Man City 1-1 Chelsea: Player ratings as Rodri strikes late to snatch crucial point
Manchester City had Rodri to thank as the midfielder's late goal secured them a 1-1 draw with Chelsea on Saturday.
The Blues were excellent and led through former City man Raheem Sterling's smart first-half strike, but Rodri struck late in the game to mask over an uncharacteristically poor performance from Pep Guardiola's side.
Erling Haaland missed two great headed chances and sent another effort wide of goal, summing up City's struggles.
Julian Alvarez struck wide inside the first two minutes as City made a hot start, before Haaland sent a header flying well wide of goal when he should have been celebrating a simple tap-in.
Chelsea did offer some real threat on the counter. Conor Gallagher's dangerous cut-back was well cleared, as was a smart through-ball to Cole Palmer, while Sterling found an inch of space but could only muster up a tame effort.
Nicolas Jackson should have scored 20 minutes in when a counter left him one-on-one with Ederson, but the City goalkeeper made himself big and suffocated the shot. Ten minutes later, Sterling was guilty of a similar miss, although a late offside flag spared his blushes.
Sterling would make no such mistake on the stroke of half-time, however. Another counter sent the former City star through on goal and, after cutting inside his defender, he made sure his effort rolled into the back of the net.
The second half began with another great chance for Haaland. A delightful passage of play saw Phil Foden whip a cross in the back post, but the Norway hitman couldn't sort his feet out to control his strike.
Ederson had to keep out another close-range effort from Sterling and got enough on the follow-up from Ben Chilwell to give Ruben Dias enough time to clear the ball away, with City's
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