Chelsea vs Man City LIVE: Premier League result and final score as late penalty decides eight-goal thriller
Chelsea 4-4 Manchester City: Cole Palmer scored against his former team in stoppage time in a Premier League classic
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Your support makes all the difference.Chelsea and Manchester City played out a thrilling 4-4 draw at Stamford Bridge as Cole Palmer’s stoppage-time penalty against his former team denied the champions victory in a breathless contest.
Erling Haaland opened the scoring from the penalty spot after Marc Cucurella was ruled to have fouled him in the box, in a controverial decision that could have easily gone the other way.
Chelsea had made a bright start and hit back with quickfire goals, first from Thiago Silva and then Raheem Sterling as he finished off a fine move against his former club.
But the champions responded as Manuel Akanji was left unmarked to equalise before half-time, before Haaland bundled in Phil Foden’s cross 90 seconds after the restart.
City were pegged back again, however, as Nicolas Jackson slammed home a rebound and it was Chelsea who wasted the next big chance when Malo Gusto curled over.
City retook the lead when Rodri’s shot deflected off Silva’s outstretched leg and into the net, but there would be one final twist as Ruben Dias gave away a penalty in stoppage time for a foul on Armando Broja.
Up stepped former City player Palmer, who kept his nerve to equalise again and level the scores at a scarcely believable 4-4. Follow all the Premier League reaction below after a Premier League classic
Penalty to Man City!
Chelsea 0-0 Man City
21 mins: Chelsea have players on the deck but the referee allows Man City to play on. Bernardo Silva brings it down the left side and whips a cross into the box. Reece James deals with the initial ball under pressure but only nods it back to Silva.
The midfielder whips a second effort over to the back post where Erling Haaland and Marc Cucurella come together. The defender seems to have his hands on Haaland with the striker tussling back.
Both men go down and the referee points to the spot. VAR doesn’t overturn the decision.
Chelsea 0-0 Man City
18 mins: Shot! Reece James gets forward on the right side before knocking the ball to Enzo Fernandez. He tries to get Nicolas Jackson into the box but the ball is deflected across to Conor Gallagher.
Gallagher lets the ball bounce then nails a great shot towards goal only for Ederson to pluck it out of the air without too much trouble.
Chelsea 0-0 Man City
15 mins: City win a free kick inside Chelsea’s hald over on the left hand channel.
It’s slipped short to Josko Gvardiol then played back across the middle of the pitch. Rodri manages to pick out Julian Alvarez who turns and shoots but Marc Cucurella is there to turn the ball behind for a corner.
Chelsea 0-0 Man City
12 mins: Close! Josko Gvardiol comes flying into the midfield to try and win a 50-50 ball loses out. A gap then open up in the City defence where Cole Palmer is slipped the ball.
He brings it into the box from the right and should offload it to the open Conor Gallagher. Instead he goes for glory against his own club and fizzes a shot into the nearest defender before the attack dies down.
Chelsea 0-0 Man City
9 mins: Manchester City look to work the ball into the box from the right wing but Phil Foden is repeatedly being closed down by multiple defenders before he can get a cross in.
From a throw in, City sweep the ball over to the opposite wing where Jeremy Doku weaves into the box and takes a shot only for it to get blocked and booted away.
Chelsea 0-0 Man City
6 mins: This is good from Chelsea. Enzo Fernandez is brought down in the middle of the pitch and wants a free kick but Chelsea recover the ball and play advantage as they fly down the left.
Raheem Sterling receives the ball and cuts inside before slipping a pass into the box for Marc Cucurella’s overlapping run. The left-back looks for the cross but Phil Foden gets a toe on the ball and prods it out for a corner.
The set piece is then whipped into the middle but City manage to deal with it.
Chelsea 0-0 Man City
3 mins: Bernardo Silva makes a run down the left side of the pitch off the ball and receives it from Julian Alvarez dinking a pass over the top.
Bernardo drives towards the byline but a back-tracking Cole Palmer manages to boot the ball into his old teammate where it deflects behind for a goal kick.
Kick off! Chelsea 0-0 Man City
Chelsea get the game started at Stamford Bridge. They work the ball nicely through the midfield and get to the edge of Man City’s box but the visitors manage to win the ball and clear their lines.
Pre-match thoughts from Mauricio Pochettino
“We will see if we can deliver what we want on the game to challenge them.” said the Chelsea boss on Sky Sports
“In the way we want to play and it will be tough they are a team which are solid and playing a long period together.
“We have the same ideas and philosophies to challenge them but it is about in believing that we can win the game and to dominate and play in the way we want.”
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