Manchester City will definitely try to win the home match against Chelsea. But Chelsea are probably playing for a draw. Chelsea players played defensive strategy today. Manchester City players made 5 shots in 20 minutes. City had 68% ball possession.
Chelsea have had some good chances, with Jackson having the clearest chance of the game but missed it because he hesitated in taking a one touch shot. Chelsea have not totally been dominated, they are not not afraid to attack and that has put Manchester City. If this game ends in the first half with no goals, Chelsea would have lost their opportunity to score because Manchester City will come back stronger. If Chelsea losses this game, I will blame Nicholas Jackson because he should have scored that goal to see the mode for Chelsea. Early goals have a way of influencing the outcome of games.
Chelsea lead 1-0 at the end of the first half. This surprised me a lot. Manchester City played very well. Even then, they could not break Chelsea's defense. Chelsea did not attack at all. However, they made several counterattacks. And Sterling managed to score a goal. Manchester City dominated the first half. They made 14 shots. Even then they could not score a single goal. Chelsea played a defensive strategy in this match. And now it looks like Chelsea will not lose the match. The match will be a draw or Chelsea will win. Chelsea's defenders are playing very well in today's match.
Chelsea has high fighting power against top teams, I was surprised by that. Man City actually controlled the statistics, but unfortunately nothing could be converted into a goal in the first half.
It looks like Man City will attack Chelsea more in the second half to catch up on their goals so they can still secure their position in the EPL table. Quite a difficult match, considering that Man City has had some very good last matches.