG
  2. 30David LuizCD-L
  3. 2Antonio RüdigerCD-R
  4. 3Marcos AlonsoLB
  5. 28César AzpilicuetaRB
  6. 5JorginhoCM
  7. 17Mateo KovacicLM
  8. 7N'Golo KantéRM
  9. 10Eden HazardF
  10. 22WillianLF
  11. 11PedroRF

MNC · 4-3-3

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 14Aymeric LaporteCD-L
  3. 5John StonesCD-R
  4. 18Fabian DelphLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 25FernandinhoCM
  7. 21David SilvaLM
  8. 20Bernardo SilvaRM
  9. 7Raheem SterlingF
  10. 19Leroy SanéLF
  11. 26Riyad MahrezRF

Timeline

  1. 45' Goal! Chelsea 1, Manchester City 0. N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
  2. 53' Substitution, Manchester City. Gabriel Jesus replaces Leroy Sané.
  3. 63' Jorginho (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 65' Substitution, Chelsea. Ross Barkley replaces Mateo Kovacic because of an injury.
  5. 68' Substitution, Manchester City. Ilkay Gündogan replaces David Silva because of an injury.
  6. 75' Substitution, Chelsea. Ruben Loftus-Cheek replaces Willian.
  7. 78' Goal! Chelsea 2, Manchester City 0. David Luiz (Chelsea) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Eden Hazard with a cross following a corner.
  8. 80' Pedro (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 84' Substitution, Manchester City. Phil Foden replaces Riyad Mahrez.
  10. 90' Substitution, Chelsea. Olivier Giroud replaces Eden Hazard.

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