LEAGUES: EPL

Chelsea hold Man City in eight goal thriller

by Tamojit Chakraborty November 12, 2023

Manchester City and Chelsea drew 4-4 in an eight-goal thriller at Stamford Bridge on Sunday evening. The result means that the reigning Champions have just a one-point lead at the top of the table heading into the international break.

Chelsea were brilliant throughout the encounter as the Londoners gave City a run for their money. City perhaps thought that Rodri’s deflected goal four minutes from time would prove to be the winner but Cole Palmer’s late penalty made it four all on the day.

Earlier it was Erling Haaland who opened the scoring from the spot before Chelsea scored twice in eight minutes to make it 2-1. Manuel Akanji restored parity just on the stroke of halftime before Haaland scored within 90 seconds of the restart.

Nicolas Jackson then made it 3-3 in the 67th minute before Rodri’s late strike four minutes from time. However, Chelsea didn’t let their guards drop as Palmer scored in the 92^nd minute from the penalty spot to finish the game at four all.

As it happened

Chelsea and Manchester City are playing in the biggest matchup of matchday 12 in the Premier League, and you can get live updates here. The Blues have been uncharacteristically poor in the last two seasons. Yet, the club won at Tottenham on Monday when Spurs was at the top of the table. Now, Mauricio Pochettino leads his club into another battle with the league leaders. This time, it is Manchester City.

WHO	Chelsea vs Manchester City
WHAT	English Premier League
WHEN	11:30am ET / 8:30am PT • Sunday, November 12, 2023
WHERE	USA Network, Telemundo and Fubo
STREAM	WATCH NOW

To the surprise of no one, Manchester City is at the top of the Premier League table. Pep Guardiola’s side has a league-leading 28 goals scored. Also, City has conceded the fewest goals in the league at eight. That is certainly a recipe for success in one of the most competitive leagues in the world. A win at Stamford Bridge would be another step toward a fourth straight Premier League title and a sixth in the last seven seasons.

For viewers in the United States, the Chelsea game against Manchester City is available on USA Network and in Spanish on Telemundo.

LIVE: Chelsea hosts the league leaders Manchester City

Even though Chelsea won a season ago, it showed the glaring issues persisting at the club. Chelsea had far more chances than what the scoreboard showed. For reference, Chelsea scored four times in that game, and Nicolas Jackson secured a hat trick. Still, the Blues should have scored way more.

Manchester City has been brilliant again this season, but it has not been perfect. City showed any possible weaknesses in its lone loss of the season at Wolves. If Chelsea is going to take any lessons from that game, it is that it must be clinical. Wolves had one shot on target and managed to score twice. A Ruben Dias own goal helped push the side to victory.

Any goals scored by Chelsea and Manchester City can be found in the live updates down below.

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06:33PM

Full Time: Chelsea 4-4 Man City

An unbelievable game comes to an end. A Premier League classic for the ages as both sides played their heart out.

06:29PM

90+3' Chelsea 4-4 Man City

Palmer converts, its 4-4. Brilliant penalty

Grealish and Jackson were booked for dissent

06:28PM

90+2' Penalty to Chelsea

Dias takes out Broja and its a spot kick for Chelsea. Unbelievable

06:24PM

90' Attacking sub from Chelsea

Broja comes on for Caicedo

06:21PM

86' Chelsea 3-4 Manchester City

Is that the winner? City build well up front and as Rodri strikes the ball, it takes a massive deflection off Thiago Silva to hit the back of the net. 4-3 to City

06:17PM

80' City make a switch

Kovacic comes on for Alvarez

06:09PM

Can either side grab a winner

How has Gusto not scored? He is through on goal but blazes his shot over.

Its only 15 minutes left to play, can either side grab a famous win? Meanwhile, Rodri received a yellow for an earlier challenge

06:03PM

67' Chelsea 3-3 Man City

Ederson parries Gallagher's shot from distance but Jackson reacts fastest to slot it in. What a game and its all square.

06:00PM

64' Chelsea make a double switch

Mudryk and Gusto come on for Enzo Fernandez and Reece James

05:57PM

61' Palmer comes close

Palmer dances his way in the City box and almost gets the equaliser but his tame shot is easily saved by Ederson. Meanwhile, Caicedo is booked for a poor challenge on Grealish

05:54PM

59' Grealish comes on for Doku

Doku is in acres of space but the Belgian shoots it straight to Sanchez. He is now replaced by Jack Grealish.

05:53PM

60' Doku gets a yellow card

A strange yellow card for Doku as he bundles on the floor following a coming together with Reece James.

05:49PM

Sanchez denies Alvarez

Sanchez does well to deny Alvarez. The Argentine World Cup winner almost extends his side's lead

05:48PM

A rewatch of Haaland's goal

05:43PM

47' Chelsea 2-3 Man City

Its only taken 90 seconds for City to go ahead as Foden finds himself in acres of space. The English winger plays into Alvarez who puts in a brilliant ball in as Haaland taps in from close range

05:41PM

We are underway for the second half

Will City get yet another win or will Chelsea grab a huge victory. An exciting 45 minutes to follow

05:36PM

What a game so far in London

If you're into tactics, this is a nice read before the second half resumes

05:24PM

Half Time: Chelsea 2-2 Man City

A thoroughly entertaining half comes to an end as it's all square heading into the tunnel. What a game so far at Stamford Bridge.

05:19PM

45+1' Chelsea 2-2 Man City

City work out a corner very well as Bernardo Silva picks out the unmarked Akanji who heads home.

05:16PM

42' What a save from Sanchez

It looked destined to be two all as Haaland was through from Bernardo Silva's pass, but Sanchez gets down and denies the City star.

05:09PM

37' Chelsea 2-1 Man City

It's the former Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling who puts Chelsea 2-1 ahead. Gvardiol can't sort out his feet and Reece James puts it on a plate for Sterling to tap in.

05:08PM

34' Foden comes close

How has that not gone in? Foden almost curls in with a brilliant effort

05:02PM

29' Chelsea 1-1 Man City

Ederson makes a stunning save to deny Reece James from a freekick but Thiago Silva makes a run in the front post and glides the ball in from the resulting corner.

04:57PM

25' Chelsea 0-1 Man City

Haaland makes no mistake and puts City ahead from the spot

04:55PM

22' Penalty to Man City

Cucurella holds Haaland back and bundles the striker over. VAR confirms the decision. Meanwhile, Palmer gets a booking for dissent

04:52PM

19' Gallagher aims straight at Ederson

The Chelsea midfielder makes a 25 yard effort but the City keeper makes an easy save

04:42PM

10' Chelsea 0-0 Man City

Guardiola's side haven't got into a rhythm and Chelsea is to be credited for a bright start

04:37PM

4' Chelsea have started brightly

The Blues are dominating the opening exchanges

04:34PM

We are underway

Here we go, in what should be a great watch

04:07PM

The team news are in

Chelsea: Sanchez, Reese James, Disasi, Thiago Silva, Cucurella, Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez, Sterling, Plamer, Gallagher, Jackson

Man City: Ederson, Gvardiol, Akanji, Dias, Walker, Silva, Rodri, Doku, Alvarez, Foden, Haaland

02:00PM

Chelsea seeks another key win

Last week, Chelsea picked up a massive three points at Tottenham. With Manchester City coming to Stamford Bridge, Mauricio Pochettino and company have another chance to pull off a major upset.