Fabregas puts City defeat down to lack of rest

Match-winner Kevin De Bruyne came back to haunt former club Chelsea as Manchester City defeated the Premier League champions 1-0 at Stamford Bridge on Saturday to reclaim top spot.

On Saturday evening, Manchester City recorded a 1-0 win at champions Chelsea to draw first blood in the race for the title.

Cesc Fabregas claims the greater amount of time Manchester City had to rest ahead of last weekend’s clash is the main reason for Chelsea’s defeat to the league leaders.

“So we’ll go to Old Trafford, White Hart Lane, the Emirates – it doesn’t matter, we are going to try”.

City dominated the bulk of the match, and De Bruyne finally gave the visitors a deserved lead after 67 minutes, firing a attractive shot into the top corner.

I would like to be a manager in the World Cup, the European [Championships].

Chelsea are six points behind City going into the worldwide break.

Last season Spurs managed to beat Manchester City 2-0 when Harry Kane was out injured. I don’t know. The doctor now in the next days has to check the situation, but I don’t think he’s available for the national team.

“It was a simple tactical decision”, Conte said. “It’s just part of life and you need to grow up”.

Morata has proven many wrong this season, and he has shown he is a big game player. “It’s nice to get the winning feeling, and stay in the same rhythm”. They had home games and one extra day of rest. It was a triumph for their summer signings, with Ederson and Kyle Walker both impressive, and also for Guardiola’s tactics.

Chelsea couldn’t threaten much, but when they did break at pace, Ederson had to make a good save to stop Hazard giving his side the lead. “When you play this type of game – a massive game – anything can happen”. When I see my players have given everything we must be pleased despite the bad result.

We are so happy, but the most important thing is to win the game, the way we played in the second half was really good.

However, City did not seem to change their style of play at Stamford Bridge, quite simply Citizens boss Pep Guardiola only plays football one way.