Aguero missed penalties and thus premature City title party
Manchester City still have to wait to win the English soccer championship. The superior Premier League leaders suffered a 2-1 home defeat against Chelsea on Saturday and could theoretically be overtaken by Manchester United. Should the “Red Devils” lose at Aston Villa on Sunday, City's seventh title, which is also the third in the past four seasons, would be finally wrapped up.
The “Citizens” took the lead against Chelsea in the 44th minute. After a cross pass from Gabriel Jesus, Sergio Aguero made a bad acceptance of the ball, Raheem Sterling lurked behind it and made it 1-0. Shortly before the break, Aguero missed a penalty – the Argentine failed with a poorly executed Panenka penalty against Chelsea goalie Edouard Mendy.
That should take revenge, because Hakim Ziyech made in the 63rd minute with a low shot for the not undeserved compensation for the guests. Then the game swayed back and forth, the “lucky punch” was achieved by the guests, who had previously been denied three goals for offside. Marcos Alonso scored in the 92nd minute after Timo Werner's preliminary work.
With that, Chelsea won the last two duels with ManCity, the next competition will take place on May 29 in the Champions League final – but then in a very different formation. City coach Pep Guardiola made nine changes in the starting eleven compared to the semi-final victory over Paris Saint-Germain, and his opponent Thomas Tuchel only sent a reinforced B troop onto the field.
The win pushed Chelsea into third place, one point ahead of Leicester City. The “Foxes” hold the last Champions League place, from which the sixth Liverpool are three points away in terms of loss points. The “Reds” came against Southampton to a lackluster 2-0 home win, the goals were scored by Sadio Mane with a header after a cross from Mohamed Salah (31st) and Thiago with a shot from the edge of the penalty area (91st). The “Saints” supervised by Styrian Ralph Hasenhüttl have 16 as table. four games before the end ten points ahead of the first relegation zone.
