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The English Championship has a new leader after the 16th round. Liverpool, who beat Bournemouth 4-0 on Saturday, took advantage of Manchester City's defeat against Chelsea a few hours later and took the lead in the Premier League standings. Pep Guardiola's team lost first place and was undefeated in the tournament – and 21 games in the season – with a 2-0 loss to Stamford Bridge.
The match in London was decided by the defensive system of the Blues. First with a perfect score, then with the goals of the defenders N & # 39; Golo Kante and David Luiz. The French opened the scoring in the 44th minute of the first round, on the first kick of the Londoners.
With the result, Chelsea does not allow the pbading of his rival Arsenal. Both teams have 34 points, but the Blues take the advantage in the balance of the goals and rank third, hoping that Tottenham will not beat Leicester this Saturday. Already the city at 41 points, one less than the new Liverpool chief. Guardiola's men now think of the Champions League . Kanté opened the scoring for Chelsea against Manchester City
First warm and full of mistakes
With the match against the Germans from Hoffenheim to Etihad
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Two well-known coaches for having bet on an elegant style, with a touch refined and unadorned, the expectation was that the duel between Chelsea and Manchester City is filled with beautiful maneuvers. But the first period was a big disappointment, with rare chances of goal and errors followed by pbades. Maurizio Sarri's Chelsea, for example, was able to reach the goal in the 44th minute …
The Italian send-off of Chelsea is fatal
This first fall of Blues took place in the 44th minute, but decided to start David Luiz, who spent most of his time suffering from the first goals of City, managed to escape from the left and give a good blow to Pedro. The movement followed to the left until Hazard reached Kanté's magnificent goal. A fatal counterattack that crowned the defensive work at the Italian prepared by Sarri, who gave up his offensive ideas to neutralize Guardiola's team and beat him for the first time in his career.
City does not react and David Luiz seems to decide
The lap of the interval presented a game much better and more loaded. City went into the attack, unable to scare the Kepa goalkeeper and give way to Chelsea's counterattack. Local fans multiplied with each of Hazard's strikes, used as center forward in Saturday's showdown, and they finished the night when David Luiz rushed and hit the corner of his fellow Ederson to the 32nd minute.
Gabriel Jesus enters and goes unnoticed
The phase of Gabriel Jesus is not the best. It is five goals in 19 games of the season, but far from the high level that made him the holder of the Brazilian team at the last World Cup. This Saturday, he started on the Stamford Bridge, in front of Guardiola's decision not to use the central senders, but he was sent back to the final stage.
United wins and gives peace to Mourinho
Chelsea was not the only great player in the league, but it was only towards the end of the match, English to get in a hurry in this round of the Premier League. In a crisis under Jose Mourinho, the Red Devils managed to present good football and had good performances and good performances from Juan Mata and Marcus Rashford to beat Fulham 4-1 at Old Trafford. United now adds 26 points to sixth place.
