English Premier League

FT Sunday, April 12, 2026
Manchester City LDLWW 3
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Chelsea LLLLW 0
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Stamford Bridge · 39,552 att. · USA Net

Match Report

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Man City ease past Chelsea to pile pressure on Arsenal title race

Manchester City's pursuit of the Premier League title gained momentum with a dominant 3-0 win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge which cut the gap at the top to six points.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
6
12
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
5
62.7
Possession
37.3
18
SHOTS
12
8
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
627
Accurate Passes
342
685
Passes
407
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
4
22
Crosses
9
0.3
Cross %
0.4
29
Long Balls
35
20
Accurate Long Balls
12
0.7
Long Balls %
0.3
6
Blocked Shots
5
8
Effective Tackles
10
20
Tackles
21
0.4
Tackle %
0.5
8
Interceptions
5
10
Effective Clearances
21
10
Clearances
21

Highlights

01:22 Laurens: Man City have all the momentum over Arsenal in the title race Watch on ESPN 01:53 Laurens: Chelsea's project with Rosenior is failing Watch on ESPN 01:14 Rosenior calls for change at Chelsea after Man City defeat Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

MNC leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

CHE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Robert SánchezG
  2. 21Jorrel HatoCD-L
  3. 29Wesley FofanaCD-R
  4. 3Marc CucurellaLB
  5. 27Malo GustoRB
  6. 10Cole PalmerAM
  7. 25Moisés CaicedoLM
  8. 17Andrey SantosRM
  9. 20João PedroF
  10. 7Pedro NetoAM-L
  11. 41EstêvãoAM-R

MNC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 15Marc GuéhiCD-L
  3. 45Abdukodir KhusanovCD-R
  4. 33Nico O'ReillyLB
  5. 27Matheus NunesRB
  6. 10Rayan CherkiAM
  7. 16RodriLM
  8. 20Bernardo SilvaRM
  9. 9Erling HaalandF
  10. 11Jérémy DokuAM-L
  11. 42Antoine SemenyoAM-R

Timeline

  1. 12' Estêvão (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 38' Antoine Semenyo (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 51' Goal! Chelsea 0, Manchester City 1. Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Rayan Cherki with a cross.
  4. 54' Marc Cucurella (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 57' Goal! Chelsea 0, Manchester City 2. Marc Guéhi (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rayan Cherki with a through ball following a corner.
  6. 64' Substitution, Manchester City. Rayan Aït-Nouri replaces Nico O'Reilly because of an injury.
  7. 67' Substitution, Chelsea. Alejandro Garnacho replaces Estêvão.
  8. 67' Substitution, Chelsea. Roméo Lavia replaces Andrey Santos.
  9. 68' Goal! Chelsea 0, Manchester City 3. Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  10. 76' Substitution, Manchester City. Savinho replaces Jérémy Doku.
  11. 76' Substitution, Manchester City. Phil Foden replaces Rayan Cherki.
  12. 81' Substitution, Manchester City. Mateo Kovacic replaces Bernardo Silva.
  13. 81' Substitution, Chelsea. Liam Delap replaces João Pedro.
  14. 82' Substitution, Chelsea. Dário Essugo replaces Moisés Caicedo.
  15. 88' Substitution, Chelsea. Josh Acheampong replaces Malo Gusto.
  16. 90'+8' Dário Essugo (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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