Manchester City was shown a big upset today as Chelsea were able to defeat them after a goalless first half. Manchester City were only able to produce five total shots, only one of them on target. Chelsea dominated the game with a 63% total ball possession, making twenty three attempts, five of them accurate.
If there is one thing I noticed that Man City did wrong, it's waiting till so late in the second half to bring out Johnson and Balotelli, who could have played a better role if they were brought out before Chelsea began scoring goals. David Luiz was able to bring the first goal at 78' thanks to an assist from Drogba. Towards the end of the game, the second goal was scored beautifully by Ramires, who took the ball with his back towards the goal. A quick spin past the defense provided the midfielder the perfect chance to give Chelsea a double point advantage over City.
City must have been having a hard time playing against Chelsea. Five yellow cards were shown to the light blue defenders James Milner, Nigel De Jong, Edin Dzeko, Gareth Barry, and Aleksandar Kolarov. Ironicly, the only two to get a booking from the opposition were the two able to make goals. Ramires getting booked ten minutes before Luiz goal, yet Luiz gets booked around the time Ramires makes his last minute goal. I must say there have been more bookings this weekend then I have seen all season.
An almost predicted Liverpool victory over Sunderland was made, another 2 - 0 game that began with the first half. Dirk Kyut was able to make a penalty kick past the goalkeeper. Mensah was shown the red card after bringing down midfielder Jay Spearing just outside of the penalty box, the ref awarding the Penalty Kick. 77 minutes into the game Suarez was able to deliverer the second goal after a quick pass from Dirk from the far right side of the pitch. Both teams had about equal time with the ball, but Liverpool were the better team with more shots on target and of course, two more goals versus Sunderlands goalless game.
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