On Sunday, February 26th, Man City played a match against Chelsea. Overall, I thought this match was one of Man City’s stronger games, especially in the recent league matches. Although it wasn’t one of the most exciting games, there was definitely key points that made the match worth watching. Both teams played well and could have gone either direction if certain things had developed further than they had.

The match was played at Wembley Stadium in England. Man City had dominated most of the game with 62% of the possession. They made 807 passes – compared to the 513 Chelsea made – with 88% accuracy. Chelsea had 82% accuracy with their passes, which doesn’t differ greatly from Man City. Neither team had much success after the build up of passes, which resulted in a 0-0 draw. Meaning PK’s… Man City made 4 while Chelsea made 3.

Chelsea took the first shot with their center midfielder, Jorginho, who failed to execute the shot and missed. Gundogan took the next shot for Man City, who placed the ball with ease, making it 0-1. Azpilicueta tied it up with the following shot for Chelsea. However, it doesn’t stay tied for long when Aguero made the next shot for Man City. Palmieri, left mid/wing back, made his shot, keeping Chelsea in the match with a score of 2-2. Sane unfortunately missed his shot and left Chelsea with a sense of hope that they could come out victorious. But hopes fled when Chelsea’s next shooter, Luiz, missed and kept the score at 2-2. Man City’s Silva made his PK making the score 2-3, with hope to win. Hazard was the last shooter for Chelsea and thankfully made his shot, making the match tied once again. With all the pressure lying upon the shoulders of Sterling, he places the ball in the back of the net for the winning goal, making Man City the victors of this match.

My experience watching this match wasn’t something so simple that can be explained easily. At times there were plays that got exciting and well executed, but there were other times where the match slowed down a bit and became quite boring, to say the least. However, I am not an extreme fan of either team, so for someone who is fully committed to one of these teams, their experiences could totally differ from the ones I received from this certain match.

I think that both teams never gave up and kept fighting until it came down to the last resort – being PK’s. Although this match was a slightly slower played one, it was still a great match to watch and no one could have imagined the results and how they happened.  For this specific match, I rate it a 6.5/10 for the action, but a 8/10 for unpredictability.