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Manchester City won their home game against fellow-second-placed Chelsea 2: 1 (2: 1) and kept the gap to title rivals Liverpool at the top of the standings at nine points.
It looked in the meantime as if City would continue to lose ground in the race for the championship. Chelsea had in the game of the fourth-place against the table third better chances. Chelsea's center-back Fikayo Tomori narrowly missed on 16 minutes after a strong save from Tammy Abraham.
Five minutes later, Chelsea's Matteo Kovacic sent his team-mate N'Golo Kanté to the front with a long pass from the center line. The Frenchman put the ball in the running duel with compatriot Benjamin Mendy with a long leg and shot the ball with his second contact on him and goalkeeper Ederson over to the lead into the goal (21). Kanté scored his third goal with only his third shot on goal in the current season.
For City, it was the fourth residue in the fourth game in a row. Against Southampton they had still be able to turn the game, in the Champions League against Atalanta it was still enough for a draw, against Liverpool, there was recently a significant defeat in the top match of the Premier League.
This negative trend could stop the team of coach Pep Guardiola in the game against Chelsea. At first it was Kevin de Bruyne who equalized when he used a rebound and pulled out of the backcourt (29 '). Kurt Zouma faked the ball untenable for goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga. Riyad Mahrez gleamed ahead of half-time, pulling past Kovacic and Emerson from the right side into the box and sending the ball into the far corner.
Kepa pats, Kepa shines
Before the break, Chelsea's Kepa almost made City hit for the third time. The goalkeeper wanted to hit the ball long, but the landed at the feet of Sergio Agüero. The Argentinian seemed so surprised that he only hit the crossbar with his shot.
The best chances of the second half had City. De Bruyne missed the goal with a good angle from the right flank in the 55th minute. Ten minutes later, Kepa then showed his class when he deflected a shot from Mahrez from eight meters with a strong reflex (65th).
In injury time, Chelsea equalized again, but a free-kick from substitute Mason Mount barely missed the angle of the City goal (90 '+ 3'). In Manchester, Raheem Sterling was replaced by Ilkay Gündogan's header, but referee Martin Atkinson rescinded the goal for an offside. (90 + 3).
The success made it possible for City to overtake the Londoners in the league table, ranking third, nine points behind Liverpool.
Manchester City 2-1 Chelsea (2: 1)
0: 1 edge (21st)
1: 1 de Bruyne (29)
2: 1 march (37th)
City: Ederson - Joao Cancelo, Stones, Fernandinho, Mendy - De Bruyne, Rodrigo (52nd Gundogan), Silva (67th Foden) - Mahrez, Agüero (76th Gabriel Jesus), Sterling
Chelsea: Kepa - Azpilicueta, Zouma, Tomori, Emerson (59th James) - Kanté, Jorginho (74th Batshuayi), Kovacic - Willian, Abraham (74th Mount), Pulisic
Referee: Atkinson
Yellow cards: - / Jorginho