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Published: May 8, 2021 6:35 pm
Last Updated: May 8, 2021 9:58 pm
Chelsea have been dealt a blow on the personnel front this evening, after Andreas Christensen was forced to limp out of the club’s meeting with Manchester City.
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Christensen hobbled
The marquee fixture of the Premier League weekend is of course currently playing out at the Etihad.
The clash sees champions-in-waiting Man City playing host to Chelsea, aware that a 3-point haul will see them officially replace Liverpool as title holders.
Thomas Tuchel’s visitors, though, have plenty at stake themselves, with the Blues in the thick of the top-4 battle.
But, as things stand, it is City who boast a slender advantage in Manchester.
The game’s solitary goal thus far came on the stroke of the interval, when Gabriel Jesus got the better of Andreas Christensen, before squaring across the face for Raheem Sterling to take advantage of Sergio Aguero’s heavy first touch:
Man City a step closer… ?
Raheem Sterling taps home after a mistake at the back from Chelsea
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Adding insult to injury (or rather injury to insult), meanwhile, was the fact that, in the process of losing out to Jesus, Andres Christensen also picked up an injury problem.
In turn, the stopper was forced to limp off, amid a crucial stretch in Chelsea’s campaign.
Just before the half-time whistle, Christensen was replaced by Zouma after picking up an injury in the build-up to City’s opener. #MCICHE pic.twitter.com/PYPAjaKYC3
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) May 8, 2021
Aguero embarrassed
Moments before the half-time whistle blew at the Etihad, however, Chelsea’s woes should in fact have been deepened even further.
This came after hosts City were awarded a spot-kick, after Billy Gilmour was adjudged to have felled the heavily involved Gabriel Jesus in the Blues box.
Sergio Aguero stepped up to take responsibility of the ensuing penalty, but, in altogether embarrassing fashion, saw his dinked Panenka effort straight down the middle comfortably dealt with by Edouard Mendy:
Oh no, Sergio ?
Aguero’s Panenka penalty does not go to plan…
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His failure from 12 yards actually proved doubly costly for City’s soon-to-be former hitman, in also seeing Aguero fail to draw level with Wayne Rooney as the Premier League’s highest-ever one club goalscorer:
Sergio Aguero tried to equal Wayne Rooney’s record for most goals for one Premier League club with a Panenka.
It didn’t end well ? pic.twitter.com/S1iaY7u0iy
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) May 8, 2021
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Premier League table
| # | Team | MP | D | P |
| 1 | Manchester City FC | 34 | 47 | 80 |
| 2 | Manchester United FC | 33 | 29 | 67 |
| 3 | Leicester City FC | 35 | 20 | 63 |
| 4 | Chelsea FC | 34 | 22 | 61 |
| 5 | West Ham United FC | 34 | 11 | 58 |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 35 | 20 | 56 |
| 7 | Liverpool FC | 33 | 16 | 54 |
| 8 | Everton FC | 33 | 3 | 52 |
| 9 | Leeds United | 35 | 0 | 50 |
| 10 | Arsenal FC | 34 | 9 | 49 |
| 11 | Aston Villa FC | 33 | 10 | 48 |
| 12 | Wolverhampton Wanderers FC | 34 | -13 | 42 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace FC | 34 | -20 | 41 |
| 14 | Newcastle United FC | 35 | -18 | 39 |
| 15 | Brighton & Hove Albion FC | 34 | -4 | 37 |
| 16 | Southampton FC | 33 | -18 | 37 |
| 17 | Burnley FC | 34 | -16 | 36 |
| 18 | Fulham FC | 34 | -20 | 27 |
| 19 | West Bromwich Albion | 34 | -34 | 26 |
| 20 | Sheffield United FC | 35 | -44 | 17 |
| Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| Kane, Harry | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 21 |
| Salah, Mohamed | Liverpool FC | 20 |
| Son, Heung Min | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 17 |
| Fernandes, Bruno | Manchester United FC | 16 |
| Bamford, Patrick | Leeds United | 15 |
| Calvert-Lewin, Dominic | Everton FC | 15 |
| Vardy, Jamie | Leicester City FC | 13 |
| Watkins, Ollie | Aston Villa FC | 13 |
| Lacazette, Alexandre | Arsenal FC | 13 |
| Wilson, Callum | Newcastle United FC | 12 |
| Gundogan, Ilkay | Manchester City FC | 12 |
| Wood, Chris | Burnley FC | 11 |
| Iheanacho, Kelechi | Leicester City FC | 11 |
| Rashford, Marcus | Manchester United FC | 10 |
| Sterling, Raheem | Manchester City FC | 10 |
| Ings, Danny | Southampton FC | 10 |
| Aubameyang, Pierre-Emerick | Arsenal FC | 10 |
| Zaha, Wilfried | Crystal Palace FC | 10 |
| Mane, Sadio | Liverpool FC | 9 |
| Pereira, Matheus | West Bromwich Albion | 9 |
| Player | Team | Red Cards | Yellow Cards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maguire, Harry | Manchester United FC | 0 | 10 |
| Gallagher, Conor | West Bromwich Albion | 0 | 9 |
| Milivojevic, Luka | Crystal Palace FC | 1 | 8 |
| Lundstram, John | Sheffield United FC | 1 | 8 |
| Luiz, Douglas | Aston Villa FC | 0 | 8 |
| Hojbjerg, Pierre | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 0 | 8 |
| Xhaka, Granit | Arsenal FC | 1 | 7 |
| Bellerin, Hector | Arsenal FC | 0 | 8 |
| Egan, John | Sheffield United FC | 1 | 7 |
| Holgate, Mason | Everton FC | 0 | 8 |
| Hayden, Isaac | Newcastle United FC | 0 | 8 |
| Soucek, Tomas | West Ham United FC | 1 | 6 |
| McGoldrick, David | Sheffield United FC | 0 | 7 |
| McGinn, John | Aston Villa FC | 0 | 7 |
| Shaw, Luke | Manchester United FC | 0 | 7 |
| Neves, Ruben | Wolverhampton Wanderers FC | 0 | 7 |
| Reid, Bobby | Fulham FC | 0 | 7 |
| Evans, Jonny | Leicester City FC | 0 | 7 |
| Alioski, Ezgjan | Leeds United | 0 | 7 |
| Kante, N`Golo | Chelsea FC | 0 | 7 |
| Player | Team | Assists |
|---|---|---|
| Kane, Harry | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 13 |
| Fernandes, Bruno | Manchester United FC | 11 |
| Son, Heung Min | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 10 |
| Grealish, Jack | Aston Villa FC | 10 |
| De Bruyne, Kevin | Manchester City FC | 10 |
| Vardy, Jamie | Leicester City FC | 8 |
| Rashford, Marcus | Manchester United FC | 8 |
| Werner, Timo | Chelsea FC | 8 |
| Raphinha | Leeds United | 7 |
| Cresswell, Aaron | West Ham United FC | 7 |
| Digne, Lucas | Everton FC | 7 |
| Bamford, Patrick | Leeds United | 6 |
| Sterling, Raheem | Manchester City FC | 6 |
| Mane, Sadio | Liverpool FC | 6 |
| Pereira, Matheus | West Bromwich Albion | 6 |
| Ward-Prowse, James | Southampton FC | 6 |
| Harrison, Jack | Leeds United | 6 |
| Firmino, Roberto | Liverpool FC | 6 |
| Neto, Pedro | Wolverhampton Wanderers FC | 6 |
| Gross, Pascal | Brighton & Hove Albion FC | 6 |
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