Manchester City beat Chelsea in the League Cup

City control, Chelsea panic

In front of their fans, Manchester City dominated the match. With greater possession of the ball, the team had space to exchange passes and reach the opponent’s area freely. But Chelsea’s defense did the trick and stopped the main chances for the hosts.

However, the main opportunities came from the side of the Blues. Chelsea took advantage of running at high speeds against City’s high streak, and had two good chances to open the scoring, both with Pulisic, but they stopped at goalkeeper Ortega.

Where is Halland?

Manchester City missed one of the players to push the ball into the net. Despite controlling the game and making it easy to reach Chelsea’s penalty area from midfield and both sides of the field, the citizens’ errors accumulated on the last pass.

In the 30th minute of the first half, for example, Alvarez pushed Rodri in the middle, which in turn extended to Luis. The player crossed low and no one appeared to finish the play.

Ortega wall!

While City couldn’t convert their supremacy into goals, Chelsea had their best chance in the first half. Goalkeeper Ortega avoided the visitors’ goal.

In the 43rd minute of the first half, Hall Pulisic received from the left, invaded the area, cut Luis and faced Ortega head-on. The archer grew up and avoided the blues goal with his foot.

Mahrez breaks the siege

Manchester City bombed Chelsea’s goal early in the second half, and after two good saves by Mendy from Grealish’s shots, he reached the goal from set pieces.

Eight minutes into the final half, Mahrez superbly scored a free kick from the right and opened the scoring in front of a confused Mendy, who had just seen the ball go in.

quickly!

The hosts extended the score after five minutes. Grealish quickly withdrew to the left and played for Alvarez, who found Mahrez on the other side of the field. Mahrez invaded the area and ended up moving away from me. Alvarez took the rebound and pushed it into the net.