Erling Haaland's 100th Appearance Wins Man City Over Chelsea

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland scored in the match against Chelsea. (X/@ManCity)

JAKARTA - Manchester City won 2-0 over Chelsea in the first match in the English Premier League competition at Stamford Bridge Stadium, Sunday, August 18, 2024 evening WIB. Striker Erling Haaland recorded his 100th appearance when he contributed a goal for Man City's victory.

Defending champion Man City immediately met a tough opponent when he started the fight in the Premier League. They even had to play away matches by visiting Chelsea.

Despite appearing in the away match, Man City still showed his best performance. Pep Guardiola's troops who returned to the favorites who won consistently. After winning the Community Shield trophy by beating FA Cup champion Manchester United on penalties, Man City maintained a positive trend against Chelsea.

The results at home to Chelsea made Man City the eighth team to win the first game. Man City is also ranked second behind Brighton and Hove Albion who are at the top of the table. Brighton scored the win with the most goals after beating Everton 3-0.

In that match, Guardiola did not make many changes to the starting line up. However, with the absence of Oscar Bobb who suffered a broken leg injury, the new Savinho player immediately made his debut. Savinho, who was recruited from Girona, supports Haaland with Jeremy Doku.

Hanya, Man City harus bekerja keras menghadapi tuan rumah yang kini ditangani Enzo Maresca. Chelsea sesungkinya mampu memajalankan permainan The Cityzens. Namun lini depan mereka dinilai kurang klinical sehingga kesulitan membuka gawang lawan.

On the other hand, Man City did not take long to outperform Chelsea. After a series of Man City attacks failed, Haaland finally broke the deadlock in the 18th minute. He completed an assist from Bernardo Silva.

However, referee Anthony Taylor had time to review the goal through VAR. As a result, no violations and Haaland's goal were declared legal. This was Haaland's 91st goal for Man City.

Left behind 1-0, Chelsea tried to get up. They put pressure on them. Chelsea forward Nicolas Jackson actually managed to equalize the score towards the end of the first half. But the goal was disallowed because he was in an offside position. Man City's one-goal lead lasted until halftime.

Entering the second half, Chelsea increased pressure in order to catch up with the goal deficit. Unfortunately, their efforts never came to fruition.

Moreover, the match itself went a draw. Man City also continued to play openly so that their attacks continued to endanger the Blues' defense.

Chelsea had a good chance through Jackson. But he again failed to take advantage of the opportunity to equalize the score.

On the other hand, Man City managed to add more goals. This time midfielder Mateo Kovacic defeated goalkeeper Robert S waychez in the 84th minute. The goal immediately shut off Chelsea's power. It was proven that there were no more dangerous attacks by the West London club.

Man City also maintains a 2-0 advantage until the end of the match. This is a good start for Man City who has ambitions to defend the title as well as set a record five consecutive Premier League champions.

Meanwhile, Chelsea started the competition with defeat. Maresc had a bad record in his debut to replace Mauricio Pochettino.