City make statement with revenge win over Chelsea

Manchester City got revenge for their Champions League final defeat with an impressive win at Stamford Bridge

Manchester City's Aymeric Laporte (right) and Chelsea's Romelu Lukaku battle for the ball during the Premier League match at Stamford Bridge, London. Picture date: Saturday September 25, 2021. Picture: Adam Davy/PA Wire 

Premier League: Chelsea 0 Man City 1

GABRIEL Jesus’s second-half goal ensured Manchester City ended their run of three successive defeats at the hands of Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea. In an early meeting between two of the sides expected to fight it out for the Premier League title this season, it was the reigning champions who asserted themselves, delivering an impressive statement of intent.