Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho.
Chelsea’s official website published a match report suggesting the game’s decisive moment was not Vincent Kompany’s header to make it 2-0 but Ramires’s “goal” being “incorrectly” ruled out for offside.
“A Ramires goal incorrectly ruled out for offside with Man City a goal ahead changed the complexion of this early-season Premier League fixture,” the first paragraph of the report read, adding that “an errant offside flag denied us a deserved leveller”.
The match report also aired some strong views about City’s defending against Diego Costa. “Kompany cynically scythed Diego Costa down to earn the game’s first booking,” it read, adding Fernandinho’s yellow card for an aerial challenge on Diego Costa was “brutish” and insinuating that Eliaquim Mangala “resorted to WWE-style tactics to stop the ever-dangerous Diego Costa getting free down the right” later in the game.
After the game Chelsea’s manager José Mourinho said: “If the 1-0 was a doubtful result at minute 70, 3-0 is completely fake. At 1-0 Chelsea were the best team for the whole second half. They make a change because they feel 1-0 is in danger and we concede a second goal. If 1-1 [it’s] a different story, their team is in trouble.”
‘We always dominate Chelsea’
Sergio Aguero, Kompany and Fernandinho scored on Sunday as Manchester City crushed Chelsea 3-0 to establish a five-point advantage over the champions in the fledgling Premier League table.
After going close several times, Aguero celebrated his return to the starting XI by wriggling through Chelsea’s defence to score a 31st-minute opener before Kompany and Fernandinho made the game safe late on.
The well-earned victory continued City’s impressive start to the season following their 3-0 win at West Bromwich Albion and gave manager Manuel Pellegrini a first win over his nemesis Jose Mourinho since the Portuguese returned to Chelsea in 2013.
“To win 3-0 in two games, one against the champions – we are just starting the season, but it’s important to play in the way we did today,” Pellegrini told Sky Sports.
“We always dominate Chelsea. Maybe we draw against them last year and before we lost, but always we dominate Chelsea. Today we made the complete work.”
– © Guardian News & Media 2015, AFP