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Haaland dinks Man City ahead at Chelsea
Jackson has equaliser ruled out for offside
Foden replaces Savinho at half time before Kovacic second
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Chelsea 0-1 Man City
Home fans not happy as Christopher Nkunku is penalised for pulling Manuel Akanji down by the arm on the edge of the City box just as Chelsea thought they were in. Definite foul.
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The stat I mentioned earlier about Erling Haaland scoring twice on the opening day, if you stretch it back to Germany, the stat stands. He has netted exactly two goals in each of his previous four opening-day games in the Bundesliga or Premier League.
Nizaar Kinsella
BBC Sport football news reporter
There was around 2 minutes and 30 seconds from Erling Haaland hitting the back of the net to the restart by Chelsea.
The VAR ultimately made the right decision on the marginal offside call as Bernardo Silva's touch allowed Haaland in to score.
But the new automated offside, which will come in later this season, should hopefully speed up these situations.
Chelsea 0-1 Man City
Erling Haaland has been directly involved in 106 goals in 100 appearances for Manchester City, with today's opener being his 91st goal for the club. An absolute phenomenon.
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Pat Nevin
Former Chelsea winger on BBC Radio 5 Live
Enzo is not coming back and covering the space but he's not doing much going forward either. He has to do more for the team defensively.
Chelsea 0-1 Man City
Chelsea have six goalkeepers so at least Enzo Maresca has options if he didn't like Robert Sanchez's play there...
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Sanchez should never ever be beaten from that close. Also, how was that a foul on Dias? Went down too easily against Jackson.
Ian
Chelsea 0-1 Man City
City in the groove now. Kevin de Bruyne, once of Chelsea, gets the ball from Savinho and curls a shot just wide from outside the box.
Chelsea 0-1 Man City
Erling Haaland has scored 13 goals across his nine Premier League appearances in August.
Chelsea 0-1 Man City
Pat Nevin
Former Chelsea winger on BBC Radio 5 Live
That's when I do like VAR, I won't say I love it. That could have been offside but they got it right.
Chelsea 0-1 Man City
Worrying news for Chelsea is that Erling Haaland has scored twice in each of his previous Premier League opening days.
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I take it Chris in Leeds hasn't seen Neto play either!
Trim, Hereford
Chelsea 0-1 Man City
There was a bit of a wait there for a decision. Semi-automated offside is due in the Premier League later this season so that will help speed things up.
Chelsea 0-1 Man City
Pat Nevin
Former Chelsea winger on BBC Radio 5 Live
It's very close. We can see an angle here and it's not the best I've seen.
Chelsea 0-1 Man City
No offside. City lead.
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Pat Nevin
Former Chelsea winger on BBC Radio 5 Live
Doku went left and he looks much more comfortable there. it came to Haaland and there were two players with him but they bounced off him.
Chelsea 0-1 Man City
They're checking it for offside...
Erling Haaland
Yep, here we go again.
Jeremy Doku cuts in and finds Bernardo Silva. He immediately knocks the ball onto Erling Haaland, who beats Marc Cucurella and dinks the ball past the keeper.
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Pat Nevin
Former Chelsea winger on BBC Radio 5 Live
Interesting watching De Bruyne now because he's sitting in that deeper midfield role. Every time he picks the ball up, Lavia or Caicedo are pressuring him.
Chelsea 0-0 Man City
City pass the ball around the back, with Ederson calmly playing it along his goalline twice. Anyone watching their first football game since the 1990s would be baffled.
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
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| 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
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| 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
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| 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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| 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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| 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
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| 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
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| 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
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| 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
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| 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
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| 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
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| 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
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| 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
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| 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
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| 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
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Manager: Enzo Maresca
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager: Pep Guardiola
Formation: 3 - 2 - 4 - 1
Manager: Enzo Maresca
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager: Pep Guardiola
Formation: 3 - 2 - 4 - 1
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Chelsea are winless in their last six Premier League meetings with Manchester City (D2 L4), since a 2-1 away win in May 2021.
Since losing the UEFA Champions League final in May 2021, Manchester City are unbeaten in their last nine meetings with Chelsea in all competitions (W7 D2) – it’s their joint longest run without defeat against the Blues in their history (also 9 between 1936 and 1949).
No team has earned more points from their opening matches of the Premier League season than Chelsea (67), with only Manchester United picking up more wins (21) than the Blues (20).
This is the first time Chelsea have begun a top-flight campaign with a match against the reigning champions since 1971-72, when they lost 3-0 against Arsenal at Highbury.
Manchester City have won their opening Premier League match in 12 of the last 13 seasons, with the exception being a 1-0 loss at Tottenham in 2021-22.
Chelsea lost just one of their last 15 Premier League games in 2023-24 (W9 D5), winning each of the last five in a row. They last had a longer winning run between September and November 2019 under Frank Lampard (6).
Manchester City have won each of their last nine Premier League matches by two or more goals, the longest such run in the competition’s history, with their final three wins of 2023-24 all coming against London clubs (4-0 v Fulham, 2-0 v Tottenham, 3-1 v West Ham).
Enzo Maresca will be the fourth manager whose first Premier League game in charge of Chelsea has come against the reigning champions, after Claudio Ranieri in September 2000 (3-3 v Manchester United), Avram Grant in September 2007 (0-2 v Manchester United) and Rafael Benítez in November 2012 (0-0 v Manchester City).
Chelsea’s Cole Palmer registered more goal involvements than any other player in the Premier League last season (33 – 22 goals, 11 assists). He was also the competition’s top scorer in home games last term, with his 16 goals the joint-most a player has netted at Stamford Bridge in a single Premier League campaign (Didier Drogba 2006-07 and Frank Lampard 2009-10).
Man City striker Erling Haaland has scored 63 goals in 66 Premier League games, winning the golden boot in both of his campaigns with the Citizens so far. He’s also scored a brace in both of his appearances on the opening weekend (v West Ham in 2022-23 and Burnley last season), with no player ever doing so in three different seasons.
