JAKARTA - Gabriel Jesus led Manchester City to become the team that incised Chelsea's first defeat in the Premier League this season after a narrow 1-0 win at Stamford Bridge Stadium for the sixth match.
Reporting Antara, Saturday, September 25, Jesus scored City's only winner in the 53rd minute to break the deadlock after Chelsea were mostly busy guarding their own defense throughout the first half of the match.
Starting from a corner, Joao Cancelo fired a speculative long-range shot but the ball hit several players and fell in front of Jesus who then made one move before beating goalkeeper Edouard Mendy.
Jack Grealish came close to doubling the lead five minutes later but his shot went wide, while another chance completed by Jesus was cleared by Chelsea defender Thiago Silva just before crossing the line.
Chelsea appeared so blunt throughout the game without recording a single shot on target from the five attempted shots they released.
In the 62nd minute, Romelu Lukaku actually had time to net the ball into the City goal using a pass from Kai Havertz, but his partner was already caught offside in the attack process.
Grealish almost led City to kill the game early in the 83rd minute, unfortunately his shot was blocked by Mendy.
Instead, Chelsea came close to equalizing two minutes later through Timo Werner's shot that was headed straight for goal but Aymeric Laporte made a pair for a crucial clearance.
Despite the win, City temporarily only sits in second place in the standings behind Liverpool, who both collect 13 points and have an identical goal difference of 11.
Chelsea dropped to third as well with 13 points and a surplus goal difference of 10, according to the Premier League's official website.
City's next match will be at Anfield against Liverpool next Sunday, a day after Chelsea travel to Southampton in St. Mary's.
Prior to that, on Tuesday City will first fly to France to face Paris Saint-Germain in Group A of the Champions League and a day later Chelsea also travel to Italy against Juventus in Group H.
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