Clément Pédron, Media365, published on Saturday January 4, 2025 at 6:58 p.m.
After its victory against Leicester on December 29, Manchester City did it again this Saturday at home against West Ham (4-1). For their part, Chelsea are standing still with a new draw against Crystal Palace (1-1).
It must be believed that Manchester City finally seems to have emerged from the quagmire in which it has been stuck for many weeks. This Saturday afternoon, as part of the 20th day of the Premier League, the Citizens scored a second victory in a row in the league against West Ham (4-1), a little less than a week after a saving success against Leicester (2-0). This is also the first time since last October that the reigning English champion has managed to claim two victories in a row in the Premier League. Faced with weak Hammers, the Skyblues were able to count on their two strong men of the moment: Savinho and Haaland. The first caused Coufal to open the score against his side then gave two assists to the second who had fun with first a nice header then a dive with his left foot. Phil Foden, served by Kevin De Bruyne who was celebrating his 400th match with Manchester City, also took part in the party. However, Niclas Füllkrug reduced the gap twenty minutes from time, which confirmed that City were still not completely healed.
Chelsea sick in turn
After a magnificent series of eight consecutive victories in all competitions, Chelsea seem to be running out of juice in their turn. In the last three championship matches, Enzo Maresca's men have had one draw and two defeats and were unable to stem this bad patch this Saturday afternoon. The Blues were joined 8 minutes from the end by Crystal Palace (1-1). However, everything started well for Jadon Sancho's teammates who opened the scoring fifteen minutes into the game via Cole Palmer. Unfortunately for them, they then failed to increase their lead and were punished by a goal from Jean-Philippe Mateta after a serve from Eze. The bad operation of the day is indeed for Chelsea who miss the opportunity to temporarily take third place in the Premier League.
