There was confusion when an oblique free-kick was taken exterior the field throughout Chelsea’s conflict with Man City on Sunday.
Residents goalkeeper Zack Steffen, who was making his Premier League debut with Ederson self-isolating at residence, oddly picked up a back-pass from Rodri inside his personal field within the fifth minute.
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Guidelines state {that a} picked up back-pass is punished with an oblique free-kick from the place the place the dealing with occurred.
Nevertheless, referee Anthony Taylor appeared to overlook that rule, together with Chelsea’s gamers it appears, because the ensuing set-piece was taken OUTSIDE the field.
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Mason Mount laid the ball off to Hakim Ziyech, whose shot was blocked by onrushing City gamers.
That was Chelsea’s finest likelihood of the first-half as City ran riot at Stamford Bridge.
Pep Guardiola’s males rushed right into a three-goal lead due to objectives from Ilkay Gundogan, Phil Foden and Kevin De Bruyne inside 34 minutes.
City’s efficiency was much more spectacular contemplating they had been with out 5 first-team gamers resulting from optimistic coronavirus assessments.
Kyle Walker, Gabriel Jesus and Eric Garcia had been the recognized absentees, whereas the opposite two gamers stay unknown.
