City collected four yellow cards in all, two more than Chelsea, as they put down a clear statement of intent.
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After the breather Belgian defender Vincent Kompany headed in a David Silva corner and midfielder Fernandinho thumped in another from the edge of the box to secure all three points for Manchester City. If I have to give credit to the team for one thing, it was the way we prepared.
“The best team in the second half was Chelsea, for sure”, he told Sky Sports after the game.
Manuel Pellegrini and his men have taken a lot of criticism for their play last season and many questioned if they would be able to compete for the title this season.
John Terry was humiliatingly substituted at half-time of Chelsea’s 3-0 defeat at Manchester City, the first time he has been taken off in the Premier League by Jose Mourinho.
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho claimed the scoreline was “fake”, but his side was outplayed to the extent that influential skipper John Terry was substituted at half-time. “If we had gone two games and zero points it would be absolutely hard and we knew this would be a tricky one“, Wenger said.
“It’s important because he is a left-back and he can compete with [Cesar] Azpilicueta”, said the Chelsea manager.
Begovic said Chelsea failed to match the intensity of City in the first half but responded well in the second half. “We were punished for our mistakes for the second and third goal”.
In the first half each team had chances at goal but the most fell to City and it paid off in the 32nd minute when Aguero scored their opening goal to make it 1-0 to City. Pellegrini, who believes Aguero can play even better in the ongoing season, praised the Argentine worldwide for his incredible showing, saying that the 27-year-old forward is in the best moment of his career.
Mourinho says the arrival of Baba Rahman will increase competition in Chelsea’s defence.
“Last week we had a bit of a stroll and thought we would win the game”. We had a hard first half when they were the best team.
“We are not sending a message to anybody, we are just playing the way we always try to”, he added.
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“I’m the one that plays John every game, made him captain, brought him back from a hard situation with other managers”.
