Last season's Premier League, the performance of Manchester City and Chelsea can be said to be very different, under the leadership of Pep Guardiola, Manchester City made history and became the first team to achieve four consecutive Premier League titles, while Chelsea's sluggish performance also directly led to the dismal dismissal of coach Pochettino, and the Blues chose Maresca to take charge of the team in the off-season, hoping to regain their glory. This game is also seen as a mid-term test for Maresca to transform Chelsea, Haaland scored a hat-trick with all his firepower, and teenager Bob also scored a goal, and finally Manchester City beat Chelsea 4-2, giving the new Blues manager a dismount!
Pep Guardiola put on a 4-2-3-1 formation, with Ortega coming on as the starting goalkeeper to defend the Blues, Lewis, Phillips, Gvardiol and Esbrand at the back, Kovacic and O'Reilly in the back, McCarty in the middle, Grealish and Bob on either side, and Norway's Haaland as the single arrow.
Chelsea's new boss Maresca also adopted a 4-2-3-1 system, with Alexis Sanchez starting as the team's last gate, with Colwill, Adarabioyo, James and Gusto in front of him, Enzo Fernandez and Caicedo, who had previously been in trouble with his comments, in a back two, and the midfield trio of Mykhailo Mudryk, Hall and Lavia, with Nkunku up front.
Due to the nature of the warm-up game, the two teams started to attack on the field as soon as they came up, Haaland, who had not played an official game for a long time, came up with the momentum of eating people, the game just started, Haaland, who served as the captain of Manchester City's game, was put down when fighting in the Chelsea penalty area, and the referee also gave the Blue Moon Army a penalty, Haaland hit the penalty steadily, helping Manchester City to make a 1-0 dream start.
Before the Blues could come out of the mood of conceding the opening goal, Caicedo made another fatal mistake, his return pass in the fifth minute directly helped Haaland form a half-one-on-one chance, the Norway also laughed and helped Manchester City extend their lead to two goals, and in the 23rd minute Chelsea completed a dangerous attack, but Nkunku shot from a tight angle on the right and was saved by Ortega.
After the start of the second half, Manchester City's high pressing still made the opponent very passive on the field, and after Chelsea was tackled on the wing in the 55th minute, Manchester City instantly formed a counterattack, Bob hit the right side of the Blues box, and then easily fired a low shot into the near corner to help Manchester City change the score to 3-0.
Just one minute later, Chelsea were again tackled by Manchester City when passing the ball in their own half, and the Blues then created another chance for Haaland to score through a simple three-pass and two-pass, and the Norway scored a hat-trick easily, and the score quickly came to 4-0, and the stunned Chelsea finally pulled a goal back in the 59th minute, and substitute Raheem Sterling received a cross from his team-mate and fired a furious shot to make it 1-4.
In the final moments of the game, Madueke scored another goal to make it 2-4, but it still couldn't change the outcome of Chelsea's defeat, and through this game, new Blues boss Maresca should also be able to clearly see the gap between his team and Premier League champions Manchester City, and he still has a lot of work to do!