Last night, Beijing time, the 22nd round of the Premier League began in full swing, and Manchester City, which gradually established a dynastic model, continued to soar, beating Chelsea, who are still Champions League champions, 1-0, thus further establishing the top position in the table. Manchester City now have 56 points with 18 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, and second-place Chelsea missed the opportunity to close the point gap, with only 12 wins, 7 draws and 3 losses, 43 points, the championship is very difficult; Liverpool played 2 games for Manchester City and Chelsea, currently have 42 points, and if they win the make-up game, they will get 48 points.
Like last season, Manchester City stormed the middle of the league, quickly opening up gaps with other teams and taking advantage of the Premier League and even the first big team in Europe. Guardiola chose Foden, Sterling and Glaglish to partner the trident, De Bruyne, Rodri and B to partner the three midfielders, Cancello, Laporta, Stones and Walker to partner the four-back, and goalkeeper Edson Moraes.
In the game, Manchester City dominated the situation on the pitch, suppressing the opponent on the offensive end and not giving the opponent too many opportunities on the defensive end. In the first half, both teams had chances, but neither of them seized them; in the second half, Manchester United began to frequently get excellent opportunities, in the 69th minute of the game, Canselo passed the ball to De Bruyne, facing Chelsea's dense defense, De Bruyne completed the inside cut from the left rib of the front field, and finally shot directly outside the top of the arc of the penalty area, kicked out of the world wave, the ball hung straight to the right corner of the goal, the goalkeeper whip was out of reach, De Bruyne once again penetrated the door of his old club Chelsea, Manchester City led 1-0, and for the rest of the game, Manchester City continued to take the initiative , steady 1-0 to win.
Statistics, Manchester City's full game possession rate of 56%, and Chelsea's shooting comparison of 11-4, shooting positive contrast of 6-1, and finally won the game smoothly 1-0, the whole team came up with a stable offensive and defensive state, Chelsea continued the embarrassment of the recent ups and downs in state, Lukaku did not bring the overall improvement to the team, the state also continued to be sluggish, the game score was only 5.5 points, and Manchester City's De Bruyne became the MVP of the whole game, with a game rating of 8.6.
Winning this campaign, Premier League champions Manchester City continued 4 grand occasions, first, continued to kill the Champions League champions, completed the feat of killing the Champions League champions 3 times, twice this season 1-0 defeated Chelsea, who still holds the Title of Champions League, and defeated Liverpool as Champions League champions in July 2020; second, Manchester City continued the Grand League winning streak, harvested 12 consecutive Premier League wins, and created a 5-year miracle, achieving 12+ consecutive Wins in the Premier League four times in the past 5 years, the previous three were 18 consecutive wins from August to December 2017 15 consecutive wins from February to August 2019 and 15 consecutive wins from December 2020 to May 2021, manchester City won all of these consecutive win seasons, implying that this season will also win 100% of the title.
Third, continuing de Bruyne's grand appearance of killing his old master, De Bruyne scored 5 goals against Chelsea in 11 times, which is the chelsea veteran who scored the most goals in the Premier League against Chelsea; fourth, continued the recent grand wins in all competitions, and has won 8 consecutive games in all competitions. In its current form, Manchester City is enough to fully impact the Champions League, FA Cup and Premier League championship trophy.