12 consecutive wins, 13 points to lead! The Premier League overlords have doubled the Champions League champions, and the title race has lost suspense in advance.
At 8:30 p.m. Beijing time on January 15, a focus battle in the 22nd round of the Premier League was played at the Etihad Stadium, the leader Manchester City sat at home to meet the second-ranked Chelsea, Manchester City with the Blues veteran De Bruyne scored the only goal in the second half, 1-0 to win the opponent, won 12 consecutive wins in the Premier League, extended the top advantage to 13 points, the Premier League halfway through, the championship lost suspense in advance.
A month and a half ago, Chelsea topped the Premier League table with 33 points after 14 rounds, while Manchester City followed by a one-point difference.
But now the status has been reversed, with Chelsea and Liverpool dropping chains in quick succession, and Manchester City, which has maintained a winning streak, has scored 56 points after 21 rounds, 10 points ahead of second-place Chelsea. Manchester City's Premier League defense is a foregone conclusion.
In the 22nd round, the Premier League ushered in a contest between the top two, a game that was seen by the outside world as Chelsea and Liverpool's last chance to retain the suspense of the Premier League title.
In this game, Manchester City sent a forward combination of three local players, Sterling, Foden and Graglish to form a trident, De Bruyne, Rodri and Bernardo Silva in midfield, Ruben Díaz rarely sat on the bench, and Laporte and Stones paired with centre-backs.
Chelsea made five changes to their midweek League Cup away lineup against Tottenham Hotspur, with N'Golo Kante and Thiago Silva returning from covid-19 and Marcos Alonso, Ziyech and Pulisic back in the starting lineup.
After the opening, Manchester City dominated the game, in the first half, Manchester City had 5 shots on goal and 3 shots on target, while chelsea, who played away, although defending well, failed to get a 1-foot shot, which was the first time since Tuchel took office that the Blues had 0 shots in the first half of the league.
Shortly after the start of the second half, Chelsea were given a succession of shooting opportunities. Manchester City, who continued to besiege, finally knocked open the opponent's city with a long-range shot in the 70th minute of the game.
De Bruyne broke away from Kante and scored a long-range shot from outside the box to give City a 1-0 lead, marking de Bruyne's fifth premier league goal in the Premier League.
With this goal, City beat Chelsea 1-0 at home with the same score in the first leg away from home, completing a Premier League season double for the fourth time in team history.
With this victory, Manchester City extended their Premier League winning streak to 12, the ninth 12-game winning streak in Premier League history, four of which belonged to Manchester City, all of which were led by Guardiola.
After this campaign, Manchester City topped the table with 56 points with 18 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, continuing to extend the top advantage, 13 points ahead of Chelsea behind them, and 14 points ahead of Liverpool in the two rounds of the game.
Although Chelsea beat Manchester City in the Champions League final last season, they have been completely crushed in the premier league two legs this season against the Blue Moon.
For them or Liverpool, there is probably nothing they can do to prevent Manchester City from completing four Premier League titles in 5 years.
Someone joked, "Guardiola turned the Premier League into the Bundesliga." ”