Manchester City back to winning ways, hold determined Chelsea 2-1

Manchester City defeated Chelsea 2-1  on Saturday evening to return to winning ways in Premier League. result puts City just a point behind Leicester City and nine points behind Liverpool on table. 

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Champion mentality

All three goals of match came in first half, with Kevin De Bruyne and Riyad Mahrez scoring for City, whereas N'Golo Kante scored goal for Blues. two-time defending Champions were assertive throughout match, but it was t easy to hold Frank Lampard's determined side. 

After match, City manr Pep Guardiola said, "We scored a goal when y were better. rmally we believe to score you have to be better, but y were in that moment." Speaking on opposition, he said. "With problems we have with injuries, we beat an incredible, top side. I judge manrs on cour to play and Chelsea are [courous]. y have a fantastic team. [It is a] great victory for us and we will see.”

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Goalscorer, De Bryune said, "y work hard; y can keep ball. y're doing really well. It's difficult to win ball back from m. Maybe y had a little more of ball but we created better chances so we deserved to win, I guess. It shows or side we have – we can control game while defending."

Lampard, on or hand, also spoke about brave performance and said, "Coming into game, our recent form and how we’re developing quickly, I wanted to come here and be brave, to compete, to be brave on and off ball. In first half you saw all of that from us. At 1-0 we have relative control of game. We didn’t have that little bit of quality in final third. y had a couple of moments but we were playing well. Throughout game re were a lot of positives, but we lost and it shows you at this level finer details in both boxes are what decide se ones."

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Chelsea are w fourth on table with 26 points from 13 games, two points behind Man City. 

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