Chelsea v Manchester City (2023-24)

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Chelsea v Manchester City (2023–24)

Chelsea Manchester City 4 4
HT:2–2 Report
Event	Premier League 2023-24
Date	Sunday 12 November 2023
Venue	Stamford Bridge, London
Player of the Match	Erling Haaland
Referee	Anthony Taylor
Attendance	39,532
Weather	9 °C (49 °F)
← Chelsea - Spurs Man City - Young Boys Chelsea - Newcastle Utd Man City - Liverpool →

Chelsea v Manchester City was a match which took place at Stamford Bridge on Sunday 12 November 2023.

Team News

Chelsea

Chelsea forward Armando Broja is available again after a month out with a knee problem.

Christopher Nkunku and Roméo Lavia are nearing a return, but Trevoh Chalobah, Carney Chukwuemeka, Ben Chilwell and Wesley Fofana remain out.

Manchester City

Manchester City are without John Stones due to the injury which forced him off against Young Boys on Tuesday.

However, fellow defender Manuel Akanji has overcome the back issue that ruled him out of that game.

Kevin De Bruyne and Sergio Gómez remain on the sidelines.

Match Report

Cole Palmer's stoppage-time penalty denied former club Manchester City victory in a thriller against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

In a game of the highest quality in treacherous conditions, fortunes swung both ways.

City thought they had the three points when Rodri's shot from the edge of the area touched off Thiago Silva past Chelsea keeper Robert Sanchez with four minutes left.

Chelsea, showing superb resilience, were not to be denied and Palmer - a £40m summer signing from Pep Guardiola's side - stayed cool amid the mayhem to beat Ederson from the spot to leave City just a point clear of Liverpool at the Premier League summit.

The reigning champions led in contentious fashion after 25 minutes when they were awarded a penalty for Marc Cucurella's pull on Erling Haaland, despite Chelsea's protests that the full-back had been fouled first.

Haaland dispatched the penalty with ease, but the hosts were level four minutes later when Brazil centre-back Silva glanced home Conor Gallagher's corner at the near post.

Chelsea turned the game around when Raheem Sterling also scored against his former club after 37 minutes, turning in Reece James' cross after Josko Gvardiol's mistake.

City, though, levelled on the stroke of half-time when the unmarked Manuel Akanji headed in Bernardo Silva's cross.

Two minutes after the break City went in front again when Haaland scrambled in Julian Alvarez's cross at the far post.

Yet Chelsea again battled back and deservedly drew level in the 67th minute when Nicolas Jackson pounced after Ederson pushed out Gallagher's low drive.

Guardiola's side thought they had won it with Rodri's stroke of good fortune - until the late penalty drama capped an entertaining, eventful encounter.

Defender Ruben Dias was penalised for a foul on Chelsea substitute Armando Broja and Palmer's calm finish left honours even.

Chelsea - and manager Mauricio Pochettino - have not just had their most eventful week of the season, but their best week of the season.

The 4-1 win at Tottenham on Monday was overshadowed by the blizzard of Video Assistant Referee (VAR) interventions which reduced Chelsea's opponents to nine men before striker Jackson's hat-trick settled the outcome.

Here, the Londoners went toe-to-toe with Treble winners City in a magnificent, free-flowing eight-goal classic where no-one could begrudge them a point after Rodri's deflected shot looked like it would inflict a cruel defeat on Pochettino's men.

Their Argentine boss will understandably be dissatisfied with conceding four goals at home, even against a side of City's threat and calibre, but Chelsea showed quality and huge reserves of character to come from behind three times.

It was a measure of the improvement that can finally be seen in the side under Pochettino and they must take great confidence from the performance and result.

Just days after being left out of the England squad once again by manager Gareth Southgate, forward Sterling was outstanding as a scorer and creator, his constant running and skill on the ball a problem for City throughout.

And Palmer again demonstrated what he has added to Chelsea since his arrival from City with that late, late penalty.

The 21-year-old's arrival has certainly been Chelsea's gain and he has been a real bright spot despite their indifferent early-season results.

On this evidence, the club are on the right track under Pochettino - even if there have been bumps in the road.

City played a full part in one of the outstanding games of this season but will surely leave Stamford Bridge nursing a sense of disappointment.

They led on three separate occasions so this will feel like two points lost rather than one gained.

It would have been harsh on either side had they lost following a game containing such rich quality.

Yet City will believe they should have got a 10th league victory this season over the line, having lost the lead three times and the last occasion being the Palmer penalty conceded deep into eight minutes of added time.

Chelsea attempted to match City's intensity with their tactics and the champions looked vulnerable at the back throughout, never holding their lead comfortably at any time.

Haaland, inevitably, was on target twice and while City always looked dangerous going forward they were uncertain at the back.

Their lead at the top of the Premier League table is slender at just one point and sets up a momentous meeting with Liverpool at Etihad Stadium on Saturday November 25 when the Premier League resumes after the international break.

Match

Details

12 November 2023 16:30 GMT	Chelsea	4–4	Manchester City	Stamford Bridge, London Attendance: 39,532 Referee: Anthony Taylor
	Thiago Silva  29' Sterling  37' Jackson  67'	HT:2–2 Report	Haaland  25' (Pen) Akanji  45'+1' Rodri  86' Palmer  90+5' (Pen)

Chelsea

Manchester City

01 Robert Sánchez 24 Reece James 64' 02 Axel Disasi 06 Thiago Silva 03 Marc Cucurella 25 Moisés Caicedo 90' 08 Enzo Fernández 64' 20 Andrey Santos 23 Conor Gallagher 07 Raheem Sterling 15 Nicolas Jackson 90+6' Substitutes: 05 Benoît Badiashile 10 Mykhailo Mudryk 64' 11 Noni Madueke 16 Lesley Ugochukwu 90+6' 19 Armando Broja 90' 27 Malo Gusto 64' 28 Đorđe Petrović 29 Ian Maatsen 52 Alex Matos Manager: Mauricio Pochettino

31 Ederson 02 Kyle Walker 03 Rúben Dias 25 Manuel Akanji 24 Joško Gvardiol 16 Rodri 20 Bernardo Silva 47 Phil Foden 19 Julián Álvarez 79' 11 Jérémy Doku 59' 09 Erling Haaland Substitutes: 04 Kalvin Phillips 08 Mateo Kovačić 79' 10 Jack Grealish 59' 18 Stefan Ortega 27 Matheus Nunes 33 Scott Carson 52 Oscar Bobb 82 Rico Lewis Manager: Pep Guardiola

Man of the Match: Erling Haaland Assistant referees: Gary Beswick Adam Nunn Fourth official: Craig Pawson

Match rules 90 minutes, no extra time or penalties. Three points awarded to winner, none to loser. One point awarded to each in the event of a draw. Nine named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions

Match Stats

• Match Stats

Overall	Chelsea	Manchester City
Goals scored	4	4
Total shots	17	15
Shots on target	9	10
Ball possession	45%	55%
Corner kicks	3	3
Fouls committed	12	15

See also

• 2023–24 Premier League: Match day 12

External links

• Match report at BBC.co.uk
• Match report at Premier League.com

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