Manuel Pellegrini’s men welcomed Chelsea to the Etihad Stadium on 16 August 2015 with a spring in our step.
The Blues had cruised to a 3-0 victory over West Bromwich Albion on the opening day of the new season the week before, and were keen to match that performance against Jose Mourinho’s reigning Premier League champions.
And with a record crowd of over 54,000 cheering the hosts on in the first match since the new South Stand was opened, City turned on the style.
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We were ahead just after the half hour mark when Sergio Aguero, the Premier League’s Golden Boot winner from 2014/15, jinked away from the visiting defence before slotting home his first of the season.
Vincent Kompany doubled the advantage with ten to play, but there was still time for a third at the Etihad as we claimed an emphatic win in our maiden home match of the campaign.
It came from Fernandinho, whose spectacular long range effort rounded off the scoring in dream fashion.
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