Tevez solitary strike ends Chelsea’s perfect record
London, Sept. 25: Champions Chelsea suffered their first Premier League defeat of the season as a Carlos Tevez goal handed Manchester City a 1-0 victory at Eastlands on Saturday.
Chelsea had been in scintillating form going into the match, winning five games out of five, scoring 21 goals and conceding only one to leave the London club four points clear at the top of the table.
But in the first major test of their season the champions were unable to find their way through a well-organised Manchester City side, who remain fourth in the table, four points off the top.
City boss Roberto Mancini afterwards repeated his pre-match claim that Chelsea remained favourites for the title “Chelsea are still the best team in the Premier League and probably they will still win the title,” Mancini said.
In later ties, Arsenal missed the opportunity to close the gap on Chelsea to one point after they suffered a shock 3-2 defeat to West Bromwich Albion at the Emirates. The Baggies were well worth their victory, seeing a first-half Chris Brunt penalty saved by Manuel Almunia before opening up a 3-0 lead with goals from Peter Odemwingie, Gonzalo Jara and Jerome Thomas.
Arsenal fought back through two late goals from Samir Nasri but it was too little too late for them. At Anfield, Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard rescued his team to a 2-2 draw against Sunderland. Gerrard crashed in a 64th-minute header to give them a share of the points.
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