Chelsea vs Manchester City LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Chelsea face Manchester City in the Premier League today.
Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola's side.
Jurgen Klopp's Reds were on course for a quadruple last season but were forced to settle for just an FA Cup and Carabao Cup win and will return trying to win the title again just as they did in 2020.
It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in west London. He will want an instant return on his hefty investment at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham, back in the Champions League, will want to kick on once more too.
It's not all about the action at the top though with Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest promoted to the top tier for 2021/22 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Chelsea vs Manchester City
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Chelsea vs Manchester City
As we said earlier, these two sides face each other again on Sunday in the third round of the FA Cup, and Potter will hope both Sterling and Pulisic can recover from the injuries they suffered in the first half. Chelsea's results need to improve, but by only losing 1-0 to City, they have proven they can compete with the best in the Premier League.
Chelsea vs Manchester City
Manchester City move to within five points of league-leaders Arsenal thanks to Mahrez's winner at Stamford Bridge. It was not a vintage display from the Citizens, but like all good sides, they found a way to win. The Algerian had only just stepped off the bench with Grealish when they combined in the Chelsea box to score the opening goal. Grealish teed up Mahrez perfectly, and that was enough to settle matters. In the first 45 minutes, Chukwuemeka was inches away from scoring, only for the post to save City's clean sheet. Chelsea may have lost, but they showed plenty of heart and plenty of their fans will have been pleased with the manner of their performance.
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