Chelsea 0 - Manchester City 3: Brilliant Sergio Aguero dispatches Hiddink's dire Blues

 

MANCHESTER CITY thumped a demoralized Chelsea side at Stamford Bridge to record only their second win at Stamford Bridge in 18 attempts.

Aguero scored twice as City punished a shoddy Chelsea performance

The first chance of the game came Chelsea's way inside the first five minutes when Diego Costa found himself through on goal but facing the wrong direction and with Joe Hart at his back.

The Spanish striker laid it off for Pedro whose shot beat the keeper but not Nicolas Otamendi on the line.

Costa had the ball in the net four minutes later when Baba Rahman robbed Pablo Zabaleta, but the Spaniard was marginally offside.

Having allowed City to make the early running, Chelsea got themselves into the game with a spell of controlled possession and Ruben Loftus-Cheek forced a sharp save from Hart.

But it was predictably a City counter-attack which produced the first goal as Kevin De Bruyne broke with electric pace, running past Rahman before squaring to Sergio Aguero whose shot took a deflection off Gary Cahill to put it into the bottom corner.

It was no less than City deserved and after the half-time interval when one might have been expected, there was no reaction from the home side.

The crowd went to rouse their side but hands were on hips and soon City’s Argentinian maestro took full advantage.

Chelsea lost the ball in the opposition penalty area and seconds later Samir Nasri had slipped Aguero in behind and he clipped the ball over the diving Thibaut Courtois.

Hiddink threw on Kenedy and Bertrand Traore in an effort to add some spice to the side.

But it heralded little and things went from bad to worse when Courtois was sent off for tripping Fernandinho.

Aguero converted the subsequent penalty to complete a dreadful day at Stamford Bridge in a season the end of which cannot come soon enough for Chelsea fans.