Chelsea and Manchester City played out a sensational 4-4 draw at Stamford Bridge, a clash that will be remembered for its exhilarating drama. The match featured a rain of goals, and several stunning individual performances. Former Manchester City player Cole Palmer stole a potential win for City, driving home an injury-time penalty for Chelsea, to mark the Blues third equalizer of the night. The penalty canceled out Rodri’s deflected shot in the 87th minute of the Premier League game. 
Chelsea hosted City in a thrilling 4-4 draw Erling Haaland scored twice in the thrilling encounter. Manuel Akanji’s header also ensured he was on the score sheet. However, Chelsea, showed resilience, responding with goals from Thiago Silva, Raheem Sterling, Nicolas Jackson, and Palmer’s late penalty. The game left both teams fans gasping for air, for its high intensity and attacking pressure. Recall Chelsea had come off a recent 4-1 win against Tottenham Las Monday, and fought hard for a point against City, which they successfully secured.
Darwin Nunez celebrates his goal with Elliot. Source: Getty The first came from Lukas Petkov, who stole in to slide the ball home after catching Joel Matip on his heels to dispossess. Then came a stunning double from 20-year-old Armindo Sieb. The first was a powerful effort, swept first-time into the top corner following a swift counter. The second saw him twist this way and that, confusing three Liverpool defenders, before hammering low past 36-year-old goalkeeper Adrian. Salah was on hand to equalise at the death from Nunez’s pick-out, earning Liverpool a draw. Liverpool’s pre-season will continue with a trip to Singapore where they will take on Leicester on Sunday, July 30, followed by a clash with Bayern Munich on August 2. 
Liverpool coach, Jurgen Klopp has seemingly settled for Europa League after a 1-1 draw with Aston Villa yesterday, May 20. Recall that in his final home game as a Liverpool player, Firmino came off the bench to give Liverpool the equalizer they desperately needed. The Reds’ hope to qualify for Champions League is hanging by a thread as Manchester United and Newcastle both have a game in hand and need just a point in midweek to secure their spot in the top four. 
Trending:Another Nigerian lady set to break Guinness World Record as she begins counting of rice grains (Video) If Liverpool gets unlucky this week, it would be the first time they’ll be playing in the Europa League in eight years. The Reds have played in the Champions League for the past five seasons, reaching the final on three occasions and lifting the trophy once. Speaking to BBC after the match last night, Klopp who settled for Europa said they’ll make it their competition. 
He said; “We will make it [the Europa League] our competition. I am not that spoilt. That we are already qualified for the Europa League is incredible with all these teams around us. That’s really difficult and we did it, that is good. “For so long we couldn’t even hear the sound of the Champions League, that’s how far away we were. The Europe League is absolutely fine. Let’s see what we can do.” 
Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola took a dig at a reporter after his team drew against Real Madrid in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League clash on Tuesday night. City controlled possession but couldn’t translate it into significant scoring opportunities. Their talisman, Erling Haaland wasted a few early chances but wasn’t much of a threat throughout the game at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. 
Vinícius Júnior put Madrid ahead with a shot into the top corner in the first half and De Bruyne equalized for the visitors with a powerful one-time shot in the second half. After the match, Guardiola was shocked to hear a reporter suggest that ‘everyone’ thought his side would ‘destroy’ Real Madrid. “Everyone thought we would see City destroy Real Madrid,” a reporter who works with beIN SPORTS told the Manchester City coach. 
Responding to this, Guardiola said; “Who’s everyone? Do you know who we are playing against? “Do you know how many Champions League titles they [Real Madrid] have? It’s not my fault you thought we would win 6-0.” The second leg will be played next week in Manchester. The first leg of the other semifinal between Italian rivals Inter Milan and AC Milan is on Wednesday, May 10. 
Arsenal found themselves 2-0 down in the first 15 minutes of the match, but they got a draw in the match following late goals from Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka earned a point for the home team. Shutting down claims of his players lacking confidence, Arteta stated that they should know they can’t give away goals again. He said; “The concern is turning around those moments, especially if the players in some moments are in doubt. In football you go through moments when you make errors and are not in a good moment, but you have to come away from that. 
“I don’t see a lack of confidence. When a team does that normally players start to hide. I didn’t see a single player do that. They were all willing to take risks and initiative. That’s why we got back from 3-1 to 3-3 and should have won the game. The confidence is there. It’s just those moments. At this level you cannot give the goals away that we did. Simple as that.” Arsenal are five points clear at the top of the Premier League, but their closest challengers Manchester City have two games in hands and the draw last night means the London club might have handed the title to Pep Guardiola’s team. 
