Haaland helps City to comeback win over Chelsea
Manchester City earned a 3-1 comeback win over Chelsea at Etihad Stadium on Saturday to go back into the top four in the Premier League.
New signing Abdukodir Khusanov made a disastrous start to his City career, gifting Chelsea the opener in the third minute, but goals from Josko Gvardiol, Erling Haaland and Phil Foden spared his blushes as Pep Guardiola’s team bounced back from their harrowing Champions League defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in midweek.
City are fourth in the league on 41 points, while Chelsea now sit sixth on 40, with Newcastle United between the two teams.
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Uzbek Khusanov, signed this week from French side Lens, left his header back to Ederson short which allowed Nicolas Jackson to steal the ball and square it for Noni Madueke to put Chelsea in front.
City struck back though, with defender Gvardiol levelling three minutes before half-time and Haaland putting the hosts in front after 68 minutes with an impudent chip that took advantage of some suspect positioning from Robert Sánchez in the Chelsea goal.
Phil Foden‘s breakaway goal in the 87th wrapped up the three points to give City a positive end to a chastening week ahead of their must-win Champions League clash with Club Brugge on Wednesday.
