Manchester City, led at home, saved a point against Chelsea (1-1), Saturday during the 25th day, a relative poor performance which distances the three reigning English champions from the current leader Liverpool and its runner-up Arsenal, winners earlier.
The
“Citizens”
suffered the opener from Raheem Sterling (42nd), a veteran of the house, and managed to equalize at the end of the game thanks to Rodri (83rd).
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The goal from the Spanish midfielder, hero of the last Champions League final, allows the European champions to limit the damage, three months after being held in check by Chelsea in London (4-4).
They still stretched their unbeaten streak to fifteen matches, in all competitions (13 wins, two draws).
In the standings, Pep Guardiola's team is third with 53 points, two lengths from Arsenal (2nd, 55 pts) and four from Liverpool (1st, 57 pts).
However, it could overtake the
“Gunners”
in the event of a victory on Tuesday against Brentford in a late match.
Chelsea, tenth, put in a solid, courageous and encouraging performance in the wake of Axel Disasi.
The Frenchman kept his team in the game before the break with several decisive interventions, including a header saved on his line (45th), slowed down a shot from Erling Haaland (65th) and repelled a dangerous shot from Kyle Walker, which Rodri however exploited on the equalizer.
The Spaniard replaced Haaland in the role of saving scorer.
The Norwegian striker lacked precision with his head (12th, 78th) and on a recovery (51st), in particular, a week after a double against Everton (2-0).
Sterling, former City star (2015-2022), was clinical in opening the scoring.
The 29-year-old winger got rid of Kyle Walker with a hook before eliminating Ederson with a powerful strike and celebrating, while restrained, his first goal since the end of November in the Premier League.