Manchester City 2-1 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 21 March 2012

Result

Manchester City 2-1 Chelsea

Premier League · Wednesday 21 March 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Manchester City 2-1 Chelsea: match report

Manchester City won against Chelsea 2-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 21 March 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.

Gary Cahill opened the scoring in the 60th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Sergio Agüero (78', penalty) and Samir Nasri (86'). Chelsea scored through Gary Cahill (60').

Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 2nd on 66 points from 28 and Chelsea 5th on 49 points from 28. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 89 points, and Chelsea 6th with 64.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester City wins, 0 draws and 7 for Chelsea.

Going into the match Manchester City's last five read L-W-W-W-W and Chelsea's W-L-W-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 44'Yellow card · Juan MataChelsea
  • 59'Yellow card · Frank LampardChelsea
  • 60'Goal · Gary CahillChelsea · 0-1
  • 78'Penalty goal · Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 1-1
  • 86'Goal · Samir NasriManchester City · 2-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Samir NasriManchester City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 3, draws 0, Chelsea 7.

Team news

Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Joe Hart, Micah Richards, Pablo Zabaleta, Gaël Clichy, Kolo Touré, Samir Nasri, David Silva, Nigel de Jong, Yaya Touré, Mario Balotelli, Sergio Agüero

Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)

Petr Čech, David Luiz, Branislav Ivanović, John Terry, Juan Mata, Raúl Meireles, Ramires, Oriol Romeu, Didier Drogba, Daniel Sturridge