Marc Guehi sends title warning to Arsenal as Manchester City sweep Chelsea apart
Guehi scored in Manchester City’s 3-0 Premier League win over Chelsea at Stamford BridgeCity’s £20M January signing began career at Chelsea and came back to haunt them on SundayPep Guardiola’s ...
Marc Guehi sends title warning to Arsenal as Manchester City sweep Chelsea apart Guehi scored in Manchester City’s 3-0 Premier League win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge City’s £20M January signing began career at Chelsea and came back to haunt them on Sunday Pep Guardiola’s side six points off first place ahead of next weekend’s visit from leaders Arsenal Manchester City defender Marc Guehi starred in his side’s 3-0 Premier League win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday evening. Pep Guardiola’s side have taken a giant step towards closing the gap to Premier League leaders Arsenal by picking up their third straight win in all competitions, completing a run of triumphs over the Gunners, Liverpool and Chelsea in the last three weeks. Nico O’Reilly , Marc Guehi and Jeremy Doku were on the scoresheet in west London for the sky Blues as Manchester City took full advantage of Arsenal’s shock 2-1 defeat at home to Bournemouth on Saturday.
Match Report & Player Ratings: Chelsea 0-3 Manchester City (Premier League) City face Arsenal in a title deciding fixture at the Etihad Stadium next Sunday in what is arguably the most anticipated 90 minutes of football in the English top-flight in many, many years. Guehi: All focus on Arsenal In conversation with Sky Sports after City’s convincing 3-0 win over Chelsea, Guehi kept his feet on the ground and insisted his side have got their eyes on the upcoming battle with Arsenal back in Manchester. “We just want to improve, we just want to get better,” the 25-year-old defender said.
“Keep our feet on the ground, recover, focus on the next one. Thanks to God today for helping us. ” An even game in the first-half saw Manchester City enter the interval level with a resilient Chelsea who threatened on the counter many a time and had a goal from defender Marc Cucurella ruled out for offside.
Fantastic to play with guys like Cherki, says Guehi However, City upped a few gears when they came out for the second-half and made a giant statement as they swept Liam Rosenior ‘s men apart in a ruthless performance between 45 and 90 minutes to set up a titanic battle next weekend with Arsenal. Rayan Cherki was Manchester City’s architect-in-chief as the 22-year-old France international took matters into his own hands and provided the goods for O’Reilly and Guehi before Doku won possession from Moises Caicedo close to the Chelsea box and made it three. Nico O’Reilly suffers hamstring injury in Manchester City clash with Chelsea Appearing alongside Cherki in the Sky Sports interview, Guehi added: “When you’ve got players like this guy (Cherki), it’s fantastic,” with the Manchester City pair set to keep their places in the starting XI against Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium.