Mahrez puts City within 5 of Arsenal: 1-0 at Chelsea, who sink to 10th place | Abroad

Sweet at the bottom. The 18th day of the Premier League ended with the main dish, the postponement of luxury staged at Stamford Bridge, London, between Chelsea by Graham Potter and the Manchester City to Pep Guardhousetwo teams that started with the same goal but are now fighting for very different purposes: it ended 0-1 thanks to a goal by Mahrez following an assist from Grealish, in a hard-fought challenge resolved by two substitutes. I Blues they have won only once in the last seven matchdays and are sunk to tenth place, -10 from the Champions area and -19 from Arsenal leaders, almost already ousted from Europe, while i Citizens they are second and they move to -5 from the summit. No goals for the unleashed Erling Haaland, author of 21 goals so far, and we’re only in the bottom of the first leg (City also have one game in hand). During the first half, injuries for i Blues Sterling and Pulisic, forced to make a substitution in the first 25′: in their place came Aubameyang and Chukwuemeka. In the first half the post saved Ederson on a shot from outside by the young Chukwuemeka, before the big break for Cancelo. In the second half it is the former Aké who hits the uprighttouching the opening goal, before Mahrez’s goal after Grealish’s assist, both just entered.