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At 20:30 Beijing time on January 15, a match in the 22nd round of the Premier League began to be contested, and Manchester City faced Chelsea at home. Manchester City have been red on both sides this season, beating Paris Saint-Germain to advance to the knockout rounds as the first in the group in the Champions League, and leading the first place in the Premier League. City won all seven Premier League games in December, giving them a huge advantage. Prior to this, Manchester City had won seven consecutive games in all competitions and were in very hot form. Although City have only scored one goal in the last two league rounds, it also shows the resilience of the team in difficult situations. This time Manchester City are playing chelsea. In the 6th round, the two sides met each other, when the away Manchester City completely suppressed Chelsea to win 1-0. This time, Manchester City, who returned home, won 1-0 again, double-matching Chelsea. Tuchel lost without temper.
Guardiola lined up in a 433 formation for the match. Edson served as the starting goalkeeper. Kyle Walker, Stones, Laporte and Cancelo are paired at 4 backs. De Bruyne, Rodri Hernandez and Bernardo Silva form the 3 midfielders. The attacking combination of Sterling, Foden and Glallish joined forces. Jesus, Gundogan, Ruben-Díaz and Fernandinho sit on the bench. Mahrez went to the national team to play in the Africa Cup of Nations and continued to be absent.
City controlled the game the way they played their usual way of playing, but there were several mistakes in the back line, but chelsea did not grasp it. Chelsea, which missed a series of opportunities to counterattack, were then completely suppressed by Manchester City. City used the pass to move Chelsea's backline, but there were not many opportunities, and the last threat was Glarish's single knife ball, but unfortunately Gralis pulled the crotch and wasted so many good opportunities. The end of the half was still a 0-0 score. City had 63 percent possession in the first half, with five shots on goal and three shots on target, failing to score. Chelsea didn't even have a shot on goal in the first half.
In the second half, the Manchester City backline was flawed and punctured, and Lukaku was given a one-handed chance, but fortunately Ederson saved the danger. The opportunity Lukaku missed was almost as good as the one in Gralish at halftime. Missed opportunities are about to be punished, and De Bruyne stands up at a critical moment and explodes into an incomprehensible world wave, leaving Kepa helpless. Although Chelsea are behind, it is difficult to fight back under The ball in Manchester City's possession, and can only watch the time be exhausted little by little. The final score was set at 1-0 and City beat Chelsea. Chelsea only had one shot on target in the whole game, which is a bit of a shame. And Manchester City's 11 shots on goal and 6 shots on target, scoring 1 goal is also reasonable. This game has widened the gap between the two teams in the top 2 of the Premier League to 13 points, and the championship is not in suspense.