The National’s Sport cover for the Monday, September 22 issue, featuring Manchester City’s 10-man, 1-1 draw against Chelsea.
It would be Frank Lampard, of all people, to score City's late equaliser after Pablo Zabaleta was sent off with a second yellow and the hosts were reduced to 10 men.
But, as Jonathan Wilson writes, it wasn't a result to keep Jose Mourinho up at night. "It seems absurd to say it this early in the season, but, if they had won, it would have felt as though the title race was already over.
“There may be short-term disappointment, but Chelsea left the Etihad in a better position than they arrived.”
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