Chelsea vs Man City LIVE: Premier League result and final score as Jack Grealish sets up Riyad Mahrez winner
Chelsea 0-1 Man City: Pep Guardiola’s side reduced the gap to leaders Arsenal to just five points as the champions returned to winning ways
Manchester City cut the gap to Premier League leaders Arsenal to five points as substitutes Riyad Mahrez and Jack Grealish combined to sink Chelsea.
City were struggling to break though Chelsea in the first half at Stamford Bridge and Pep Guardiola had to make a slew of changes to add spark to his team.
That included Grealish and Mahrez, with the England international producing a perfect cross to the back post for the winner on 63 minutes.
Chelsea lost Raheem Sterling and Christian Pulisic to injury in the first half, adding to a mounting list of absentees, to leave the Blues with just four points from their last five Premier League matches under Graham Potter.
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Chelsea 0-1 Man City
87 mins: Chelsea are the ones pressing for a goal. Lewis Hall weaves his way to the byline and squares a pass only for Man City to clear.
They work the ball to Jack Grealish who drives up the pitch and wins a free kick after Kovacic brings him down.
Chelsea 0-1 Man City
84 mins: Manchester City make a final change and introduced Kalvin Phillips to replace Rodri for the final few minutes or so. Can City close out this game and move within five points of Arsenal?
Chelsea 0-1 Man City
81 mins: A diagonal pass comes over the top to play Conor Gallagher into the right-hand channel. Manuel Akanji shuffles over to track him and looks bewildered when Gallagher trips over the ball and throws himself to the floor hoping for a free kick.
Chelsea 0-1 Man City
78 mins: A booted clearance from Koulibaly sees the ball skip up towards John Stones. He’s pressed by Conor Gallagher who manages to keep the ball byline on the left wing.
He has to slide to keep it in play and doesn’t have teammates available to help him out. Stones sprints across to recover the ball and is almost taken out by Gallagher’s swipe off the floor.
City recover possession.
Chelsea 0-1 Man City
75 mins: A blitzing run down the left from Chelsea sees the ball whipped into the box and headed away by Nathan Ake. The ball comes to Mateo Kovacic who then blazes an effort high and wide.
Chelsea 0-1 Man City
72 mins: Close! Almost a second for Manchester City! Riyad Mahrez brings the ball down the right wing and waits for De Bruyne to make the underlapping run before knocking the ball up to him.
De Bruyne carries it to the byline before squaring a pacey effort into the box and a lunging Erling Haaland just can’t bring it under control in time to shoot.
Chelsea 0-1 Man City
69 mins: Omari Hutchinson, Conor Gallagher and Lewis Hall come onto the pitch for Chelsea to replace Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Hakim Ziyech and Marc Cucurella.
I think it’s safe to say that Manchester City’s reinforcements are a whole heap stronger than Chelsea’s.
Chelsea 0-1 Man City
66 mins: That goal should settle Manchester City down now. They’ve been pushing since the restart and all the pressure will go off them now that they’re in front.
Chelsea have been struggling for goals of late and now need to come from behind to get something out of this game.
GOAL! Chelsea 0-1 Man City (Mahrez, 63’)⚽️
63 mins: There’s the opener! Manchester City work the ball quickly across the pitch from right to left with Kevin De Bruyne sliding the ball into the box for Jack Grealish.
Grealish guides a first time pass to the back post where Riyad Mahrez squeezes ahead of Marc Cucurella and pokes the ball home!
Chelsea 0-0 Man City
60 mins: Bernardo Silva and Phil Foden have been taken off with Riyad Mahrez and Jack Grealish replacing them for Manchester City.
Ederson is almost in trouble after he comes bombing out of his penalty area to beat Kai Havertz to the ball. The City goalkeeper gets there but takes out the man and Chelsea are left fuming when the referee plays on.
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