Chelsea 0 Manchester City 1 result: 2017-18 Premier League LIVE as it happened at Stamford Bridge

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Vaishali Bhardwaj30 September 2017

Manchester City demonstrated their Premier League title credentials with a dominant 1-0 victory at champions Chelsea.

Kevin De Bruyne scored the only goal as Pep Guardiola's men suffocated Chelsea with their intensity to move six points clear of the holders after seven games.

Chelsea lost striker Alvaro Morata to an apparent hamstring problem in the first half and were second best to a City side denied when Thibaut Courtois saved from David Silva and then Fernandinho.

De Bruyne's left-footed strike from the edge of the area proved decisive against his former club, to give City a sixth win from seven games and inflict Chelsea's second loss of the season.

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Eden Hazard impressed for Antonio Conte's Blues in the midweek Champions League win at Atletico Madrid, and makes his first Premier League start of the season at Stamford Bridge.

Tiemoue Bakayoko sits in midfield with N'Golo Kante and Cesc Fabregas, while Andreas Christensen starts in defence in place of the suspended David Luiz.

Pep Guardiola is without Aguero after the striker broke a rib in a car accident in the Netherlands on Thursday evening, while Benjamin Mendy is a long-term absentee after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament.

Those absences see Guardiola start Fabian Delph at left-back, while Gabriel Jesus leads the City attack.

Starting line-ups

Chelsea XI: Courtois, Rudiger, Christensen, Cahill, Azpilicueta, Kante, Bakayoko, Fabregas, Alonso, Hazard, Morata

Subs: Caballero, Pedro, Moses, Kenedy, Zappacosta, Willian, Batshuayi

Man City XI: Ederson, Walker, Stones, Otamendi, Delph, De Bruyne, Fernandinho, Silva, Sane, Gabriel Jesus, Sterling

Subs: Bravo, Danilo, Gundogan, Mangala, Bernardo Silva, Alexander, Zinchenko, Toure

Referee: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire)

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Conte on not having Luiz available for the City game:

"For sure he is a big loss but I think Andreas is playing well and is showing he is a really good player with great maturity and experience to play with us."

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Conte is first asked about Aguero and whether he has changed his preparations:

"No, but first of all I'm sorry about this situation. When you have this type of accident, it's not good but I hope he stays well."

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Here is the Chelsea manager!

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Conte is, unsurprisingly, running a bit late but hopefully he won't be too much longer...

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More on that story on Aguero being involved in a car accident here.

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Conte will be speaking to the press from 1.15pm today - and he is certainly set to be asked about City and the fact they come into tomorrow's game without Mendy and now, potentially, Aguero too.

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