Manchester City vs Chelsea: 2 - 0
Manchester City 2-0 Chelsea
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Manchester (B2B) - Manchester City menemukan kembali keperkasaannya dengan mengalahkan Chelsea 2-0 pada laga Sabtu malam sehingga melaju ke babak perempat final Piala FA. Pelatih City, Manuel Pellegrini, memenangkan pertarungan taktik melawan Jose Mourinho pada pertandingan di Etihad tersebut.
Gol pertama City dicetak pada menit ke-16 oleh Stevan Jovetic. Pada babak kedua giliran Samir Nasri melesakan bola ke gawang Petr Cech pada menit ke-67.
"Kami ingin membalas dendam hari ini, " kata Kapten City Vincent Kompany kepada ITV Sport yang dilansir Yahoo Sport.
"Kami tidak memberikan mereka apa-apa (kepada Chelsea). Ini adalah kemenangan yang baik," kata Kompany.
Kemenangan ini seolah merupakan "balasan" setelah 12 belas hari yang lalu City dipermalukan di kandangnya, di tempat yang sama, oleh Chelsea dengan skor 0-1 pada pertandingan Liga Inggris.
Manchester - Manchester City rediscovered their swagger to beat Chelsea 2-0 and move into the FA Cup quarter-finals on Saturday with Manuel Pellegrini winning the battle of tactical wits against Jose Mourinho.
Stevan Jovetic and Samir Nasri scored either side of halftime for City as Pellegrini finally fell upon a winning formula to get one over his managerial rival having lost both Premier League fixtures this season.
"We wanted revenge today," City captain Vincent Kompany told ITV sport.
"From the word go we were hard in the challenges and we did not give them anything. It is a good victory from us."
Chelsea´s success at the Etihad Stadium 12 days previously was hailed as a piece of inspired tactical maneuvering from their Portuguese coach and laid down the gauntlet to Pellegrini to come up with a response.
