Chelsea were beaten 3-1 by Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday, due in large part to an appalling Robert Sanchez performance, as Pep Guardiola’s side fought back from a goal down to claim a priceless three points.
Within two minutes, Chelsea had the lead. New City signing Abdukodir Khusanov got lost under a high ball and played a terrible back pass to Ederson which Nicolas Jackson pounced on. The striker found Noni Madueke six yards out, and he tapped into an open goal.
The Blues should have had a second before 10 minutes were up but Cole Palmer, uncharacteristically, wasted a two-on-one opportunity by overhitting a pass to Jackson.
Just after the half-hour mark, Omar Marmoush thought he had a debut goal for City but it was ruled out for offside, after he tapped in a rebound from Ilkay Gundogan’s effort.
City did have the equaliser with five minutes of the half remaining thanks to Josko Gvardiol’s smart finish; Robert Sanchez had saved from Matheus Nunes but the rebound dropped to the rampaging left-back.
On 67 minutes, City took the lead and it came through a Sanchez howler. The goalkeeper rushed out of his goal bizarrely and Erling Haaland bullied Trevoh Chalobah before lifting the ball over the Spaniard to complete a remarkable turnaround.
Phil Foden rounded out the scoring with three minutes left, latching onto a flick-on from Haaland and powering into the box before finishing low beyond Sanchez.
GOAL rates Chelsea’s players from the Etihad Stadium…