And to think that, during this time, we suffered a sad Rennes – Lyon in Ligue 1 (0-1). The summit of the 12th day of the Premier League between Chelsea and Manchester City resulted in a magnificent draw (4-4). The Blues held on to the leaders at the last minute thanks to an equalizer from the penalty spot in the final moments of the match (90th+5) from attacking midfielder Cole Palmer. And to make the story even better, the English Hope international (21 years old) arrived from City last summer.
If this point allows the defending champion to take sole control of the championship with 28 points, a step ahead of Liverpool and Arsenal, the final will leave him with a bitter taste, especially since he thought he would make the difference on late on a shot from Rodri deflected by Thiago Silva, unlucky at the time (86th, 3-4).
After inflicting their first defeat of the season on Tottenham (4-1) on Monday, the Chelsea players delivered a remarkable performance in front of their supporters who warmly applauded them after the final whistle. Mauricio Pochettino’s side are tenth with 16 points, one point behind ninth-placed West Ham.
13th goal in 12 league games for Haaland
In the first period, Manchester City led against the run of play, with a penalty generously awarded and converted by Erling Haaland (25th, 0-1). Chelsea reversed the situation in twelve minutes by Thiago Silva (29th, 1-1) and Raheem Sterling (37th, 2-1), before being joined by a header from Manuel Akanji, abandoned by the defense (45th+1, 2-2).
Same intensity and same dramaturgy after half-time: Haaland emerged after 90 seconds to score his 13th goal in 12 Premier League games (47th, 3-2), but Nicolas Jackson responded by exploiting a ball released by Ederson (67th , 3-3).
Rodri thought he would give his team the victory but Albanian international Armando Broja, back from injury and coming on two minutes earlier, won a penalty when he was brought down in the area. And then Palmer entered the scene.