Erling Haaland has enjoyed two remarkable Premier League seasons
What will the third have in store?
Will we be treated to another classic between Chelsea Football Club and Manchester City later today?
Your first City XI of the 24/25 #PL season! 🩵
XI | Ederson, Lewis, Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol, Kovacic, De Bruyne (C), Bernardo, Doku, Savinho, Haaland
SUBS | Ortega Moreno, Walker, Stones, Ake, Grealish, Nunes, Foden, O’Reilly, McAtee
#ManCity | Etihad Airways
None of Chelsea’s nine summer signings are included in their starting line-up for their Premier League season opener vs. Man City
VAR decided against awarding Chelsea a penalty after the ball struck Mateo Kovacic’s hand.
Eight minutes later, Kovacic scored against his former club to double Man City’s lead
Cole Palmer catching up with his former Man City teammates and manager after Chelsea’s defeat at Stamford Bridge
Mateo Kovacic dribbled directly past Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez to score his goal vs. Chelsea.
Chelsea sold Kovacic to Man City for £25 million last summer and bought Fernandez and Caicedo for a combined £221 million last year.
| Erling Haaland becomes the 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 player ever to complete just three passes whilst playing 90 minutes under Pep Guardiola.
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Man City win an away Premier League match without Rodri for the first time since February 2022 against Norwich!
They lost their last four without him…
Manchester City are the first side in Premier League history to win 10 consecutive games by two or more goals.
Can anyone stop them from winning the title for the fifth time in a row?
Mateo Kovacic’s game by numbers vs. Chelsea:
97% pass accuracy (62/64)
84 touches
7 duels won
7 final third entries
6 tackles
6x possession won
2 shots
1 goal
Put the icing on the cake with a goal on his old ground.
Man City’s record against Chelsea across all competitions since the 2021 Champions League final:
0-1
1-0
2-0
0-1
4-0
1-0
4-4
1-1
1-0
1-0
They’ve gone 10 unbeaten against the Blues for the first time ever.