Chelsea, Manchester City share spoils in an eight-goal thriller: Stats
Chelsea held Manchester City to a 4-4 draw on matchday 12 of the 2023-24 Premier League at Stamford Bridge. Erling Haaland scored a brace while Manuel Akanji and Rodri also found the net for the visitors. Thiago Silva, Raheem Sterling, Nicolas Jackson and Cole Palmer netted for Chelsea. Palmer converted a penalty against his former team to earn Chelsea a crucial draw.
Erling Haaland broke these records
Haaland slammed home a brace against Chelsea and as per Opta, he has now scored two or more goals in 36 games since his Borussia Dortmund debut in 2020, more than any other player in Europe's big five leagues. Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski is just behind him, having scored two or more goals in 30 matches in that period.
Thiago Silva scripts this unique PL record
Silva scored a brilliant header for Chelsea and became the fourth different player to score a Premier League goal while aged 39 or older. As per Opta, he joins an elite list of players - Teddy Sheringham, Dean Windass and Ryan Giggs.
A look at the records from this game
City are unbeaten in their last four away PL games against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. They had won only thrice in their previous 22 PL visits to the stadium (L14, D5). City's six-game-winning run against Chelsea in all competitions comes to an end. This is the first top-flight game between Chelsea and City to see both teams score 3-plus goals since November 1960.
Haaland continues his purple patch
As per Squawka, Haaland has now scored against 19 out of the 21 Premier League teams that he has faced. He has not scored against Liverpool and Brentford. Haaland has now been directly involved in more Premier League goals than any other player in 2023-24. He has 13 goals and two assists in 12 games. Overall, he owns 49 PL goals in 47 appearances.
4 goals against Manchester City!
As per Squawka, only four different teams have scored four goals against Pep Guardiola's Manchester City in the PL. It was the fifth instance where they conceded four (PL). Before this game, they conceded four against Leicester City (2016, 2020), Everton (2017), and Liverpool (2018) This is the first PL game to see four equalizing goals since Liverpool 4-4 Arsenal in April 2009.
Here's the match summary
Haaland handed City the lead from the spot in the 25th minute before Silva headed home the equalizer for Chelsea. Sterling took the lead for Chelsea before Akanji came up with the equalizer late in the first half. In the second half, Haaland completed the brace but Jackson's goal brought it to level terms. Rodri took the lead but Palmer equalized from the spot.
Manchester City remain at the Premier League summit
With this draw, Manchester City head into the international break with a one-point lead at the summit of the PL standings. This was their first draw of the season along with nine wins and two losses. They are just a point ahead of Liverpool and Arsenal after 12 league games. Meanwhile, Chelsea are 10th on the points table, registering their fourth draw.
