English Premier League

FT Saturday, May 8, 2021
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Manchester City WWWWW 1
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Etihad Stadium

Match Report

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Chelsea beat Man City as Aguero says sorry for missing Premier League title-clinching chance

Manchester City missed the opportunity to wrap up the 2020-21 title against Chelsea at the Etihad on Saturday as they fell to a 2-1 loss.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
12
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
3
51.7
Possession
48.3
12
SHOTS
16
5
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
523
Accurate Passes
489
580
Passes
537
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
2
12
Crosses
16
0.2
Cross %
0.1
31
Long Balls
42
19
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
6
9
Effective Tackles
10
15
Tackles
18
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
3
Interceptions
9
11
Effective Clearances
11
11
Clearances
11

Head to Head

MNC leads series 3-2

Lineups

MNC · 3-1-4-2

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 14Aymeric LaporteCD
  3. 6Nathan AkéCD-L
  4. 3Rúben DiasCD-R
  5. 16RodriSW
  6. 7Raheem SterlingCM-L
  7. 21Ferran TorresCM-R
  8. 22Benjamin MendyLM
  9. 27João CanceloRM
  10. 10Sergio AgüeroCF-L
  11. 9Gabriel JesusCF-R

CHE · 3-4-2-1

  1. 16Édouard MendyG
  2. 4Andreas ChristensenCD
  3. 2Antonio RüdigerCD-L
  4. 28César AzpilicuetaCD-R
  5. 7N'Golo KantéCM-L
  6. 23Billy GilmourCM-R
  7. 3Marcos AlonsoLM
  8. 24Reece JamesRM
  9. 11Timo WernerF
  10. 22Hakim ZiyechCF-L
  11. 10Christian PulisicCF-R

Timeline

  1. 12' Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 44' Goal! Manchester City 1, Chelsea 0. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sergio Agüero.
  3. 45'+3' Substitution, Chelsea. Kurt Zouma replaces Andreas Christensen because of an injury.
  4. 45'+3' Penalty saved! Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the top centre of the goal.
  5. 63' Goal! Manchester City 1, Chelsea 1. Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by César Azpilicueta.
  6. 68' Substitution, Chelsea. Jorginho replaces N'Golo Kanté.
  7. 70' Substitution, Manchester City. Phil Foden replaces Sergio Agüero.
  8. 71' Substitution, Manchester City. Ilkay Gündogan replaces Ferran Torres.
  9. 76' Substitution, Chelsea. Callum Hudson-Odoi replaces Hakim Ziyech.
  10. 80' Substitution, Manchester City. Oleksandr Zinchenko replaces Benjamin Mendy.
  11. 81' VAR Decision: No Goal Manchester City 1-1 Chelsea.
  12. 90' Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 90'+2' Goal! Manchester City 1, Chelsea 2. Marcos Alonso (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Timo Werner.

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