Chelsea and Man City draw: Thanks "blue"!

Putting aside the score aspect, Chelsea and Man City were both real heroes for staying true to their style of play in the "nail-biting" match in London.

Just as experts predicted before the match, every space at Stamford Bridge was suffocated by the enthusiasm of the large number of fans in the stands and the tight play of both teams on the field.

However, in the 6-point match, which could have a huge impact on the two-horse race for the Premier League title last night, both Chelsea and Man City were successful, at least with the marks left during the 90 minutes of "fighting" at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea's two main players, Fabregas and Costa, watched the match from the stands (Photo: Getty)

For Chelsea, there is no need to argue much, the "draw is like a win" match helps coach Jose Mourinho and his team firmly stay at the top with an unchanged gap of 5 points more than the chasing opponent Manchester. Although the Portuguese strategist continued to skip the press conference after the match, despite the possibility of receiving a new penalty from the English Football Association (FA), but basically, The Blues had a very successful match.

In terms of expertise, Chelsea still showed the extremely annoying playing style that Jose Mourinho conveyed to his students, "technical" defense and sharp counter-attack. In the context of the absence of two pillars Fabregas (injured) and the number 1 striker leading the list of Premier League top scorers, Diego Costa (suspended), the team at Stamford Bridge is still too difficult to beat.

The perfect "stunt double" - Loic Remy (Photo: BPI)

Except for goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois' mistake leading to the equalizer from David Silva's kick at the end of the first half, it can be seen that the Chelsea machine still operated "smoothly" despite the pressure created by Man City being not small throughout the 90 minutes of play.

From the position of young talent Zouma to the "substitute" in attack Loic Remy or Ramires in midfield, everything was perfect according to the calculations of the Special One. Remy even did more than that when he was the author of the opening goal for the blue team in London in the 41st minute.

The double-decker bus that the home team set up in front of goalkeeper Courtois' goal in the second half was enough to discourage Man City players, even though many of Jose Mourinho's players had just played the full 120 minutes in the League Cup semi-final second leg against Liverpool in midweek.

Man City tried to attack until the last minute at Stamford Bridge (Photo: Getty)

On the other side, unable to win despite putting all their efforts into pressing, especially in the second half, Man City players still deserve praise for remaining loyal to their tactics and playing style against an opponent who actively played tightly.

“I am proud of my players, we went out with the determination to win from the first minute until the end of the match. It was clear to everyone that each team chose a style of play in this match. Chelsea have scored 52 goals since the beginning of the season, which means they could have played offensively at any time, but in fact they refused to do so to keep 1 point,” coach Manuel Pellegrini said with compliments to his players and did not forget to “sarcastically” his colleague Mourinho.

Frank Lampard on his first return to his old home Stamford Bridge (Photo: Getty)

Completely dominating the opponent in terms of ball possession (54% compared to 46), number of corner kicks (8 compared to 1), and finishing situations (9 and 1). Man City has the right to regret not being able to score more than once against Thibaut Courtois in this match.

This is also the reason why many fans of the blue team from Manchester regret that coach Pellegrini cannot have Yaya Toure or new player Wilfried Bony in the squad because both players have to return to their national teams to participate in CAN 2015.

Chelsea - Man City draw in Premier League this season (Photo: Getty)

The second 1-1 draw of the season also means that Chelsea and Man City continue to be undecided in the Premier League this year. Surely many fans say thank you to "blue" because both teams have had results that make the race for the championship at the end of the season still very hot, because no one can predict anything about the 5-point difference in the remaining 15 rounds./.

According to VOV