Premier League Match Report: Chelsea 2 vs 1 Manchester City – Part 1
Chelsea played host to Manchester City in the Premier League at the Stamford Bridge, in a game that was being hyped up as one of the biggest games of the season.
Going into the game, City were yet to lose in the Premier League, while Chelsea were looking to maintain the form they had been showing over the course of the last couple of weeks.
Most experts predicted that former City player, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Daniel-Sturridge-c10076 would be the man to watch out for, as the forward would look to prove a point to his former side and make them regret letting him leave.
However, Mata and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Silva-c10601 were also proving to be the other players to watch in the game, since both the Spaniards had been running the show for their teams, ever since the season started.
The match kicked off in dramatic fashion, as visitors went on to score the first goal of the game in just two minutes.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Petr-Cech-c29837, but went on to evade the keeper and then roll the ball into the back
of an empty net.
In the 15th minute, there was more animation on the City players faces, as they made appeals for a penalty. Balotelli played a small pass to Silva, who took a touch to beat his defender. Bosingwa went on to stick his leg out to get the ball, but
Silva went on to tumble in the box. With every City player demanding a penalty, the referee went on to point to the spot instead, as he asked the teams to get on with the game.
In the 25th minute, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 created their first real chance of the game. Drogba received the ball outside the box and then went on to take a shot at goal. His low effort was tipped around by the keeper, but what was interesting, was the fact that
the striker was in an offside postion when he received the pass in the first place.
Before the half came to an end, Chelsea went on to get level with City in the game. Terry played a pass to Sturridge and the striker went on to charge forward, before leaving Clichy for dead. He then lifted a pass towards the middle of the area, where Raul
Meireles rushed in and volleyed the ball into the back of the net.
Soon after, the first half came to an end, with both the teams looking to be on top of things.
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