{"id":59115,"date":"2021-05-09T19:30:16","date_gmt":"2021-05-09T18:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefootballfanbase.com\/?p=59115"},"modified":"2021-05-09T13:18:28","modified_gmt":"2021-05-09T12:18:28","slug":"are-chelsea-now-the-favourites-to-win-the-champions-league-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefootballfanbase.com\/are-chelsea-now-the-favourites-to-win-the-champions-league-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Chelsea now the favourites to win the Champions League final?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chelsea and Manchester City will play in the Champions League final later this month but before that, these two sides were involved in a sort of rehearsal this weekend in the Premier League<\/a>.<\/p>\n

City welcomed Chelsea to the Etihad on Saturday and a win in this match would have put the Premier League title officially in Pep Guardiola’s hands. But the home side ended up losing to match 2-1, thanks to a last-gasp goal from Marcos Alonso.<\/p>\n

This is the second time Manchester City have lost to Chelsea(the previous one being in the FA Cup last month) and according to Chelsea legend Alan Hudson, Saturday’s loss in particular, will cause a big blow to Guardiola’s thought process.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was a huge psychological blow to Pep and his players, who compared to Chelsea looked like their season is ending, whereas Chelsea have just begun,\u201d<\/em> Hudson told CaughtOffside<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said they\u2019d be unbeaten in the three remaining matches with City and apart from a calamitous two minutes before half time, they won with ease.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe penalty miss from Sergio Aguero was as important as Edouard Mendy\u2019s fantastic save from Karim Benzema. That one moment that changes the course of a match.<\/em><\/p>\n

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