At 18 o'clock in the English Premier League, the penultimate 26th round of matches took place.
Before the start of the match at the Etihad Stadium, an altercation between Manchester City and London's Chelsea players caused a lot of interest. There was so much intrigue - the "City" team had already bombarded the opponent's goal in the first 25 minutes and celebrated a convincing victory with a 6-0 score.
Pep Guardiola's disciples' start was like something out of a movie - in the 4th minute, Raheem Sterling put the hosts ahead with a sharp pass in the penalty area by Bernardo Silva.
In the 13th minute, Sergio Aguero started to dismantle Chelsea's defense. The Argentinean unleashed a true shot from about 20 meters, which the goalkeeper Kepa could do nothing about.
Chelsea's problems did not end there - after a few minutes, S. Aguero scored another goal when Ross Barkley carelessly deflected the ball towards the goal. By the 25th minute, the result in Manchester was already embarrassing - Ilkay Gundogan also scored his goal.
Chelsea was disarrayed, but they ended the first half with ball control and created several dangerous moments.
In the second half, Man City did not ease up - in the 56th minute, R. Sterling earned a penalty for the hosts. S. Aguero converted it accurately, achieving his 11th hat-trick in the Premier League and repeating Alan Shearer's record.
The final point in this match was set in the 80th minute when after a well-constructed attack on the left side, Oleksandr Zinchenko sent the ball into the penalty area, where an unmarked R. Sterling scored his second goal.
After playing one more match, the Man City club returns to the top position. Chelsea dropped to fourth place after this round, behind the Man Utd club, falling even to seventh place.
Final score:
Man City 6 - 0 Chelsea
4' [1 - 0] R. Sterling
13' [2 - 0] S. Aguero
19' [3 - 0] S. Aguero
25' [4 - 0] I. Gundogan
56' [5 - 0] S. Aguero (penalty)
80' [6 - 0] R. Sterling
League table:
Starting lineups:
'Man City': Ederson, Walker, Stones, Laporte, Zinchenko, Gundogan, Fernandinho, Bernardo Silva, Sterling, De Bruyne, Aguero.
'Chelsea': Kepa, Alonso, Luiz, Rudiger, Azpilicueta, Jorginho, Kante, Barkley, Pedro, Hazard, Higuain.
