{"id":296871,"date":"2023-11-12T19:09:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T19:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=296871"},"modified":"2023-11-12T19:09:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T19:09:50","slug":"chelsea-trio-prove-point-as-pochettinos-remarks-haunt-him-in-man-city-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/chelsea-trio-prove-point-as-pochettinos-remarks-haunt-him-in-man-city-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea trio prove point as Pochettino’s remarks haunt him in Man City thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chelsea\u00a0fought back from a losing position three times\u00a0against champions Manchester City to salvage a 4-4 draw after a sensational end to a thrilling encounter at Stamford Bridge. Erling Haaland scored twice for the visitors along with Manuel Akanji, but goals from Thiago Silva, Raheem Sterling and Nicolas Jackson underlined Mauricio Pochettino’s side’s fighting spirit. Rodri’s deflected effort looked to have snatched all three points, before Cole Palmer came back to stun his former club with a stoppage-time penalty.<\/p>\n

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Haaland’s penalty put the visitors in front before Silva headed home expertly from a corner on 29 minutes to score his first goal in 18 months. Chelsea then took advantage of an error from Josko Gvardiol with Sterling scoring against his former club, before Manuel Akanji levelled the game at 2-2 in first-half stoppage time to bring an end to a pulsating opening 45 minutes.<\/p>\n

But only 90 seconds after the break, Haaland got his second with a fortuitous finish after bundling home from a Phil Foden cross. Some might have thought Chelsea were dead and buried, but Jackson made it four goals in six days after Ederson spilled Conor Gallagher’s long-range effort. That was until Rodri’s long-range effort was deflected in off Silva to give City a vital win in the rain.<\/p>\n

Express Sport<\/em> looks at the main talking points from one of the games of the season so far…<\/p>\n

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Pochettino let down after Haaland warning<\/h2>\n

Mauricio Pochettino could not have been clearer in his instructions about how to stop Erling Haaland from scoring or having an influence on the game when he spoke at his press conference on Friday. But even if his players listened, they couldn’t stop him.<\/p>\n

“You need to run faster, concentrate, focus and try to anticipate him,” said the Blues boss. “You have to be clear in how you are going to defend in the box because he is tall. You need to jump before him. You need to teach people things but you also need them to feel it. You have to give them good tools.”<\/p>\n

Marc Cucurella couldn’t keep him under wraps, although many would question the decision to award a penalty against the Spaniard. Then Axel Disasi lost track of the Norwegian in the box. Neither of his goals were especially memorable, but Haaland’s double proves once again that he will be ignored at the opposition’s peril. And Pochettino will be deeply unhappy with how his defenders failed to deal with him.<\/p>\n

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