Manchester City 2-1 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 21 March 2012
Result
Manchester City 2-1 Chelsea
Premier League · Wednesday 21 March 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Manchester City 2-1 Chelsea: match report
Manchester City won against Chelsea 2-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 21 March 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.
Gary Cahill opened the scoring in the 60th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Sergio Agüero (78', penalty) and Samir Nasri (86'). Chelsea scored through Gary Cahill (60').
Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester City were 2nd on 66 points from 28 and Chelsea 5th on 49 points from 28. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 89 points, and Chelsea 6th with 64.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester City wins, 0 draws and 7 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Manchester City's last five read L-W-W-W-W and Chelsea's W-L-W-L-D.
Key events
- 44'Yellow card · Juan Mata
- 59'Yellow card · Frank Lampard
- 60'Goal · Gary Cahill
- 78'Penalty goal · Sergio Agüero
- 86'Goal · Samir Nasri
- 87'Yellow card · Samir Nasri
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Joe Hart, Micah Richards, Pablo Zabaleta, Gaël Clichy, Kolo Touré, Samir Nasri, David Silva, Nigel de Jong, Yaya Touré, Mario Balotelli, Sergio Agüero
Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)
Petr Čech, Ashley Cole, John Terry, Branislav Ivanović, José Bosingwa, David Luiz, Raúl Meireles, Juan Mata, Ramires, Oriol Romeu, Daniel Sturridge