Chelsea 0-1 Man City: Citizens take 3 points thanks to a deflected Jesus strike

Game is over and the final score is Chelsea 0-1 Man City. Here is the match report.

Match Report 

Manchester City put in their best performance of the season so far as they beat Chelsea 1-0 at Stamford Bridge on Saturday afternoon.

Gabriel Jesus scored the game's only goal, but it was a terrific all-round display by Pep Guardiola's side, led by the likes of Ruben Dias, Joao Cancelo, Bernardo Silva and Jack Grealish.

The first half saw a total of zero shots on target for both teams, but it was City that were the dominant force. Their pressing was too much for Chelsea, who were camped inside their own half for the majority of the first 45 minutes.

After the break it looked like we were going to see more of the same, as City came flying out of the blocks but were unable to find a way past Edouard Mendy, who had a great individual performance.

In the 53rd minute, though, Gabriel Jesus gave City the breakthrough they had been looking for. Kevin De Bruyne took a short corner that ended up falling at the feet of Cancelo, whose shot at goal only went as far as Jesus. The Brazilian, with a crowd of Chelsea players around him, managed to spin and get a shot away at goal, which was deflected and went into the bottom left corner to give City a deserved lead.

That goal forced Chelsea to start trying to attack, having been toothless for the previous 53 minutes, but they were unable to ever truly test Ederson. In fact, by the end of the game, they had managed a total of five shots and got zero on target.

It seemed more likely that City were going to be the team that would score the second goal of the game, with Jesus even having a shot cleared off the line by Thiago Silva just after the hour mark, but ultimately it wasn't to be. Ahead of a crucial week in which Guardiola's side now face Paris Saint-Germain and Liverpool, this was the perfect way to start.

What's more, this victory for City, coupled with Manchester United's defeat at home to Aston Villa, means that they rise to second in the table, with Chelsea dropping to third.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

7' Jesus brought down by Rudiger

17' CHANCE! Werner's shot blocked

21' Ardent conflict between Lukaku and Silva

27' Injured James replaced by Thiago Silva

33' Rodri's long shot blocked by Rudiger

38' De Bruyne's long shot over the bar

39' Ballack and Flick watch the game in stands

41' CLOSE! Jesus misses a good chance

48' CLOSE! Grealish's shot wide out

52' GOAL! Chelsea 0-1 Man City (Jesus)

58' NICE TRY! Grealish's shot inches wide

61' Thiago Silva makes goal-line clearance

63' OFFSIDE! Lukaku's goal disallowed

64' Yellow Card! Laporte booked

71' CLOSE! Dias makes timely block

76' Yellow Card! Alonso booked

77' Yellow Card! Christensen booked

79' CHANCE! Laporte's shot inches wide

90' Havertz's chance blocked by Ederson

Line-ups

Chelsea XI: Azpilicueta, Lukaku, Alonso, Kovacic, Jorginho, Rudiger, Christensen, E. Mendy, Kante, Werner, Reece James

Subs: Thiago Silva, Saul , Kepa, Ziyech, Loftus-Cheek, T. Chalobah, Chilwell, Havertz, Hudson-Odoi

Man City XI: Walker, De Bruyne, Cancelo, Laporte, Ederson, Grealish, Ruben Dias, Bernardo, Jesus, Rodri, Foden

Subs: Fernandinho, Mahrez, Sterling, Ake, Stones, Z. Steffen, Ferran Torres, C. Palmer, R. Lavia