Manchester: Kevin de Bruyne scored a brilliant goal on Saturday to help Manchester City consolidate their position at the top of the Premier League table as they beat Chelsea.
Belgium made a surprise 25-yard effort in the 70th minute in the bottom right corner to put City 13 points away from second-placed Chelsea. It was Manchester City’s 12th consecutive league win this season and helped them open a huge gap at the top of the standings.
De Bruyne’s coal sealed a deserved victory for Pep Guardiola’s men, who controlled a tight contest from the first minute and may have won by a large margin, but Chelsea were forced to deny Jack Grealish in the first half. For the fabulous savings by Kepa Arrizabalaga, the mentor of.
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Romelu Lukaku made a brilliant save from Ederson at the other end with a goalless score, but the Belgian striker cut a different figure for most of the afternoon as Chelsea troubled the hosts on a counter-attack and rarely ever bothered.
The hard defense by Thomas Tuchel’s men disappointed the defending champions for a long time, but their efforts were undone by De Bruyne’s talent. The Belgian midfielder rode out N’Golo Kante’s effort before making a brilliant strike beyond Kepa to provide a vital boost to Manchester City’s Premier League title aspirations.
After 70 minutes of goalless action and with Chelsea’s well-organized, stubborn defense to keep City at bay, it looked like Guardiola’s side needed a moment of inspiration.
De Bruyne duly obliged to cement his position as a world-class match-winner.
Chelsea had a chance to take something from the game, with Ederson putting up a fine defense from Romelu Lukaku and the latter firing both Hakim Ziyech and Marcos Alonso, but eventually City too strong in the middle of the 50th Premier League meeting for the Tuchels Blues. Was. two sides.
The Blues started the day one point ahead of third-placed Liverpool, but after playing more games, Juergen Klopp’s side were looking to jump to second place when they faced Brentford on Sunday.
Tuchel’s side will be back in Premier League action on Tuesday when it travels to Brighton and is quickly back on its way to victory.