Manchester City vs Chelsea as it happened: Premier League
Match report: Silva downs unambitious Chelsea
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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester City host Chelsea at the Etihad hoping to move an astonishing 18 points clear at the top of the Premier League, at least until Manchester United play Crystal Palace on Monday night.
The Blues have endured a mixed patch of form and are desperately in need of three points to keep up the chase on the top four, but that will be a tall order against this rampant City side, who are full of confidence having beaten Arsenal 3-0 in two successive matches.
Can last season's champions pull off a shock against this season's champions-elect?
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43: Chelsea get forward and win a corner, which is taken short and City turn over possession. What an absolute waste.
I don't know if it's me, but that half was certainly not one for the ages. Chelsea had very little intention of getting out of their half and Eden Hazard opitomised their first half efforts by having just 12 touches on the ball.
Stats
Manchester City 0-0 Chelsea
Shots: 8-0
Shots on target: 1-0
Possession: 78%-22%
The second half is about to get underway. Please, please, please be better than the first 45 minutes. Join me and follow all the action right here as we find out if Antonio Conte fancies committing players in attack.
Bernardo Silva
Sergio Aguero beats Andreas Christensen in the box and lays the ball to David Silva. He takes a touch and fires a low cross towards the back post where Bernardo Silva arrives late and beats Marcos Alonso to the ball and fires into the back of the net.
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