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Man City beat Chelsea 2-0 to begin EPL title defense
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Manchester City defeated Chelsea in London in Week 1 of the Premier League.

Manchester City won against Chelsea 2-0 at Stamford Bridge as Haaland and Kovacic scored the goals for the triumph.

In the 18th minute, Man City superstar forward Erling Haaland scored the opening goal in the match as the last defender that he beat was Marc Cucurella, who sang about trashing the Norwegian striker, but nothing like this happened in that situation.

Near the end of the 1st half, Cole Palmer received the ball around the penalty area, shot, and Ederson saved it, but the ball ended in Nicolas Jackson, who scored. However, after a VAR review, his goal was disallowed due to an offside.

Chelsea captain Enzo Fernández twice demanded a penalty for fouls against him inside the penalty area, but the referee Antony Taylor twice denied his demands.

Jackson had a fantastic opportunity to tie the result 15 minutes after the beginning of the 2nd half when the forward received the ball a meter in front of the goal, but his shot ended in Ederson. As time went by, the Blues tried to even the result; the former Chelsea player Mateo Kovacic, with a fantastic shot outside the penalty area, secured the victory for the Sky Blues in the 85th minute.