Chelsea vs Manchester City
Match pulse
CHEAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHE | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| MNC | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Who won: Man City 3-2
Manchester City beat Chelsea 3-2 on Sunday, August 12, 2012 at Villa Park. Goals for Chelsea: Fernando Torres (40') and Ryan Bertrand (80'). Goals for Man City: Yaya Touré (53'), Carlos Tevez (59') and Samir Nasri (65').
Play by play
- 94'
<b>FULL TIME</b> - An entertaining game and a deserved win for City. The game changed on Ivanovic's sending off, which was harsh to say the least. Tevez and Toure looked very good indeed, while Mata and Hazard failed to fire for the Blues. City will beat the team to beat in the Premier League on this evidence. As curtain raisers for the season go, this was a good 'un.
- 93'
Chelsea's corner is claimed by Pantilimon and then he releases Silva with City men breaking forward. Ramires blocks off Silva and should really be carded, but he's already on a yellow so the ref decides a ticking off will do.
- 92'
Chelsea win a corner as Kolarov conceded possession needlessly.
- 91'
Four added minutes as Dzeko is played through but he dawdles a bit and Terry dives in to steal the ball.
- 90'
A sitter missed by Aguero! A lovely move as Toure ran free then fed Milner, he squares it to Aguero but the striker scuffs wide from eight yards out.
- 89'
Very nearly a fourth for City as Chelsea commit men forward. Milner crosses and Silva's header is saved on the line by Cech.
- 88'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Tevez trots off after a very good shift. He looks fit and hungry. Edin Dzeko replaces him.
- 86'
An errant touch from Torres as Ramires raided down the right. Good spirit from Chelsea in the last ten minutes.
- 85'
Lampard does well to nick the ball from Tevez as the Argentine harried into the box. Kolarov was in space too.
- 84'
Bertrand has been busy since he came on, slipping Cole inside the area just then but Zabaleta stood firm.
- 83'
Chelsea are giving it a go though, as they win a corner and send men forward. Could well be another goal in this game.
- 81'
Hopefully that will set up a grandstand finish but with Chelsea tiring, and a man down, City should be able to hold on - barring any more goalkeeping errors.
- 80'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/yellow_card.jpg" height="15"> Double yellows for Pantilimon and Bertrand too as the battle over the ball once it had hit the net. The goalkeeper at fault for not holding onto Sturridge's effort, certainly. A sniff for chelsea.
- 79'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/goal.gif"> <b>GOAL</b> Bertrand pulls one back after Pantilimon spills Sturridge's low shot.
- 79'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/images/2012/0812/yayatouremancitycelebcommunityshield20120812_275x155.jpg"><br>Yaya Toure spanked Manchester City onto level terms and the Premier League champs kicked on from there
- 78'
Lampard clatters into Milner as Chelsea's frustrations boil over a little.
- 77'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Nasri off, to be replaced by David Silva.
- 76'
Very nearly a chance for Kolarov to make it four as Tevez rolled a delicate pass into the area but Cech was alive to it and sank on the ball.
- 75'
The game has taken on a pre-season friendly feel now, after a pretty ferocious first hour.
- 74'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Now Sturridge comes on for Mata.
- 72'
City utterly dominant now, keeping the ball and spraying it around.
- 71'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> A Chelsea change: Hazard makes way and Ryan Bertrand comes on.
- 68'
Hazard dwells on the ball a little and Zabaleta slides in to win back possession.
- 67'
A City corner drops on the edge of the box to Nasri but he slices his half volley wide.
- 66'
Bit of a disservice to Nasri saying he poked that one home, it was a very good finish to what was a strongly hit cross from Kolarov. City are running riot now.