hello it's a real pleasure to be with you from west london from stamford bridge
my name is derek ray and with me for commentary is the former arsenal and england fullback lee dixon
and it's all about action from the premier league in this case it's chelsea facing manchester city
yeah thanks derek all that work in the week all that chat in the dressing room
all that stops now it's put your game face on get down to it i'm really looking forward to this one
and the fans settling into the seats here at stamford bridge we are underway
and this is how it looks for chelsea mateo kovacic starts with angola kante in the center of the park
and in this tactical setup they have just the one player in attack and so they start at 11
for manchester city ederson starts in goal kevin de bruyne starts with roderi in central midfield
and the responsibility of leading the line goes to gabrielle jesus options in the center angola conte
this is aspirin and he read it well defensively
find work from city to win the ball back
just the challenge that was required
you know chelsea have an awful lot of space he could pick out a teammate
given away by chelsea
gundam
ruben diaz gundogan
moving the ball nicely looking for that final pass great challenge he got nothing but ball
kai havats what can he do from here crossing opportunity he must finish
well you know i don't think the goalkeeper will be the slightest bit bothered by that effort
well he won't want to watch that on the replay i tell you he was way way wider
alexander zinchenko
gabriel jesus
foreign now chelsea in a position of menace
sterling chance to run at them crossing possibilities
excellent block by thiago silva already and by a wafer thin margin offside
how can they create something well that's really
sound goalkeeping not letting the opposition have any scraps
well let's see what they have in store for them on the break
defenders need to cover well the attack lacks a little bit of oomph
and they continue to advance and a lot of options here
still passing it around with authority can he play us in rodri
alexander zinchenko
the ball with rodri now zinchenko a really effective shielding under pressure
so the first half comes to an end the two teams have been going at each other back
and forth but level pegging and lee as far as you're concerned how of city feared well it's
been close hasn't it we knew before the game that this defense gives nothing away
so tight so focused it's probably gonna be
underway in the second half what are you expecting lee well that was dull wasn't it it's like one of
your jokes derek let's hope we're in for a better second half both teams need to up their game a bit
gabrielle jesus
sterling has it
magnificent challenge to win it back this might be the perfect counter attacking opportunity
well not to be in terms of the counter attack
gabriel jesus it's worth joao cancello
sterling
rodriguez and now stones
bernardo silva
can he finish well the opening guard of the night comes from kevin de bruyne
well here's a replay and in many ways it doesn't do it justice how patient
they were in the build-up and he had choices of what type of finish to apply
and bang he goes for the smash lovely goal
and away they go again what event will that girl have on chelsea we're going to find out
conte has it mateo kovacic nicely cut out
stones alexander zinchenko
now he must favor the cross
moving forward effectively
alexander zinchenko
great block from thiago silva now zinchenko and sterling has it
and now rodri
the brainerd and he's taking us away and the counter attackers on options available
will it be sufficiently imaginative and making the run to the inside
good tackle that's a foul and it will be a potentially dangerous free-kick
now they have elected to go to the bench at this stage of the game
well that was close to free-kick perfectionally yeah it just didn't quite get enough dip on it
did he over the wall but just over the bar as well over the touch line for a throw in
cover change real chance well it's the late show and they are level again
well derrick there's not much room for error in this one but it's a perfect
execution just to lift it over the keeper great goal well the goal again
albeit from a different angle a penny for his thoughts right now derek plan b i think is needed
time for a change then
even steven won a piece on this match only 10 minutes remaining here
and taking it away
and still on the lookout for the goal that could be so important at this juncture
kante now mounts
aguero for audrey stones
so three minutes of stoppage time it'll be the brainerd sterling has it
fernando silva excellent passing
and teammates to play it too rodri really getting stuck in defensively
there we have it the 90 minutes are over and nothing to choose between the sides