It is not been a great game at the Etihad Stadium, as neither side has played particularly well. Birmingham City have observed a lot more of the ball, but their finishing has been extremely profligate despite some disastrous defending from Chelsea. In reality, both teams have given a view of why they are up to now off the pace in the league this year, while City's all-round play was outstanding. Matija Nastasic nearly put them in the cause early from a large part, but a fine end from Petr Cech kept the scores level. Sergio Aguero also had a fine opportunity to score after Ashley Cole gave the ball away with Chelsea's support all over the place, but the Argentinian took too long, and after failing continually to round Cech the chance was gone. Pablo Zabaleta had the opportunity to score late in the half as a bouncing ball landed beyond your region effectively for him, but he could only freeze his picture into Gary Cahill's mind. Chelsea experienced a few spells of possession outside the City spot, but seemed only with the capacity of winning possession through being fouled, and were reduced at one time to using Frank Lampard attempt to score from a free-kick 40 yards out. Something's surely got to cave in the 2nd half, but now it is hard to see what.
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