Defending champions, Manchester City, beat 3rd placed Chelsea 2-0. Yaya Toure and Carlos Tevez go on the scoresheet. Chelsea had the chance to take the lead through Frank Lampard. Chelsea were awarded a penalty because Joe Hart took out Demba Ba's legs in the penalty area. Lampard stepped up for his 200th goal in Chelsea jersey and missed. An excellent Joe Hart, who saved a penalty from Ronaldhino, saved Lampard's shot. After that, Chelsea had many chances but couldn't find the final pass. Demba Ba started ahead of Fernando Torres but didn't impress. You can't blame Ba because Matija Nastasic did an excellent job containing the Senegalese striker. The 19 year old defender didn't allow Ba for any space. Another excellent player was Kolo Toure. He showed his experiance eith some world-class tackles and interceptions. His only error came when he let Ba through behind which caused the penalty. Chelsea's game overall was very poor. Ivanovic was often found sleeping and David Luiz ran too much up the pitch leaving holes in the defense. Cahill looked solid and so did Cole. Mikel did a good job in holding the midfield. Hazard and Ramires didn't affect the game much and often dribbled too much. Jack Rodwell had an excellent game anticipating play and tackling in the City midfield. He had one or two chances to score but was denied by the superb Cech. Cech played and excellent game in terms of stopping the shots. The goals he conceded he could not do anything about. Chelsea's defense didn't tackle and waited for the City player to move first. They gave time for the City players to think and shoot. Overall it was a poor performance from Chelsea. Man City played an excellent match. Torres came on in the 2nd half but didnt make much of an impact on the game. Tevez scored through a brilliant shot from outside the box. Again Cahill gave Tevez too much time and space. Chelsea are now 7 points behind City and if Tottenham beat West Ham on Monday Spurs will be third place. Chelsea are one point behind Arsenal who are 5th place. Man City still have the 11 point gap between them and United.
Will be seeing this again for the 20th time?
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