Manchester City thrashed Graham Potter’s Chelsea 4-0 of their FA Cup third spherical match on the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. A brace from Rihad Mahrez and objectives from Julián Alvarez and Phil Foden have been sufficient to see the London membership cross.
In the twenty third minute of the primary half, Mahrez scored and Alvarez scored from the spot kick to make it 2-0. Seven minutes earlier than the 45-minute mark, Foden would triple the benefit for the hosts whereas Mahrez would rating a second penalty for City.
Pep Happy!
🔵 4-0 🦁 #man City pic.twitter.com/oAi62WjZfN
– Manchester City (@ManCity) January 8, 2023
While Chelsea didn’t register a shot within the entirety of the primary half, they may solely discover the web as soon as within the second.
Chelsea supervisor Potter mentioned after the match, “The first half was painful and difficult for all of us.” “We have been second from a really, superb facet. We’re not in a fantastic second and though it was a cage the primary 20 minutes, we could not assault the backline sufficient, we do not assault like that. We can do as we wish. Manchester City are superb at stopping you from doing that however on the identical time we struggled.
Barca sneak previous Atleti
Barcelona handed themselves a three-point cushion on the prime of the La Liga standings with a 1-0 win in opposition to Atletico Madrid within the Spanish Premier Division.
🎙️ Andreas Christensen discusses victory#AthetiBarça pic.twitter.com/RdSX1WnlpO
– FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) January 9, 2023
Ousmane Dembele’s first-half purpose was sufficient to seal the deal for the 26-time league winners, whereas each groups went all the way down to 10 males in second-half stoppage time as Stefan Savic and Ferran Torres have been despatched off.
With the win, Barcelona now have 41 factors from 16 matches, whereas Real Madrid have 38 factors, having misplaced to Villarreal on the weekend.
Milan and Roma share 4 objectives equally
In Italian Serie A, AC Milan dropped factors at residence as Jose Mourinho’s AS Roma held them to a 2-2 draw.
Never surrender! @OfficialASROma pic.twitter.com/T7QrYvjzYF
— Chris Smalling (@ChrisSmalling) January 8, 2023
Milan took the lead within the thirtieth minute with a purpose from Pierre Calulu and doubled the benefit within the 77th minute, wanting in a decided place to safe all three factors and transfer as much as second within the standings.
However, late objectives from Roger Ibanez (87′) and Tammy Abraham (90+3′) gave Roma some extent and saved Milan stage with Juventus on 37 factors after 17 league video games.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
