On the evening of January 15, Beijing time, the 22nd round of this season's Premier League ushered in a focus battle, Manchester City played at home against Chelsea. In the end, Manchester City relied on De Bruyne's long-range shot to win 1-0, beating Chelsea at home and away in the league this season, and winning 12 consecutive Premier League games, in addition, after 37 years, it has once again become another English team to win three consecutive victories in all competitions against the defending Champions League champions, setting three consecutive records.
With Liverpool and Chelsea dropping chains in recent succession, City began to extend their lead. After 21 rounds, Manchester City scored 53 points, firmly in the first place, 10 points ahead of second-placed Chelsea, and 11 points to shake off Liverpool in one more round, and the championship advantage was huge.
After beating Arsenal in the last round, Manchester City won 11 consecutive Premier League games, which is also the longest consecutive win in the Premier League this season. Now sitting at home against Chelsea is a six-point championship game, and Manchester City's victory basically ends the championship suspense.
In the starting lineup, City sent Sterling and Glalis double forwards, and the midfield quad consisted of Rodri, Foden, De Bruyne and B seats.
As soon as the game began, entering the rhythm of Manchester City's possession of the ball, Chelsea could only defend and counterattack, as the game deepened, Chelsea could hardly touch the ball, and the possession rate once fell to 30%.
In the 39th minute of the first half, City pressed for the back, Kovacic made a mistake in returning the pass, Andrales inserted a single knife, and finally the shot was blocked by Kepa, missing a good opportunity. At the end of the half, the score was still 0-0, and Manchester City had 63% of the ball, shooting 5-0 and shooting 3-0 on target.
In the second half City continued to besiege the Chelsea backline. In the 70th minute, Canselo split the ball at the back, De Bruyne took the ball and quickly advanced to the front, Kante intercepted behind him and failed, De Bruyne directly from the outside of the box to shoot from a distance to help City 1-0 ahead.
This goal was the fifth time in De Bruyne's Premier League career to break the goal of his old club, and Chelsea tied with Arsenal became the team with the most goals in De Bruyne's Premier League career.
In the end, City relied on De Bruyne's only goal to win 1-0, beating Chelsea in two legs. The victory made City the fourth England team to win three consecutive victories in all competitions against the defending Champions League champions, setting a record of 37 years. In addition, after Manchester City won, the points reached 56 points, leaving Chelsea with 13 points, basically ending the championship suspense.