Kevin De Bruyne started the clash between Manchester City and Chelsea on the bench. He only played a quarter of an hour.
This is a result which will confirm Manchester City’s renewed form in recent months. The Citizens in fact overthrew Chelsea (3-1), who opened the scoring in the 3rd minute of play via Noni Madueke and forced Pep Guardiola’s men to chase the score.
A goal conceded following the error… of the new Mancunian recruit, Abdukodir Khusanov, who was in front of Nicolas Jackson. The Uzbek, transferred for 50 million euros this winter, left in the 54th minute of play. Shortly before the break, his defensive friend Josko Gvardiol had equalized (42nd, 1-1).
Another new recruit lined up from the start, Omar Marmoush, who almost opened his goal counter in the 30th minute of play but was flagged offside. In the second half, Erling Haaland, the man he must compete with (even if Marmoush was lined up in 10 this Saturday), made it 2-1 (68th).
-Shortly after, Kevin De Bruyne, left to rest, came into the game. He will be the only Belgian to take the field, Doku and Lavia being injured and unavailable. But KDB failed to be decisive, with Manchester City’s third goal being scored by Foden in the 87th minute.
With this victory, Manchester City finds itself in 4th place in the championship, only three points behind Nottingham Forest who took a slap at Bournemouth earlier this Saturday. The Skyblue continue to recover, while Chelsea are falling and are even leaving the top 5 now.
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