Manchester City moved towards its fourth Premier League title in five seasons after it defeated 2d-place Chelsea 1-0 to extend its lead atop the standings to 13 factors with sixteen fits left to play.
A Kevin De Bruyne moment of magic with 20 minutes closing turned into all Man City wanted, as he hit the target with a patented curling finish from out of doors the container. Man City supporters chanted "Campeones, Campeones", sensing that the purpose changed into good sufficient to steady the win.
The victory marked Man City's 12th consecutive league win, a streak which has helped the protecting champion to build and pad its tremendous gain.
Chelsea was mainly centered on defending within the first half of and changed into not stimulated in assault, but it did have two half of-probabilities on the foot of celebrity ahead Romelu Lukaku. On a favorable opportunity within the first half, the Belgian opted for a bypass to an offside teammate, and then early in the second half his breakaway shot turned into stopped by means of Man City goalkeeper Ederson who came off his line to venture.
With Chelsea absolutely knocked out of the name race, the onus shifts to 0.33-place Liverpool which has two matches in hand and will but move to inside eight factors of Man City with a head-to-head matchup nonetheless on the calendar.
"I think they [Chelsea] got here here. They had an amazing plan. They were tight defensively, but I think we played a quite accurate game," De Bruyne said postgame. "It changed into first-class to attain the goal as it become important — it was the most effective one. But the group played thoroughly nowadays."
Tuchel on his attack: "We had 8 or nine transition chances but we did not get a hint inside the box. I became sad approximately this. We can pass over chances and I am not unhappy about that." "The decision making and timing was now not what we need at this level of football." #CFC #MCICHE
Goals: MCI — Kevin De Bruyne — seventieth min.
(All times Eastern)
