WITH MUCH BEMUSEMENT (AND TALK) AROUND THE FACT THAT RAHEEM STIRLING WAS LEFT OUT OF CHELSEA’S SQUAD WHILST PLAYING AGAINST MANCHESTER CITY THIS AFTERNOON (INCLUDING FROM HIS OWN CAMP WHO SAY THEY WOULD LIKE “FURTHER CLARITY” ABOUT HIS FUTURE IN THE CLUB) IT DIDN’T DAMPEN THE FACT THAT IN THE SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON, CHELSEA WERE PLAYING MANCHESTER CITY IN THE NEW SEASON OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE! CHELSEA HAD 10 SHOTS, WITH 3 SHOTS ON TARGET, AND MAN CITY 11 SHOTS, WITH 5 SHOTS ON TARGET, INCLUDING 2 STUNNING GOALS, FROM ERLING HAALAND AT 18 MINS., AND MATEO KOVACIC AT 84 MINS., MEANING THAT THIS SUPERB GAME CULMINATED IN A 2 – 0 WIN TO MANCHESTER CITY AND A FANTASTIC START TO THE PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON!