Manchester City 6 - 0 Chelsea: 'Rain of goals' at Etihad

Liverpool defeated Bournemouth 3-0 at home, Tottenham 3-1 Leicester, Arsenal won at Huddersfield 2-1, and as expected, Man Utd extended their unbeaten run to 11 with a 3-0 away win over Fulham.

Manchester City meeting Chelsea in this round is a very favorable situation for the chasing teams, if there is a draw or a loss, one of the two teams will be "the ones left behind". With Man City, they will be left behind in the battle to defend the championship title, with Chelsea, they will be pushed out of the top 4, and of course, no one wants to be "the ones left behind".

Sergio Auguero scored a hat-trick in the match against Chelsea. Photo: Zing.vn

With the home advantage of Etihad and the determination to not let Liverpool increase the gap on the rankings, The Citizen entered the match like a "final" and completely controlled the game. The audience at Etihad Stadium did not have to wait long to celebrate the goal when in the 4th minute of the match, Raheem Sterling scored the opening goal for Man City when Eden Hazard and Marcos Alonso did not coordinate well in defense, allowing Bernardo Silva to escape down the left wing of Chelsea and then cross for Raheem Sterling to finish, the score was 1 - 0 for Manchester City.

With the morale goal, Man City players were even more excited. In the 8th minute, the score would have been 2-0 if Sergio Aguero had finished more accurately when he was unmarked, only 2 meters from the goal. An unbelievable missed opportunity.

But that regret did not last long, 5 minutes later, the audience of "Man City" had another chance to celebrate a goal, Sergio Aguero had a beautiful curling shot from 20 meters away, sending the ball into the dead corner, doubling the gap for Man City, a masterpiece from Sergio Aguero's feet, the score was 2 - 0 for Man City in the 13th minute of the match.

With a two-goal lead, Man City players confidently controlled the ball and coordinated, always putting Chelsea's defense on alert. What had to happen happened, under the terrible pressure of Man City players, Ross Barkley of Chelsea made a mistake when he headed a confusing pass back and Sergio Aguero quickly seized the opportunity, finishing close to the goal, raising the score to 3 - 0 for Man City in the 18th minute of the match.

Gundogan's dangerous long-range shot raised the score to 4-0 for Man City. Photo: Zing.vn

It must be said that in this match, Man City players turned Chelsea players into "blue troops" to practice coordination and finishing. "The Blues" were broken when they could not develop the ball as well as were confused in defending from a distance, one of those mistakes was exploited by Man City players when in the 24th minute of the match, Ilkay Gundogan rushed up from the second line, finished dangerously, the ball went low, straight into the far corner of Chelsea's goal, raising the score to 4 - 0 for Man City.

On Chelsea's side, the most anticipated player was still Gonzalo Higuain, but on a day when Man City's midfield played so well, the Argentine player did not have much opportunity to show his ability. In the 38th minute of the match, this player had the opportunity to score against Man City with a powerful and dangerous shot, but goalkeeper Ederson flew to save Man City.

At the end of the first half, Man City led Chelsea with a score of 4 - 0.

In the second half, Chelsea players were allowed to kick off but a few minutes later, Man City players regained control of the ball and were the ones who dominated the game. Sergio Aguero had the chance to score a hat-trick but failed when in the 50th minute, his close-range header hit the crossbar, no more goals for Man City.

Man City players had a 6-0 demolition of Chelsea. Source: Zing.vn

The score is 5 - 0 for Manchester City.

Leading by a very safe distance when the score was 5 - 0, Man City proactively slowed down the match. However, despite their efforts, Chelsea players could not create many opportunities, when Pedro, Higuain, Hazard, and even Kante tried their luck with long-range shots but could not beat goalkeeper Ederson. Chelsea even almost conceded a 6th goal in the match when Gabriel Jesus faced goalkeeper Kepa. However, Chelsea's goalkeeper promptly closed the angle and saved Chelsea.

The disaster did not stop there, in the 80th minute, from a beautiful combination in the penalty area, Sterling kicked the ball into the net of goalkeeper Kepa, raising the score to 6 - 0 for Man City, a bitter defeat for Maurizio Sari and his team when they were turned into apprentices by the home team Man City when they traveled to Etihad Stadium.

Minute 90 + 3, the match ended, Man City destroyed Chelsea with a score of 6-0.

With a 6-0 win over Chelsea, Man City temporarily took the top spot in the Premier League. The “blue half” of Manchester has the same 65 points as Liverpool but has a better secondary index and has played one more match.

Score:

Man City:

Raheem Sterling: minute 4', 80'

Sergio Aguero: Minute 13', 19', 56' penalty

Ilkay Gundogan: Minute 24'

Starting lineup:

Man City:Ederson, Walker, Stones, Laporte, Zinchenko, Gundogan, Fernandinho, De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Aguero, Sterling.

Chelsea:Arrizabalaga, Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Luiz, Alonso, Kante, Jorginho, Barkley, Pedro, Higuain, Hazard.

Results of some previous matches in round 26 of the Premier League:

Crystal Palace 1-1 West Ham United

Huddersfield 1 - 2 Arsenal

Liverpool 3 - 0 AFC Bournemouth

Southampton 1 - 2 Cardiff City

Watford 1- 0 Everton

Brighton 1 - 3 Burnley

Tottenham 1 - 0 Leicester City

Fulham 0 - 3 Man Utd