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Chelsea comeback stuns City
- Updated: December 3, 2016
Chelsea laid down a huge marker for the Premier League title by coming from behind to beat Manchester City 3-1 in a game that boiled over on Saturday at the Etihad Stadium.
City took the lead on the stroke of half-time courtesy of a Gary Cahill own goal before second-half strikes from Diego Costa and Willian swung the game in Chelsea’s favour.
Costa’s equaliser on 60 minutes came after a period of relentless City pressure during which Kevin De Bruyne missed a glorious chance from just four yards out.
Eden Hazard wrapped up the points in injury time to stretch Chelsea’s winning run to eight games in the league. But that wasn’t the end of the drama as Sergio Aguero was dismissed for an ugly tackle on David Luiz before Fernandino followed him down the tunnel for an altercation with Cesc Fabregas.
The victory moves Chelsea four points clear at the top of the Premier League while City, who were four points clear themseleves at the end of September, have now taken just 12 points from their last eight games.
Much was made of the tactical battle between the two managers in the build-up and Pep Guardiola decided to match Conte’s 3-4-3 formation.
Guardiola made six changes from the team that beat Burnley 2-1 last weekend – with David Silva and De Bruyne back in the starting line-up.
Raheem Sterling, Yaya Toure, Nolito, Fernando, Gael Clichy and Bacary Sagna were the six players to drop out.
It was just the single change for Conte, who lost Nemanja Matic to a “small muscular problem” with Fabregas replacing him.
Despite City starting with good intent, it …
