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Swaggering City emerge triumphant in a battle at Stamford Bridge
Manchester City's Gabriel Jesus (centre) celebrates scoring against Chelsea

Chelsea 0-1 Manchester City
by Layth Yousif
at Stamford Bridge


IT WAS fitting on the weekend of a big prize-fight, swaggering Manchester City emerged triumphant in a battle of the heavyweights against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

Pep Guardiola’s side floored their opponents to win 1-0 after a 52nd-minute goal by Gabriel Jesus to gain revenge of sorts after losing the Champions League final to the same opponents last season.

While Gabriel’s strike appeared to take a deflection off Blues defender Jorginho, it was enough to KO Thomas Tuchel’s Blues in the Saturday lunchtime bout, as Guardiola became the most successful manager in the club’s history in terms of victories.

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