Man City 1 - 2 Chelsea - 切爾西足球俱樂部 Chelsea Football Club

Man City 1 - 2 Chelsea

Raheem Sterling 44' 63' Ziyech, ast by Azpilicueta
90+2' Marcos Alonso, ast by Werner

4 Shots on Target 5
12 Shots off Target 7
6 Corners 2
12 Fouls 10
1 Offsides 5
3 Saves 3
2 Yellow Cards 0
49% Possession 51%









Cards
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Raheem Sterling 12'
Gabriel Jesus 90'





球場: Etihad Stadium, Manchester
觀眾: 0
開賽: 17:30 Sat, 08 May 2021
主裁: Anthony Taylor




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https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2021/05/09/
the-debrief--ziyech-shooting-in-altered-role-and-wing-back-influ

The Debrief: Ziyech shooting in altered role and wing-back influence help
lift the Blues to 2021 high

09 May 2021


Chelsea's extraordinary record of keeping clean sheets under Thomas Tuchel
means it is rare for the team to be asked to fight back from going a goal
down in a game, but the Blues did just that on Saturday evening to record
a third Premier League win in a row and move into third in the table, and
inflict defeat on Manchester City for a second time inside a month.


https://i.imgur.com/QhuI5gF.png


It is the first time under the German head coach that we have turned a
losing position into a winning one, with second-half goals by Hakim Ziyech
and Marcos Alonso completing the comeback, having conceded just before
half-time.


== Half-time lift-off ==


After the match, Tuchel said there had not been a tactical problem during
what was a largely uneventful first half, only that his team had been on
the wrong end of a bad few minutes before half-time, during which as well
as the City goal we conceded a penalty which Edouard Mendy saved and lost
Andreas Christensen to injury.


That meant the introduction of Kurt Zouma but there were no major tactical
changes. Tuchel's side simply played better and more positively after the
interval.


From having had 45 per cent of the ball in the first half, by the end of
the game we had turned that into 52 per cent of the possession in our
favour.


There had been one Chelsea shot on target in the first half to the home
side's three, but after 90 minutes we had manged five and they had not
added to their total from the opening 45 minutes.


== Ziyech shift works ==


Our attacking players were prepared to take opponents on with more
successful dribbles than Man City. Ziyech was top by that measure, with
four dribbles, ably supported by Christian Pulisic and wing-backs Reece
James and Marcos Alonso with two apiece.


https://i.imgur.com/kmgUbPT.jpg
Accuracy from Hakim at the Etihad


Ziyech is usually asked to play on the right side of the two players
supporting the central attacker, but yesterday at the Etihad he was most
often on the left, with the inside-right role given to Pulisic, but the
switch did not stop the Moroccan from doing what he did against City in
the FA Cup semi-final – namely finding their net. On that day at Wembley
he had been on the right of Werner, with Mason Mount more left.


In this weekend's Premier League meeting in his new position, Ziyech fired
three shots, all on target.


== Coming at them from left and right ==


The importance of James' attacking play from right wing-back yesterday was
there for all to see as Chelsea made things happen down the Man City left,
and he and Alonso spent more time in the opposition half than in their own.


https://i.imgur.com/A4WBc8c.jpg
The sides for Ziyech (22) and Pulisic (10), plus the attacking intent of
Alonso (3) and James (24) are clear to see


James matched Ziyech's game-high three shots attempted (City's Raheem
Sterling and Gabriel Jesus also managed three) and he also registered
three crosses and two key passes.


Alonso asked questions of City from the other flank with three crosses and
two key passes of his own, plus two out of his two shots on target, the
second of which won the game when the Spaniard arrived the middle at the
right moment in trademark style. Timo Werner's assist for that goal was
his eighth in the Premier League, the club's most this season.


== Solid skipper ==


It is a rare event to see the Chelsea net breached, Sterling's strike was
only the fourth goal conceded in 10 games since the West Brom aberration,
and we restricted Pep Guardiola's table-topping side to just four shots on
target overall, one of those Aguero's fluffed penalty.


Cesar Azpilicueta, returned to the back-three after recent outings at
wing-back, stood out among the defensive statistics with three aerial
battles won, six successful tackles (two more than any other player on the
pitch) plus two interceptions, three clearances and one blocked shot, all
without giving away a single foul.


https://i.imgur.com/MABlYOd.jpg
Back in the back-three but Azpi still contributed in the opposition half,
as touch map shows


Evidence of our team's strength in the air overall is 10 aerial contests
won to Manchester City's five.


City have now lost 27 Premier League matches against Chelsea, more than
they have versus any other side. Since Tuchel arrived, the Blues have
collected 35 points to City's 39 in that period.


We are unbeaten in eight Premier League away games for the first time
since a run of 10 between April and December 2014.


By overtaking Leicester City who we host in the league in the second of
our three remaining games in the competition, Chelsea are up to third
place in the Premier League table for the first time in four months.

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It's Baltimore, gentlemen. The Gods will not save you."

- The Wire Season 3 Episode 3

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