stadium : Etihad Stadium
The English Premier League football battle on Sunday night, January 4, “Sailboat” Man City was forced to win in order to force Arsenal, the leader who is 7 points away, waiting to receive the “Sing Blues” Chelsea, who recently parted ways with Enzo Maresca and appointed Calum McFarlane as interim coach of the U21 team.
The first half of the game passed until the 37th minute. Rodri passed the ball to Phil Foden, poked the ball and found Erling Haaland, ricocheting it off Trevoh Chalobah before meeting Philippe Jorgensen, who flicked it away.
Two minutes later, Rodri dragged the ball in front of the penalty area and flowed out to the right. Erling Haaland evaded the opponent’s defense and hit the inside square left post and bounced out.
And then in the 42nd minute, Raiyan Cherki sent a ball into the penalty area. Benoit Badiashil dipped the ball into the path of Tijjani Reinders, caught it before shooting and stuffing it into the first post on the left and into the net. The sailboats led 1-0.
End of 45 minutes, Man City leads Chelsea 1-0.
In the 72nd minute of the second half, Enzo Fernandez gave the ball to Liam Delap, a substitute who touched the ball and had a chance to hit it from the left in the penalty area. Gianluigi Donnarumma closed the corner and saved.
But then, 90+4 in injury time, Enzo Fernandez first charged the ball into the hands of Gianluigi Donnarumma before poking it again and hitting it back. At the end of the game, Man City tied Chelsea 1-1, leaving the “Sailboats” with only 42 more points than Aston Villa, good enough to claim second place with a better difference but unable to hold Arsenal back to 6 points.