{"id":8439,"date":"2024-08-19T15:30:18","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T09:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elitenewsnepal.com\/?p=8439"},"modified":"2025-02-01T19:11:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T13:26:57","slug":"haaland-and-kovacic-goals-secure-manchester-citys-victory-over-chelsea-in-epl-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elitenewsnepal.com\/?p=8439","title":{"rendered":"Haaland and Kova\u010di\u0107 Goals Secure Manchester City&#8217;s Victory Over Chelsea in EPL Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>19 August 2024, Kathmandu. Manchester City began their Premier League season with a commanding 2-0 win against Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium. Erling Haaland opened the scoring in the 18th minute, and despite Chelsea&#8217;s efforts, they were unable to break down City&#8217;s solid defense. Croatian midfielder Mateo Kova\u010di\u0107 added the second goal in the 84th minute to secure the win for Pep Guardiola&#8217;s side.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">18\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ErlingHaaland?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ErlingHaaland<\/a><br \/>84\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mateokovacic8?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mateokovacic8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Highlights of our opening day win at Chelsea! \ud83d\udcfa <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sndo33Yo06\">pic.twitter.com\/sndo33Yo06<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Manchester City (@ManCity) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManCity\/status\/1825276598787956947?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea created numerous opportunities throughout the game and managed three shots on target but couldn&#8217;t find the back of the net. Manchester City, despite being without several key players, displayed their depth and quality. Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Ruben Dias, and Manuel Akanji all played the full 90 minutes, despite their late return to training following their participation in the knockout stages of Euro 2024.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8015\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8015\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8015\" src=\"https:\/\/elitenewsnepal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/450410638_399693749786221_5429672616427379651_n-1024x626.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elitenewsnepal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/450410638_399693749786221_5429672616427379651_n-1024x626.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/elitenewsnepal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/450410638_399693749786221_5429672616427379651_n-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elitenewsnepal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/450410638_399693749786221_5429672616427379651_n-768x470.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elitenewsnepal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/450410638_399693749786221_5429672616427379651_n.jpg 1063w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Advertisement<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Guardiola rested several of his Euro 2024 finalists, including Rodri, Kyle Walker, John Stones, and Phil Foden, allowing them extra recovery time. &#8220;I really didn\u2019t expect it,&#8221; Guardiola admitted after the match. &#8220;I know what these guys can do, but the first day and lack of training&#8230; We had two or three days to prepare, but we solved this lack of many things with our commitment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;An honour to be in charge of these guys&quot; \ud83e\ude75 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZauTP4ffT6\">pic.twitter.com\/ZauTP4ffT6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Manchester City (@ManCity) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManCity\/status\/1825235690252120210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Next up, Manchester City will face Ipswich Town, while Chelsea will look to bounce back against Wolverhampton Wanderers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>19 August 2024, Kathmandu. Manchester City began their Premier League season with a commanding 2-0 win against Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium. Erling Haaland opened the scoring in the 18th minute, and despite Chelsea&#8217;s efforts, they were unable to break down City&#8217;s solid defense. Croatian midfielder Mateo Kova\u010di\u0107 added the second goal in the 84th [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":8440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,1056,7,9,8,60,32,50],"tags":[152,151,109,107,108,78,114,153],"class_list":["post-8439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news-1","category-english","category-7","category-9","category-8","category-60","category-32","category-50","tag-english-premier-league","tag-epl","tag-european-football","tag-fifa","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-sportsperson","tag-winner"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/elitenewsnepal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mancity.jpg",500,333,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/elitenewsnepal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mancity.jpg",500,333,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/elitenewsnepal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mancity.jpg",500,333,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/elitenewsnepal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mancity-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/elitenewsnepal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mancity-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"large":["https:\/\/elitenewsnepal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mancity.jpg",500,333,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/elitenewsnepal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mancity.jpg",500,333,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/elitenewsnepal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mancity.jpg",500,333,false],"viral-mag-1300x540":["https:\/\/elitenewsnepal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mancity.jpg",500,333,false],"viral-mag-800x500":["https:\/\/elitenewsnepal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mancity.jpg",500,333,false],"viral-mag-700x700":["https:\/\/elitenewsnepal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mancity.jpg",500,333,false],"viral-mag-650x500":["https:\/\/elitenewsnepal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mancity.jpg",500,333,false],"viral-mag-500x500":["https:\/\/elitenewsnepal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mancity.jpg",500,333,false],"viral-mag-500x600":["https:\/\/elitenewsnepal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mancity.jpg",500,333,false],"viral-mag-360x240":["https:\/\/elitenewsnepal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mancity-360x240.jpg",360,240,true],"viral-mag-150x150":["https:\/\/elitenewsnepal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mancity-150x150.jpg",150,150,true]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Arun Timalsina","author_link":"https:\/\/elitenewsnepal.com\/?author=14"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/elitenewsnepal.com\/?cat=37\" rel=\"category\">Breaking News 1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/elitenewsnepal.com\/?cat=1056\" rel=\"category\">English<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/elitenewsnepal.com\/?cat=7\" rel=\"category\">\u0905\u0928\u094d\u0924\u0930\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0937\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930\u093f\u092f<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/elitenewsnepal.com\/?cat=9\" rel=\"category\">\u0906\u091c\u0915\u094b \u0924\u0938\u094d\u0935\u0940\u0930<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/elitenewsnepal.com\/?cat=8\" rel=\"category\">\u0916\u0947\u0932\u0915\u0941\u0926<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/elitenewsnepal.com\/?cat=60\" rel=\"category\">\u092a\u094d\u0930\u092e\u0941\u0916 \u0938\u092e\u093e\u091a\u093e\u0930<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/elitenewsnepal.com\/?cat=32\" rel=\"category\">\u092b\u093f\u091a\u0930<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/elitenewsnepal.com\/?cat=50\" rel=\"category\">\u092b\u094b\u091f\u094b\u0917\u094d\u0930\u093e\u092b\u0940<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"19 August 2024, Kathmandu. 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