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Man City
Gary Cahill (45) Own Goal

Chelsea

Diego Costa (60)

Willian (70)

Eden Harzard (90)

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Chelsea made it eight successive wins in the Premier League as they fought against eminent loss to keep their place at the highest point of the table with a 3-1 triumph over title rivals Manchester City, who were lessened to nine men in the withering minutes at the Etihad Stadium.

A possess objective from Gary Cahill in the principal half had placed City in the number one spot and on course to go best, however Chelsea battled back after the break with strikes from Diego Costa, Willian and Eden Hazard to send them four focuses clear at the summit. City were decreased to nine men profound into second-half harm time after Sergio Aguero and Fernandinho were both sent off.

The amusement began off as a strained and tight undertaking with the main genuine sight of objective just coming following 15 minutes when Hazard bubbled a first-time hit from the edge of the region only wide of the post.

City had their first genuine exertion six minutes after the fact, with Aguero seeing a strike from simply fresh tipped over the bar by Thibaut Courtois.

City soon had the ball in the back of the net when Fernandinho headed Kevin De Bruyne's free kick past Courtois, yet the banner had effectively gone up for offside on the Brazilian.

Minutes after the fact, Chelsea were assaulting down the flip side as Hazard hooked onto a through ball before adjusting Claudio Bravo, however as opposed to endeavoring to complete into the back of the net from a tight point, he cut the ball back crosswise over objective with City's barrier ready to clear the threat.

City could well have been decreased to 10 men in the 30th moment

after David Luiz seemed to flatboat over Aguero as the last man and with the Argentine apparently through on objective, yet ref Anthony Taylor waved play on.

The hosts increased their rhythm as the main half wore on and Aguero had an objective bound strike obstructed by Cesar Azpilicueta after Leroy Sane had teed him up, before the striker later spurned a much more prominent possibility subsequent to heading De Bruyne's conveyance wide of the objective when in an extraordinary position.

Be that as it may, City's weight was at long last compensated on the stroke of half-time when Jesus Navas' cross from the privilege was redirected into the furthest corner of the net by Cahill to blessing his adversaries the lead.

City began the second half splendidly and practically multiplied their leeway as Sane drove forward towards the Chelsea confine before slipping De Bruyne, yet the Belgian was not able opening the ball past Courtois.

Chelsea designed a half-chance a few moments later when Victor Moses encouraged the ball to Costa, yet the striker could just fire wide from separation.

City soon had two awesome open doors inside a matter of minutes to twofold their lead, however Aguero's shot was cleaned up the line by Cahill after he had removed Marcos Alonso's poor backpass, before De Bruyne then crushed the banish from only yards out with a vacant net before him taking after Aguero's ball over the substance of the objective.

The hosts were made to pay for their wickedness in the 59th moment when Chelsea found an equalizer, with Costa locking onto a Cesc Fabregas go before turning Nicolas Otamendi and terminating past Bravo for his eleventh Premier League objective of the season.

Also, a short of breath period proceeded when City made a phenomenal chance to reestablish their lead, yet Aguero was denied by Courtois after he had been played in by De Bruyne.

It was Chelsea, in any case, who soon found the lead on 70 minutes, breaking clear on a counterattack as Costa played the ball into the way of substitute Willian, who rifled the ball into the base corner past a stranded Bravo.

City brought on Yaya Toure and Kelechi Iheanacho trying to pull themselves once more into the diversion yet in spite of some late weight from the hosts, Chelsea could split away and score a third at the passing as Hazard dashed clear of the barrier before opening past Bravo.

Things went from terrible to more awful profound into stoppage time when Aguero was sent off for a wild thrust on Luiz, with Fernandinho then additionally demonstrated a red card for snatching Fabregas round the neck and pushing him over a publicizing load up.

The thrashing for City implies Pep Guardiola's side have still not won at home in the association since Sept. 17.