{"id":297392,"date":"2023-11-12T20:09:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T20:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=297392"},"modified":"2023-11-12T20:09:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T20:09:06","slug":"chelseas-telling-reaction-to-man-city-controversy-highlights-pochettino-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/chelseas-telling-reaction-to-man-city-controversy-highlights-pochettino-magic\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea’s telling reaction to Man City controversy highlights Pochettino magic"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In pictures: Chelsea v Man City<\/h3>\n

Chelsea star Cole Palmer kept his cool amid absolute mayhem to rob his former club Manchester City of three points from the spot. An eight goal thriller is not the half of it as Chelsea got caught up in one of those crazy once-a-season roller-coaster rides\u2026 for the second match in a row.<\/p>\n

If the drama of White Hart Lane on Monday will be remembered for years to come, this will not be a long way short – with City thinking they had twice claimed the spoils in the second half. Pep Guardiola\u2019s concern though must be that his side used to be more resilient to this sort of never-say-die attitude but they were too lax and expectant that, as usual, Erling Haaland would prove to be the difference.<\/p>\n

After all, it had been so predictable when the accident-prone Marc Cucurella pulled his shirt to concede a 24th-minute penalty which the City striker duly converted. Replays showed both men had grabbed each other\u2019s sleeves initially but referee Anthony Taylor was adamant it was six-and-a-bit-to-one, half-a-dozen to the other and the VAR evidence showed that Cucurella had ultimately been in the wrong.<\/p>\n

A few weeks ago, a controversial set-back like that might have been curtains for Chelsea\u2019s bolted-together team. As it was, the stage was barely set. Just three minutes later Thiago Silva flicked in an equaliser from a corner as City stood still and watched him. Then, horror of horrors, Haaland actually fluffed a golden opportunity, shinning a sublime Phil Foden far-post cross into the side netting.<\/p>\n

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The match was turned on its head before the break when Palmer\u2019s ball to Reece James caught up in Josko Gvardiol\u2019s heels, the subsequent free cross was perfect from the Chelsea captain though and Raheem Sterling made the run to the far post to convert. Still we had not reached the interval. In the final drama of the opening act, Chelsea left Manual Akanji alone in centre stage to level the scores with a free header.<\/p>\n

Barely had the Stamford Bridge crowd regained their seats, than there was another goal. Of course it was Haaland scoring it, having created the opening by selling Moises Caicedo a beautiful turn on the half-way line. Julian Alvarez worked ball wide with Foden and Sanchez got a hand to the cross, but only to deflect it into Haaland, who cleverly managed to avoid it touching his arm as everything slid over the line on the greasy surface.<\/p>\n

Again, Chelsea were having none of it. Before Monday, Nicolas Jackson might still have been on his heels when Conor Gallagher\u2019s shot was parried by Robert Sanchez. A hat-trick against nine-man Spurs seems to have done wonders for his confidence and he nipped the ball off the toe of his team-mate Palmer and levelled again.<\/p>\n