At 19:30, an intriguing 16th round match took place in the English "Premier" League.
At "Stamford Bridge" stadium, London's "Chelsea" faced off against "Manchester City". The "City" team, who had been unbeaten in the country's championship this season, ended their story - the "Citizens" who survived the attacks of the visitors in the first half succumbed to defeat with a scoreline of 2:0.
At the start of the match, the visitors from Manchester dominated. Pep Guardiola's pupils had ball control, which allowed them to create several dangerous opportunities.
However, the accuracy of the "Citizens" failed them, and seizing the moment, "Chelsea" found their chances to go on the counterattack. This happened right at the end of the first half - David Luiz made a wonderful pass to Pedro, who later received the ball on the edge and found N'Golo Kante in the penalty area, who left no hope for Ederson with a powerful shot.
"Man City" got a goal into the net, which essentially changed the entire scenario of the match.
In the second half, the "Chelsea" team felt confident, and the "Man City" team was not allowed to create easy chances.
Finally, in the 78th minute, all hopes of the visitors to save the result were killed - after a corner, David Luiz reached a great headed goal.
Having had no losses so far, "Man City" had to come to terms not only with failure but also with losing the first position in the tournament table. "Liverpool" became the championship leader after a victory and now has a point advantage over the "Citizens".
"Chelsea" earned their 34th point and reduced the gap from the leaders to eight points.
Result:
"Chelsea" 2 - 0 "Man City"
45' [1 - 0] N. Kante
78' [2 - 0] D. Luiz
Tournament table:
Starting line-ups:
"Chelsea": Kepa, Alonso, Rudiger, Luiz, Azpilicueta, Jorginho, Kante, Kovacic, Pedro, Willian, Hazard.
"Man City": Ederson, Walker, Stones, Laporte, Delph, Fernandinho, D. Silva, B. Silva, Mahrez, Sane, Sterling.
