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Manchester City Beat Chelsea 4-2

Published by admin on February 27, 2010

Manchester City completed the double over Carlo Ancelotti’s Chelsea and did Manchester United a massive favour in the title race with a convincing 4-2 victory.

An enthralling afternoon in West London started with the eagerly awaited pre-match rituals and Wayne Bridge, who this week made himself unavailable for England, declined to shake the hand of former team-mate John Terry.

The drama continued on the pitch when Frank Lampard latched onto a fine pass from Joe Cole to break the deadlock in the 42nd minute, before Carlos Tevez equalised on the stroke of half-time with a scuffed shot past Hilario.

Stand-in goalkeeper Hilario was again at fault early in the second period as Gareth Barry released Craig Bellamy down the left and the Welshman struck into the far corner from a narrow angle to give City a 2-1 advantage.

The crucial moment perhaps arrived in the 75th minute when last man Juliano Belletti was sent off for bringing down Barry in the box and Tevez converted the resulting penalty.

Michael Ballack was shown a second yellow card for a bad challenge on Tevez just a few minutes later and Bellamy then turned home a cross from Shaun Wright-Phillips to make it 4-1.

Lampard netted the final goal of the game from the penalty spot following a foul by Barry on Nicolas Anelka but it mattered little as Chelsea failed to extend their one-point lead at the top of the table and City took pole position in the battle for fourth.

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