A game that bore little in comparison to the dreadful negative scoreless game the season before where both sides had settled for a draw before the kick off, this really was the real deal.
As expected Jose allowed City spells of dominating the ball in the first half as he looked to crowd out the space between the influential Silva & Aguero relying on breaks to get in behind the City back line
As we pressed on,the space between the centre halves and the nearest midfield player grew ever wider and the excellent Torres was playing as if he's found a new lease of life,terrorising the back four like a man who's suddenly enjoying his football again.
It came as no surprise that Torres was involved in the opener,easily outpacing the ever disappointing Clichy to pull back for his strike partner to fire Chelsea into a deserved lead
Torres missed a sitter in front of the Matthew Harding stand where it seemed easier to score and rattled the bar with a far harder chance while barring a solitary Aguero shot from an acute angle,Petr Cech was rarely troubled and we found ourselves packed into the Shed End willing the respite of the half time whistle and a chance to regroup.
No changes to either side at the break but City started with a lot more purpose and got an equaliser very early with a powerful Aguero shot which I'm guessing Cech won't have been too thrilled to let in. The game flowed from end to end as both sides went looking for a winner but largely cancelled each other out,Yaya and Ramires probably finished level on points in an epic battle in the middle of the park while the equally ineffective Lampard and Garcia looked on.
It was always going to be a mistake or a bit of magic to get the winner and unfortunately Hart will be in the headlines for the wrong reasons again as he failed to communicate with Nastasic and Torres ran on to poke home the winner.
Very good quality game of football played between the divisions 2 best sides for me,kudos to Mourinho for stopping City bullying Chelsea off the pitch which has been a habitual occurrence of late and refiring Torres energy and desire which has been missing for some time.
As mentioned before Ramires was all over the pitch in the best performance I've see from him and Mikel helped to steady an at times rocking ship when he replaced Lampard
As ever Silva and Aguero are easy on the eye in full flow and some of the intricate interplay was a joy to watch
All in all a disappointing result and plenty to reflect on the long journey home from Euston
As expected Jose allowed City spells of dominating the ball in the first half as he looked to crowd out the space between the influential Silva & Aguero relying on breaks to get in behind the City back line
As we pressed on,the space between the centre halves and the nearest midfield player grew ever wider and the excellent Torres was playing as if he's found a new lease of life,terrorising the back four like a man who's suddenly enjoying his football again.
It came as no surprise that Torres was involved in the opener,easily outpacing the ever disappointing Clichy to pull back for his strike partner to fire Chelsea into a deserved lead
Torres missed a sitter in front of the Matthew Harding stand where it seemed easier to score and rattled the bar with a far harder chance while barring a solitary Aguero shot from an acute angle,Petr Cech was rarely troubled and we found ourselves packed into the Shed End willing the respite of the half time whistle and a chance to regroup.
No changes to either side at the break but City started with a lot more purpose and got an equaliser very early with a powerful Aguero shot which I'm guessing Cech won't have been too thrilled to let in. The game flowed from end to end as both sides went looking for a winner but largely cancelled each other out,Yaya and Ramires probably finished level on points in an epic battle in the middle of the park while the equally ineffective Lampard and Garcia looked on.
It was always going to be a mistake or a bit of magic to get the winner and unfortunately Hart will be in the headlines for the wrong reasons again as he failed to communicate with Nastasic and Torres ran on to poke home the winner.
Very good quality game of football played between the divisions 2 best sides for me,kudos to Mourinho for stopping City bullying Chelsea off the pitch which has been a habitual occurrence of late and refiring Torres energy and desire which has been missing for some time.
As mentioned before Ramires was all over the pitch in the best performance I've see from him and Mikel helped to steady an at times rocking ship when he replaced Lampard
As ever Silva and Aguero are easy on the eye in full flow and some of the intricate interplay was a joy to watch
All in all a disappointing result and plenty to reflect on the long journey home from Euston
