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Riyad Mahrez's goal was his second in the Premier League this seasonManchester City closed the gap on Premier League leaders Arsenal to five points with victory over injury-ravaged Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
The reigning champions struggled in the first half before two of manager Pep Guardiola's substitutes combined to break the deadlock after 63 minutes, Riyad Mahrez turning in Jack Grealish's low cross at the far post.
Chelsea enjoyed the better of the first half despite adding both former City forward Raheem Sterling and Christian Pulisic to a lengthening injury list, substitute Carney Chukwuemeka hitting the post from the edge of the area.
Graham Potter will justifiably point to Chelsea's ill-luck with absentees but the bottom line is this defeat leaves them in the unaccustomed position of 10th, 10 points off the Champions League places.
City, meanwhile, will be happy to get three points despite being nowhere near their best and on a rare night when scoring machine Erling Haaland failed to hit the target.
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Chelsea
Squad number1Player nameArrizabalaga- Squad number28Player nameAzpilicueta
- Squad number6Player nameThiago Silva
- Squad number26Player nameKoulibaly
- Squad number32Player nameCucurella
- Squad number20Player nameZakaria
- Squad number8Player nameKovacic
- Squad number22Player nameZiyech
Squad number17Player nameSterling- Squad number10Player namePulisic
- Squad number29Player nameHavertz
- Squad number9Player nameAubameyang
- Squad number23Player nameGallagher
- Squad number30Player nameChukwuemeka
- Squad number56Player nameHutchinson
- Squad number67Player nameHall
Manchester City
Squad number31Player nameEderson
Squad number2Player nameWalker
Squad number5Player nameStones- Squad number6Player nameAké
Squad number20Player nameBernardo Silva- Squad number16Player nameRodri
Squad number8Player nameGündogan
Squad number17Player nameDe Bruyne
Squad number47Player nameFoden- Squad number9Player nameHaaland
- Squad number7Player nameJoão Cancelo
- Squad number4Player namePhillips
- Squad number10Player nameGrealish
- Squad number25Player nameAkanji
Squad number26Player nameMahrez- Squad number82Player nameLewis
Line-ups
Chelsea
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Arrizabalaga
- 28Azpilicueta
- 6Thiago Silva
- 26KoulibalyBooked at 90mins
- 32CucurellaSubstituted forHallat 68'minutes
- 20Zakaria
- 8KovacicBooked at 89mins
- 22ZiyechSubstituted forGallagherat 69'minutes
- 17SterlingSubstituted forAubameyangat 5'minutesSubstituted forHutchinsonat 68'minutes
- 10PulisicSubstituted forChukwuemekaat 22'minutes
- 29Havertz
Substitutes
- 5Jorginho
- 9Aubameyang
- 13Bettinelli
- 14Chalobah
- 23Gallagher
- 30Chukwuemeka
- 42Humphreys
- 56Hutchinson
- 67Hall
Man City
Formation 3-2-4-1
- 31Ederson
- 2WalkerSubstituted forAkanjiat 45'minutes
- 5Stones
- 6Aké
- 20Bernardo SilvaSubstituted forMahrezat 60'minutes
- 16RodriSubstituted forPhillipsat 86'minutes
- 8Gündogan
- 17De Bruyne
- 47FodenSubstituted forGrealishat 60'minutes
- 9Haaland
- 7CanceloSubstituted forLewisat 45'minutes
Substitutes
- 4Phillips
- 10Grealish
- 18Ortega
- 19Álvarez
- 21Gómez
- 25Akanji
- 26Mahrez
- 80Palmer
- 82Lewis
Referee:Paul Tierney
Attendance:39,998
Live Text
Match ends, Chelsea 0, Manchester City 1.
Second Half ends, Chelsea 0, Manchester City 1.
Kalidou Koulibaly (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kalidou Koulibaly (Chelsea).
Attempt missed. Lewis Hall (Chelsea) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Carney Chukwuemeka.
Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jack Grealish (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea).
Substitution, Manchester City. Kalvin Phillips replaces Rodri.
Foul by Rodri (Manchester City).
Kai Havertz (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City).
Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
John Stones (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Conor Gallagher (Chelsea).
Foul by Rodri (Manchester City).
Conor Gallagher (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Conor Gallagher.
Attempt saved. Kai Havertz (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Lewis Hall with a headed pass.
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