Man City vs Chelsea LIVE: Result and reaction as resurgent City clinch important win
Man City 3-1 Chelsea: A horror debut for Abdukodir Khusanov gave the Blues a 1-0 lead but City deservedly hit back through Gvardiol, Haaland and Foden
Erling Haaland and Phil Foden spared the blushes of new team-mate Abdukodir Khusanov as Manchester City came from behind to beat Chelsea 3-1.
Khusanov, the £33.6m Uzbekistan defender signed from Lens this week, made a nightmare start in the Premier League with an error that led to a Chelsea goal and a booking inside the opening four minutes.
Noni Madueke took full advantage of the mistake to put the visitors ahead at the Etihad Stadium but Josko Gvardiol equalised and the tried-and-trusted figures of Haaland and Foden settled the contest in the second half.
The win lifted City back above Chelsea into the top four and raised spirits after their midweek capitulation at Paris St Germain.
Relive everything in our live blog below:
Manchester City 1-1 Chelsea
50 mins: City are really struggling under the Chelsea high press ay the moment.
Ederson was forced to nearly boot the ball out for a throw by the corner flag, moments before Cole Palmer dispossessed Kovacic in their defensive final third.
Manchester City 1-1 Chelsea
48 mins: Despite his shaky debut so far, Guardiola has opted to keep Khusanov on the pitch.
Pep looks to have the faith in his new boy to turn his game around.
BACK UNDERWAY! Manchester City 1-1 Chelsea
46 mins: Here we go again. Big second half coming up, strap in.
HALF-TIME! Manchester City 1-1 Chelsea
Khusanov did manage to slightly salvage that first half after an objectively calamitous first 10 minutes.
That said, Pep Guardiola does have another £30m defender on his bench in new signing Vitor Reis - does Khusanov get hooked at the break?
HALF-TIME! Manchester City 1-1 Chelsea
HALF-TIME! Manchester City 1-1 Chelsea
We go into the break all square at the Etihad.
After a nightmare start that saw new signing Abdukodir Khusanov gift Chelsea an early opener, Man City regained their composure and worked their way back into the game, with Josko Gvardiol finding the equaliser three minutes before the break.
A frantic contest so far. Expect more goals after the interval.
Manchester City 1-1 Chelsea
45 mins: Palmer gets passed Khusanov again and threatens to drive towards the box.
Bernardo Silva does really well to track back and regain possession for City.
Two minutes added on.
GOAL! Manchester City 1-1 Chelsea
42 mins: GOAL! Gvardiol does get his goal!
Nunes breaks in behind and fires his shot off of Sanchez, with the ball ricocheting into the path of Gvardiol to tuck home.
A simple finish for the man who has been an ever-present threat in the Chelsea box so far.
Manchester City 0-1 Chelsea
40 mins: CLOSE! Gvardiol makes a brilliant diagonal run to break in behind, receiving the ball well and poking a shot past Sanchez that goes agonisingly past the post.
Funny that we all thought he was a centre-back when he arrived from Leipzig.
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