In football winning is everything, especially in the premier league where rival clubs like Arsenal are on top of the table and your team is dropping points, that would surely make most people unhappy and indeed Manchester fans feel that way after their draw against Chelsea on Sunday night, Softfootball reports.
The Cityzens drew 1-1 with Chelsea in the Match-Day 20 of the premier league which meant they slipped in the title race and Arsenal are now six points ahead of the Pep Guardiola tutored side.
In a game, Manchester City dominated, they couldn’t find more than one goal past the Blues. Tijjani Reijnders gave the Cityzens the lead just before half-time. Erling Haaland hit the crossbar, Phil Foden had a shot narrowly miss target and late in the second half Enzo Fernandez equalised for Chelsea in a dramatic end to the match.
Here is the highlight of the match as shared by Manchester City’s official X handle. Watch video below.
The action from our draw with Chelsea 📺 pic.twitter.com/jhSzAdG7m8
— Manchester City (@ManCity) January 4, 2026Guardiola, who recently dismissed speculations over his future must win a way to get Manchester City winning and avoid dropping points if they want to beat Arsenal to the premier league title this season.
Reacting to the result of the match, Manchester City fan with the username, @Hamad61225925 poured out his anger on both the coach and players.
These mediocre players squander chances, and we’ve learned the consequences of wasting opportunities. A bad coach takes off a player who scored a goal and leaves the others arguing on the field, completely unconcerned about the result. We deserved a draw, and perhaps a defeat was within reach. Hard luck on doubling the league title.
@EliankisAmG1 tried to pin the late goal Manchester City conceded on a player.
Lately whenever I see Ake come in it’s just a sign we about to concede a goal. How badly I wanted the injury time to get done with only for the worst to happen.
@tuse11 blamed the draw on players not put in their right positions by the manager and advised the club to get the players that suit certain roles.
Forcing Nunes and O’Reilly to be right and left backs was a bad decision. City should signed two specialist left backs and and one right back last summer.
@ChukyUnfazed believes Manchester City are not fantastic this season.
The real issue is that the likes of Palmer, Pedro, and Neto were utterly horrendous that is why it looked like City were much better than them. Had Delap and Santos started, it would have been a totally different game because City didn’t play anything.
@MotlhankaW76244 added.
Take a point under the circumstances, BUT it must be said: Phil Foden (not singling him out)has a manner, a way of subtly dropping his personal standards. Even when he does that – he plays the whole game. I feel in this and the Sunderland game – he should have given more.
@legend_mikalo claimed Manchester City were wasteful against Chelsea
City wasted important chances, got comfortable after scoring 1 goal. Pep destroyed the defense by introducing Ake. City could have won this easily. But we can feel the Rodri effect on the pitch today.
Manchester City are currently second on the premier league table with 42 points, six points behind league leaders Arsenal and will be back in action on Wednesday against Brighton at the Etihad.
