On the evening of January 15, Beijing time, the 22nd round of this season's Premier League ushered in a focus battle, with Chelsea playing away to Manchester City. In the end, Chelsea was eliminated by the veteran De Bruyne world wave on the road, 0-1 by Manchester City, and trailed the top 13 points, theoretically there is still hope for the title, but in fact can not catch up.
It's a direct contest between the first and second, a six-point championship showdown. Chelsea have won 1 win and 2 draws in the last 3 rounds of the league, and have been thrown off by the leader Manchester City for many points, and the current 21 rounds have accumulated 42 points, and liverpool are second in one round of the game, 10 points behind Manchester City, and the situation for the title is not good.
Chelsea have lost 1-0 at home this season, missing four consecutive defeats over Manchester City in all competitions, and now the two teams have their 50th Premier League meeting, after 49 times Chelsea won 27, drew 7 and lost 15.
In terms of starting, Chelsea sent a two-strike combination of Lukaku and Pulisic, with Sal, N'Golo Kante, Kovac and Ziyech in midfield, and Thiago Silva leading the backline.
In the first half of the season, Chelsea were pressed by Manchester City at home, and now the same is true on the road, forced to defend and counterattack, and it is difficult to play the ball in the backfield and almost concede the ball.
In the 39th minute, Mateo Kovacic's return pass was wrong, Glalish's one-handed shot was blocked by Kepa, chelsea maintained a 0-0 score at the end of the first half, the scene was in the downwind, no shots, Manchester City 5 shots on goal.
Just as the second half began, Lukaku stepped forward to get a chance to get a chance to get a one-handed knife, and the final push was saved by Ederson, and Ziyech then made up for it, and Chelsea missed the opportunity.
In the 70th minute, Chelsea's defence was punctured by De Bruyne alone, and the Manchester City midfielder threw off Kante and fired a long-range shot directly at the outside of the penalty area to help Manchester City win the game 1-0.
The defeat left Chelsea with a home-and-away double in the Manchester City League and the fourth time in the team's history that they were double-killed, the first three in 2009-10, 2015-16 and 2017-18.
Compared to shame, Chelsea stayed at 43 points and have been thrown 13 points by Manchester City. The second half of the league has only just begun, Chelsea are now almost hopeless in their fight for the title, and Guardiola's Manchester City are too strong.