body{-webkit-animation:-amp-start 8s steps(1,end) 0s 1 normal both;-moz-animation:-amp-start 8s steps(1,end) 0s 1 normal both;-ms-animation:-amp-start 8s steps(1,end) 0s 1 normal both;animation:-amp-start 8s steps(1,end) 0s 1 normal both}@-webkit-keyframes -amp-start{from{visibility:hidden}to{visibility:visible}}@-moz-keyframes -amp-start{from{visibility:hidden}to{visibility:visible}}@-ms-keyframes -amp-start{from{visibility:hidden}to{visibility:visible}}@-o-keyframes -amp-start{from{visibility:hidden}to{visibility:visible}}@keyframes -amp-start{from{visibility:hidden}to{visibility:visible}}body{-webkit-animation:none;-moz-animation:none;-ms-animation:none;animation:none} h1, h2, h3 { font-weight: normal; } amp-story-page { background-color: #131516; } amp-story-grid-layer { overflow: visible; } @media (max-aspect-ratio: 9 / 16) { @media (min-aspect-ratio: 320 / 678) { amp-story-grid-layer.grid-layer { margin-top: calc((100% / 0.5625 - 100% / 0.6666666666666666) / 2); } } } @media not all and (min-resolution:.001dpcm) { @media { p.text-wrapper > span { font-size: calc(100% - 0.5px); } } } .page-fullbleed-area, .page-background-overlay-area { position: absolute; overflow: hidden; width: 100%; left: 0; height: calc(1.1851851851851851 * 100%); top: calc((1 - 1.1851851851851851) * 100% / 2); } .element-overlay-area { position: absolute; width: 100%; height: 100%; top: 0; left: 0; } .page-safe-area { overflow: visible; position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; left: 0; right: 0; width: 100%; height: calc(0.84375 * 100%); margin: auto 0; } .mask { position: absolute; overflow: hidden; } .fill { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; margin: 0; } @media (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) { .animation-wrapper { opacity: var(--initial-opacity); transform: var(--initial-transform); } } amp-story-grid-layer.align-bottom { align-content: end; padding: 0; } .captions-area { padding: 0 32px 0; } amp-story-captions { margin-bottom: 16px; text-align: center; } amp-story-captions span { display: inline-block; margin: 0; padding: 6px 12px; vertical-align: middle; border-radius: 15px; background: rgba(11, 11, 11, 0.6); color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;; font-size: calc(4 * var(--story-page-vw)); line-height: 1.4; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; } Manchester City Obliterate Chelsea's Cup Hopes in 2-0 Victory

Manchester City Obliterate Chelsea's Cup Hopes in 2-0 Victory at Etihad

By Dharmesh Sahu

November 10, 2022

[{"selector":"#anim-73e8eb37-5c11-45c4-af34-11a584479028 [data-leaf-element="true"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(-1.0658141036401503e-14%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

A depleted Manchester City squad took on a much different-looking Chelsea side at the Etihad today in the Third Round of the EFL Cup.

[{"selector":"#anim-6724086b-11ea-48db-8ba9-330bfd0ed858 [data-leaf-element="true"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

Potter's men had lost their last two Premier League games coming into this fixture against a Manchester City side that had only lost a single game all season so far. 

[{"selector":"#anim-68c2eab8-5b67-4488-b037-10f5082f244c [data-leaf-element="true"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(24.605390874751052%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

Manchester City went into this match without their star men Erling Haaland, Kevin De Bruyne, and Phil Foden in their starting eleven.

[{"selector":"#anim-e451ae47-e03e-44ed-88c5-4fe52f52fae2 [data-leaf-element="true"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

City were the favorites going into the match and came out on top as Chelsea crashed out of the tournament they had gone into the final of last time around.

[{"selector":"#anim-68fa3cc5-b35e-4f26-9d41-f51487975ba9 [data-leaf-element="true"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(24.9016589920976%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

Manchester City winger Riyad Mahrez broke the deadlock with a beautifully taken free kick at the start of the second half.

[{"selector":"#anim-5052157a-7875-4f41-a54d-a9af0128bb23 [data-leaf-element="true"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(-1.0658141036401503e-14%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

And less than five minutes later, Julian Alvarez doubled City's lead after he got the end of Mahrez's rebound.

[{"selector":"#anim-cb5fa6e9-d715-46e9-bdb7-b400e19b0a84 [data-leaf-element="true"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

City was comfortable the whole game with nine shots on target compared to Chelsea's five as they stood the victors with a two-nil scoreline.

[{"selector":"#anim-8a433c70-16a1-49c7-8be1-a69bad85f8ad [data-leaf-element="true"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(6.612244842732952%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

Midfielder Kalvin Phillips made his return after a long injury in the 50th minute of the game. The player will now also be representing England in Qatar next week.

[{"selector":"#anim-4c371447-ec9c-4fd3-8fc7-3830a80d59de [data-leaf-element="true"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 22.109826196756273%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

Chelsea Manager Graham Potter expressed his disappointment with the result but said that he was happy with the team's performance.