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Commentary
4¹MARTINELLI shot over.
5¹DEPAY chipped the ball to NKUNKU who headed it inches wide.
7¹PICKFORD dived to his left to block a fierce shot from Manchester City's DEPAY.
11¹A thirty yard drive from VLAHOVIC caused the 'keeper little difficulty.
14¹TROSSARD nutmegged GREALISH but knocked the ball into the arms of the Chelsea 'keeper.
19¹MARCOS ALONSO booked.
21¹JOÃO FÉLIX beat AÏT-NOURI and fired the ball to TROSSARD who dragged his shot wide.
24¹GOAL!! A tackle from SHAW gave Chelsea a free-kick just outside the area which VLAHOVIC blasted past the Manchester City 'keeper. (1-0 Chelsea)
25¹DEPAY ran onto a wonderful ball from JOÃO FÉLIX but pulled his shot wide of the righthand post.
26¹GOAL!! A terrible backpass by ZAPPACOSTA enabled VLAHOVIC to nip in and fire the ball past the 'keeper. (2-0 Chelsea)
29¹TROSSARD receives a yellow card by the referee.
30¹JOÃO FÉLIX worked the ball to GÜNDOGAN, DEPAY gathered his cross and kicked the ball within easy reach of the Chelsea 'keeper.
31¹The Manchester City 'keeper was able to claw away a poor header from VLAHOVIC.
35¹A shot from TROSSARD was nodded off the line by BOTMAN.
39¹DEPAY charged through the Chelsea defence but shot straight at the Chelsea 'keeper.
2²GOAL!! The Chelsea 'keeper got into trouble with a backpass from BOTMAN and TROSSARD managed to roll the ball home. (2-1 Chelsea)
4²DEPAY beat three Chelsea players and fired a golden opportunity over the bar.
9²GAKPO nodded the ball wide from just inside the area.
15²RUSSELL books BRANDT.
17²BRANDT waltzed away from BRUNO GUIMARÃES and flicked a tame shot over the bar.
23²A corner fell to SHAW who nodded the ball just beyond the far post.
31²A wonderful save prevented DEPAY from scoring a good goal.
43²AÏT-NOURI headed over the bar.

 
Manchester City
 
League position: 15
Home league form: XWXW
Overall league form: XLLWLXXW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Mike MAIGNAN6½16½Jordan PICKFORD(c)
Davide ZAPPACOSTA7½27 Ben WHITE
Luke SHAW5½37½Rayan AÏT-NOURI
Julian BRANDT7 47 BRUNO GUIMARÃES Rodriguez
Max KILMAN6½56 Andreas CHRISTENSEN
MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza7 66½Sven BOTMAN
(c)Ilkay GÜNDOGAN7 76 Jack GREALISH
Leandro TROSSARD7 87 Gabriel MARTINELLI
(p)Memphis DEPAY7 96½Dusan VLAHOVIC(p)
(f)JOÃO FÉLIX Sequeira5½107 Ryan GRAVENBERCH(f)
Christopher NKUNKU6 116½Cody GAKPO
Manager
Oleksandr ZINCHENKO  12  James MADDISON
RICHARLISON de Andrade  13  EDERSON Santana
Wilfried ZAHA7½14  Sandro TONALI
JOÃO Filipe MOUTINHO  15  Takefusa KUBO
Oscar BOBB  16  GONÇALO Matias RAMOS
 
Chelsea
 
League position: 16
Away league form: LXLL
Overall league form: OLXLLOLL
Formation: 4-3-3
Chelsea go through to the next round
Statistics
Manchester City 1 Chelsea 2
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 54,180, Stadium: Etihad Stadium, Referee: Mick Russell 6)

Trossard 2²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Vlahovic 24¹, Vlahovic 26¹
KilmanóZaha 26² 
  
Marcos Alonso 19¹, Trossard 29¹, Brandt 15² 
26
139
49
74
63
137
62
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Man of the match: Wilfried Zaha