Chelsea and Manchester City played an eight-goal thriller at Stamford Bridge
Chelsea and Manchester City played out a thrilling 4-4 draw at Stamford Bridge as Cole Palmer’s stoppage-time penalty against his former team denied the champions victory in a breathless contest.
Chelsea stood their ground against the best team in the world, Manchester City, and fought hard to take a point from the game even though their performance deserved more.
The Blues had two former City stars in their ranks, Cole Palmer and experienced winger Raheem Sterling, both of whom scored against their former club.
In an enthralling 4-4 draw at Stamford Bridge, Cole Palmer, a £40million summer signing from City, slotted home a stoppage-time penalty to deny Pep Guardiola’s side all three points.
Chelsea have now drawn at home to last season’s top two in very different circumstances. Against Arsenal they threw away a 2-0 lead; against City they came from behind on three occasions.
Mauricio Pochettino is too sensible to get carried away but he must be thrilled with that performance, particularly from the attacking trio of Raheem Sterling, Conor Gallagher and Cole Palmer. They gave City problems all afternoon, both with their pressing and, in the case of Sterling and Palmer, the ability to find pockets of space in the channels.
