Man City Ends Chelsea Unbeaten Starts In Impressive Display

Manchester Metropolis produced a formidable show to finish Chelsea’s unbeaten begin to the season with a deserved victory at Stamford Bridge.

Within the assembly between two sides absolutely anticipated to struggle it out for this season’s Premier League title, the reigning champions dominated towards a surprisingly passive and conservative Chelsea.

Gabriel Jesus settled a decent affair when his 53rd-minute effort took a spark off Jorginho to beat Chelsea keeper Edouard Mendy – however few might query Metropolis’s proper to the win towards the group who beat them in final Could’s Champions League closing, and the victory margin ought to have been way more emphatic.

Jesus virtually added a second when Thiago Silva cleared his effort off the road whereas Aymeric Laporte ought to have scored however someway slid a shot huge from contained in the six-yard field.

Mendy additionally produced two essential saves from the superb Jack Grealish.

It was the proper begin to a vital week for Metropolis and supervisor Pep Guardiola as they put together to go to Paris St-Germain within the Champions League this week then tackle Liverpool at Anfield subsequent Sunday.

Man Metropolis make a champion assertion

Manchester Metropolis’s begin to the season has been blended in some respects however this was the champions again to their finest and letting certainly one of their principal title rivals know they won’t surrender their crown flippantly

Guardiola’s facet have been on the entrance foot from the primary whistle as Chelsea appeared reluctant to decide to assault, the one criticism about their first-half supremacy being an incapability to create clear alternatives regardless of their domination of possession.

All that modified after the break and Jesus made the decisive contribution as his shot in a packed penalty space took that important spark off Jorginho to depart Mendy immobile and overwhelmed.

It was a deserved reward for the Brazilian striker, who took an actual buffeting by the hands of Chelsea’s defence, notably Antonio Rudiger, however took the knocks with out criticism and ended up being the match-winner.

Guardiola minimize an more and more agitated determine because the minutes ticked down, presumably as a result of Metropolis had failed to complete off Chelsea regardless of controlling all elements of the sport. The probabilities got here and went, Mendy made saves to maintain Chelsea alive, however in the long run all was properly that ended properly for Metropolis.

This was a efficiency with few flaws other than that lack of ruthlessness, with Laporte and Ruben Dias in whole command on the coronary heart of defence, Kevin de Bruyne including thrives in midfield and Grealish prompting all through.

Grealish wears his £100m price ticket flippantly, enjoying with freedom and a smile on his face. He might have had two targets – and positively ought to have had one when Mendy saved at his ft – and created alternatives for others.

When he was substituted with minutes to go as Guardiola seemed to close out the win, he responded to the jeers of Chelsea’s followers with a beaming smile.

This was a job very properly completed by Grealish – and Manchester Metropolis.