Chelsea, Man City serve up game for the ages as Anfield gives Liverpool title tussle hope - Premier League hits and misses

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Sunday 12 November 2023 21:00, UK

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Reece James wrote in his matchday programme notes that Chelsea's 4-1 win over Tottenham on Monday was the craziest game he had ever been involved in. Five days later, he has a new one.

Chelsea had not even scored a goal in their last six meetings with Manchester City. This time they scored four, to follow the four they rattled past Spurs at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

They end up with one point rather than three on this occasion and yet, somehow, this performance feels like a bigger statement. «You face a team like City, but it was Chelsea who wanted to win, to be protagonist,» said a buoyant Pochettino afterwards.

He was proud of his side's display and rightly so. Chelsea fought back from behind three times. They had to regroup after a highly contentious penalty for City's opener and then do it all over again. And again. «The players never give up,» added Pochettino.

The goals conceded shortly before and immediately after half-time showed their naivety. For all the money spent, this remains a young team with plenty to learn about game management.

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But Pochettino preferred to focus on the way in which they ripped into City at the other end of the pitch and why shouldn't he? At times, City looked rattled. This was the first time Pep Guardiola's side have conceded four or more goals in over