Manchester City 1-2 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 8 May 2021

Result

Manchester City 1-2 Chelsea

Premier League · Saturday 8 May 2021, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester City 1-2 Chelsea: match report

Manchester City were beaten by Chelsea 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 8 May 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Raheem Sterling opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Manchester City's goal came from Raheem Sterling (44'). Chelsea scored through Hakim Ziyech (63') and Marcos Alonso (90+2').

Discipline: Manchester City received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 1st on 80 points from 34 and Chelsea 4th on 61 points from 34. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 86 points, and Chelsea 4th with 67.

Manchester City lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Chelsea in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Hakim Ziyech of Chelsea (8.2), ahead of Marcos Alonso (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Manchester City wins, 0 draws and 4 for Chelsea.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · Raheem SterlingManchester City
  • 44'Goal · Raheem SterlingManchester City · 1-0
  • 45+3'Missed penalty · Sergio AgüeroManchester City
  • 63'Goal · Hakim ZiyechChelsea · 1-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Gabriel JesusManchester City
  • 90+2'Goal · Marcos AlonsoChelsea · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 6, draws 0, Chelsea 4.

Team news

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Manchester City line-up (3-1-4-2)

Ederson, Rúben Dias, Aymeric Laporte, Nathan Aké, Rodri, João Cancelo, Ferran Torres, Raheem Sterling, Benjamin Mendy, Gabriel Jesus, Sergio Agüero

Chelsea line-up (3-4-2-1)

Edouard Mendy, César Azpilicueta, Andreas Christensen, Antonio Rüdiger, Reece James, Billy Gilmour, N'Golo Kanté, Marcos Alonso, Christian Pulisic, Hakim Ziyech, Timo Werner