Manchester City 1-0 Chelsea: Blues celebrate third straight title with home win

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Julian AlvarezJulian Alvarez's extremity was City's 100th successful each competitions astatine Etihad Stadium this season

Manchester City celebrated a 3rd successive Premier League rubric triumph with triumph implicit Chelsea successful a relaxed enactment ambiance astatine Etihad Stadium.

City were confirmed arsenic champions without adjacent playing aft Nottingham Forest's triumph against Arsenal connected Saturday, allowing manager Pep Guardiola to marque 9 changes from the broadside that thrashed Real Madrid to scope the Champions League final.

Erling Haaland was rested but Julian Alvarez provided the cutting borderline successful his lack with a objective decorativeness to enactment City up aft 12 minutes, arsenic their jubilant fans basked successful lukewarm sunshine waiting for the trophy presentations and celebrations.

Chelsea had immoderate of the amended chances arsenic the crippled went on, with City's lawman keeper Stefan Ortega redeeming from Raheem Sterling erstwhile cleanable done and Conor Gallagher heading against the post.

Kalvin Phillips headed against the woodwork for City arsenic they closed retired different triumph successful the relentless tally that has brought them the rubric and the accidental of a Treble, with the FA Cup last astatine Wembley and Champions League last successful Istanbul to come.

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Manchester City

  1. Squad number18Player nameOrtega

  2. Squad number2Player nameWalker

  3. Squad number25Player nameAkanji

  4. Squad number14Player nameLaporte

  5. Squad number4Player namePhillips

  6. Squad number82Player nameLewis

  7. Squad number21Player nameGómez

  8. Squad number47Player nameFoden

  9. Squad number26Player nameMahrez

  10. Squad number19Player nameÁlvarez

  11. Squad number80Player namePalmer

  1. Squad number5Player nameStones

  2. Squad number9Player nameHaaland

  3. Squad number16Player nameRodri

  4. Squad number17Player nameDe Bruyne

Chelsea

  1. Squad number1Player nameArrizabalaga

  2. Squad number33Player nameFofana

  3. Squad number6Player nameThiago Silva

  4. Squad number14Player nameChalobah

  5. Squad number28Player nameAzpilicueta

  6. Squad number5Player nameFernández

  7. Squad number12Player nameLoftus-Cheek

  8. Squad number67Player nameHall

  9. Squad number23Player nameGallagher

  10. Squad number29Player nameHavertz

  11. Squad number17Player nameSterling

  1. Squad number10Player namePulisic

  2. Squad number15Player nameMudryk

  3. Squad number26Player nameKoulibaly

  4. Squad number30Player nameChukwuemeka

  5. Squad number31Player nameMadueke

Line-ups

Man City

Formation 3-4-3

  • 18Ortega
  • 2Walker
  • 25AkanjiSubstituted forStonesat 57'minutes
  • 14LaporteSubstituted forRodriat 78'minutes
  • 4Phillips
  • 82Lewis
  • 21GómezSubstituted forDe Bruyneat 78'minutes
  • 47Foden
  • 26MahrezSubstituted forHaalandat 74'minutes
  • 19Álvarez
  • 80Palmer

Substitutes

  • 3Rúben Dias
  • 5Stones
  • 8Gündogan
  • 9Haaland
  • 10Grealish
  • 16Rodri
  • 17De Bruyne
  • 20Bernardo Silva
  • 31Ederson

Chelsea

Formation 3-4-1-2

  • 1Arrizabalaga
  • 33Fofana
  • 6Thiago Silva
  • 14Chalobah
  • 28Azpilicueta
  • 5FernándezBooked astatine 66mins
  • 12Loftus-CheekSubstituted forChukwuemekaat 81'minutes
  • 67HallSubstituted forKoulibalyat 81'minutes
  • 23GallagherSubstituted forMudrykat 69'minutes
  • 29HavertzBooked astatine 18minsSubstituted forPulisicat 85'minutes
  • 17SterlingSubstituted forMaduekeat 69'minutes

Substitutes

  • 10Pulisic
  • 15Mudryk
  • 16Mendy
  • 22Ziyech
  • 26Koulibaly
  • 27Fofana
  • 30Chukwuemeka
  • 31Madueke
  • 80Wady

Referee:Michael Oliver

Attendance:53,490

Live Text

  1. Match ends, Manchester City 1, Chelsea 0.

  2. Second Half ends, Manchester City 1, Chelsea 0.

  3. Attempt missed. Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea) header from the near broadside of the six gait container is conscionable a spot excessively high. Assisted by Mykhailo Mudryk with a transverse pursuing a corner.

  4. Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Phil Foden.

  5. Attempt missed. Mykhailo Mudryk (Chelsea) near footed changeable from the near broadside of the container is precocious and wide to the left. Assisted by Carney Chukwuemeka.

  6. Foul by Julián Álvarez (Manchester City).

  7. Enzo Fernández (Chelsea) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.

  8. Phil Foden (Manchester City) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.

  9. Foul by César Azpilicueta (Chelsea).

  10. Attempt missed. Julián Álvarez (Manchester City) close footed changeable from the near broadside of the container is excessively precocious pursuing a corner.

  11. Attempt blocked. Cole Palmer (Manchester City) near footed changeable from the close broadside of the container is blocked. Assisted by John Stones.

  12. Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Kalidou Koulibaly.

  13. Substitution, Chelsea. Christian Pulisic replaces Kai Havertz.

  14. Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Kalidou Koulibaly.

  15. Substitution, Chelsea. Carney Chukwuemeka replaces Ruben Loftus-Cheek.

  16. Substitution, Chelsea. Kalidou Koulibaly replaces Lewis Hall.

  17. Substitution, Manchester City. Rodri replaces Aymeric Laporte.

  18. Substitution, Manchester City. Kevin De Bruyne replaces Sergio Gómez.

  19. Foul by Kalvin Phillips (Manchester City).

  20. Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.

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