Man City are hoping to claim the title on home soil
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Manchester City will be hoping to wrap up their Premier League title chase on Saturday, when they host Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium.
A win for Pep Guardiola’s side will see them crowned champions, though Thomas Tuchel’s side have plenty of reasons of their own to want to spoil the party.
It was the Blues who denied City the possibility of a quadruple this season after they won the FA Cup semi-final meeting between the teams recently – and they will have another big clash in the weeks ahead, after both reached the Champions League final.
In addition, Chelsea are still trying to secure themselves a top-four finish to ensure participation in next year’s competition – they can go third in the table if they take the points here, after Leicester’s shock home defeat to Newcastle on Friday night.
It might only be a matter of time until City lift the title anyway, but they’ll be keen to do it on home soil as well as gain a measure of revenge for the Wembley defeat.
Both sides and managers, meanwhile, will be aiming to gain any measure of upper hand in the mind games ahead of the European Cup final – whether that will be in Istanbul or elsewhere. Follow our live coverage of Man City vs Chelsea below.
How will that defeat affect Pep’s men when they next face Chelsea in the Champions League final? They’ve lost the last two games between the sides, add to that the pressure of trying to win your first Champions League and City will need to be mentally strong.
Michael Jones8 May 2021 19:31
They’ll be disappointed not to finish the job off today but Man City will have three chances to win the title before they next play again. Manchester United play Aston Villa tomorrow, Leicester on Tuesday and Liverpool next Thursday and they have to win all three to deny Man City the title.
Michael Jones8 May 2021 19:27
Is that a sign of things to come for the Champions League final? Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea have beaten Pep Guardiola’s Man City twice in two attempts now. It was a poor second half from the league leaders with Sergio Aguero’s missed penalty a crucial moment in the game.
Michael Jones8 May 2021 19:25
Chelsea beat Manchester City again!
90+3 mins: Full time. Chelsea have the three points, they’ve come from behind to defeat Man City at the Etihad. The league leaders will have to wait before being crowned champions.
Michael Jones8 May 2021 19:23
Chelsea have a winner! What a turnaround
90+2 mins: Goal! No they can’t. Marcos Alonso wins it for Chelsea! Callum Hudson-Odoi dinks the ball into the box for Timo Werner to collect. He bursts past Laporte and cuts it into the middle of the box. Marcos Alonso arrives and shoots. He doesn’t catch it cleanly and the ball bounces up, goes over Ederson and finishes in the back of the net.
Michael Jones8 May 2021 19:21
Yellow card for Jesus!
90 mins: Gabriel Jesus arrives late with a sliding tackle on Christian Pulisic and he gets shown a yellow card. There’s going to be three minutes of added time to play. Can City find a winner and secure the league?
Michael Jones8 May 2021 19:19
Penalty shout!
88 mins: Anthony Taylor waves play on as Kurt Zouma and Raheem Sterling come together in the penalty area. Sterling just seemed to check his run into the box and let the defender run into him. It was a clumsy looking challenge that goes Chelsea’s way. We’ve seen them given before.
Michael Jones8 May 2021 19:17
85 mins: Sterling brings the ball forward on a mini break for City. He sends it out wide to Gundogan on the left. He recovers the ball and plays it into Foden who makes a nice run to the near post. Foden guides the ball on but puts it wide of the back post.
Michael Jones8 May 2021 19:15
Another one ruled out, Hudson-Odoi punished this time!
82 mins: Man City are living dangerously. Christian Pulisic brings the ball to the front edge of the box and slots it wide to Reece James. He sends another pinpoint ball into the middle and Callum Hudson-Odoi guides it past Ederson only for the offside flag to go up. This one is a lot closer but the substitute is just offside.
Michael Jones8 May 2021 19:11
