A ridiculous possibility that not many people dared to dream of before the ball kicked off before the highlight match of round 12 of the Premier League between Chelsea and Man City ended in a 4-4 tie. The match was between Chelsea and Man City.

Thiago Silva (28 minutes), Raheem Sterling (37 minutes), Michael Jackson (67 minutes), and Scott Palmer (90+5 minutes, penalty) for Chelsea.

Rodri (86′), Haaland (24′, 47′, PEN), Akanji (45+1′), and Haaland (86′) for Man City.

Pep Guardiola, the head coach of Manchester City, made three changes to his team’s lineup prior to the most important match in round 12 of the Premier League. Phil Foden, Gvardiol, and Ruben Dias were all included in the main squad for Man City. While everything was going on, Raheem Sterling and Cole Palmer, both formerly of Manchester City, were included in Chelsea’s starting lineup by coach Mauricio Pochettino, who fielded his strongest possible team.

This season, Chelsea has demonstrated inconsistency by consistently losing to clubs with a lower talent level, but at the same time being able to give teams in the Big Six a difficult time. In the most recent round, the Blues even defeated the best side in the competition, Tottenham, by a score of 4-1 when they were playing on the road. Liverpool and Arsenal both played to a draw in this round.

And Chelsea’s annoyance was on full display once more in the tense contest they played against Manchester City in the most recent meeting of round 12. The group led by Coach Pochettino engaged in an aggressive pressing game against the team that was currently holding the title, but they were ultimately defeated by Man’s squad due to a little error. Erling Haaland gave City the lead when he made the successful conversion of an 11-yard penalty kick in the 24th minute. The penalty was awarded because Marc Cucurella pulled on the Norwegian striker.

 

However, shortly after Man City scored the game’s first goal, a surprise occurred when Chelsea rapidly produced an offensive position that upset Man City’s defense. Chelsea’s quick creation of the offensive position surprised Man City. Conor Gallagher took a corner kick in the 29th minute and placed it at the ideal height for the experienced Thiago Silva to sprint, get in front of the defense of the opposing team, and then head the ball diagonally into the goal. After Ryan Giggs scored in February 2013, the veteran Brazilian player, who was 39 years old and 51 days old at the time, became the oldest player to score in the Premier League.

When Chelsea scored a second goal five minutes after they had tied the game, there was yet another unexpected development. After intercepting Gvardiol’s pass, Palmer made a pass to James on the right edge of the field, starting from a circumstance in which the ball was located on the right wing. After that, the captain of Chelsea’s side assisted Sterling in scoring a goal into an empty net, which contributed to the home team taking a 2-1 lead.

The game moved at a breakneck speed after Sterling scored, despite Man City’s best efforts to maintain control of the ball throughout. Both Foden and Haaland had promising opportunities, but they were unable to overcome the outstanding play of Sanchez in goal. However, Chelsea paid the price for a momentary lapse in focus in the opening minute of injury time in the first half. Bernardo Silva expertly across the wing for Manuel Akanji to leap high and head home the equalizer to make the score 1-1.

At the beginning of the second half, when the spectators were not yet able to keep the score stable, the electronic board once again filled in Haaland’s name. This time, the electronic board filled in Haaland’s name after the Norwegian star completed a double with a close-range touch from a good cross from partner Julian Alvarez. Following the scoring of this goal, Man City continually created chaotic plays in front of Robert Sanchez’s goal, but Alvarez and Jeremy Doku were able to clear them away.

 

Man City had to pay the price because they attacked a lot without scoring because of this. Cole Palmer dribbled the ball like no one else in the 61st minute, removing three Man City players, but his final shot from a losing position was stopped by his former teammate Ederson. Despite this, the goalpost of the opposing team trembled after a kick from striker Nicolas Jackson in the 67th minute. Before that, Gallagher had a cannon shot from 30 meters out, and it was impossible for Ederson, the goalie, to catch the ball.

After Jackson’s goal that brought the score to even, it was Chelsea that had obvious opportunities to score, but they were unable to capitalize on those opportunities. In the meantime, Manchester City was also fully tied despite putting controversial sensation Jack Grealish into the game.

It appeared as though this intense competition would be decided by a draw, but in the 86th minute, Man City scored, and they were the ones to celebrate the victory. Rodri’s tremendous “punch” from beyond the penalty area brought the ball to his feet, and Man City celebrated their victory. Thiago Silva executed a direction shift to outmaneuver Robert Sanchez, which contributed to Man City’s 4-3 triumph.

The drama was not yet ended because there could be up to eight minutes of overtime played in the match. In the extra two minutes of stoppage time, Ruben Dias committed a foul on Broja inside the penalty area, which resulted in Man City being awarded an 11-meter free kick. Cole Palmer, who plays for the Owlman team, scored the game-tying goal for Owlman, making it 4-4. This wild situation was not one that many people had considered before kickoff. In light of these developments, Manchester City remains atop the standings, although their lead over Liverpool and Arsenal has shrunk to just one point.

Robert Sanchez, James (Bad Taste 65′), Disasi, Silva, Cucurella; Caicedo (Witch 90′), Enzo (Mudryk 65′); Palmer, Gallagher, Sterling; Jackson (Ugochukwu 90′) are the players that are active for Chelsea.

Ederson, Walker, Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol, Rodrigo, Bernardo, Foden, Doku (Grealish 59′), Alvarez (Kovacic 79′), Haaland for Man City; Gvardiol, Rodrigo, Bernardo, and Bernardo for Man City.