AGENCIES: Premier League champions Manchester City defeated Chelsea coming from behind in an entertaining game.
The visitor, who had won its previous seven away games, led when N’Golo Kante slipped the ball past Ederson from Marco Kovacic’s aerial pass.
At that stage City was facing back-to-back Premier League defeats which would have left them 12 points behind leader Liverpool and given it an uphill task to retain their title.
But the host rallied and equalized when Kevin de Bruyne’s shot hit Kurt Zouma and wrongfooted goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga.
Riyad Mahrez put the reigning champion – who moves above Chelsea into third place – ahead with a fine finish after cutting in from the right wing.
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