Liverpool's hero Mohamed Salah gave up his man-of-the-match award to James Milner on his 500th Premier League appearance, after celebrating a comfortable 4-0 win against Bournemouth. This saw the Reds finally take first place in the Premier League. After nearly all season in the lead, Manchester City were now trailing Liverpool by one point, with a game in hand against Chelsea.
The champions dominated the early stages of the game but were caught on the counterattack seconds before half-time when N'Golo Kante scored with Chelsea's first shot on target. Manchester City were left surprisingly toothless, chasing the game after Luiz found himself heading home Chelsea's second from a corner in the 78th minute. Having had their attitude and mentality questioned by Maurizio Sarri following the defeat to Wolves earlier on in the week, this was a response from his side.
Sarri wants his team to carry their form into the rest of December, when they will play against Brighton and Hove Albion, Leicester City, Watford and Crystal Palace. The Chelsea coach remains insistent that his team cannot maintain a sustained title challenge this season due to his view that City are the continent's finest side.
The champions dominated the early stages of the game but were caught on the counterattack seconds before half-time when N'Golo Kante scored with Chelsea's first shot on target. Manchester City were left surprisingly toothless, chasing the game after Luiz found himself heading home Chelsea's second from a corner in the 78th minute. Having had their attitude and mentality questioned by Maurizio Sarri following the defeat to Wolves earlier on in the week, this was a response from his side.
Sarri wants his team to carry their form into the rest of December, when they will play against Brighton and Hove Albion, Leicester City, Watford and Crystal Palace. The Chelsea coach remains insistent that his team cannot maintain a sustained title challenge this season due to his view that City are the continent's finest side.
I think it is impossible to cover this kind of gap only in one season. One match - you can play one match, of course. Then in the competition of 10 months it's very difficult to cover the gap. I think they are, at the moment, the best team in Europe.On paper, this was arguably City’s final difficult fixture of the season. Their only defeats in their title-winning season last year came at Anfield and at home against Manchester United, this term they avoided defeat at Liverpool and beat their rivals on home soil.
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