Torres late show stuns City

Fernando Torres

Fernando Torres’ late winning goal moved Chelsea up to second with a 2-1 victory over Manchester City at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

The former Liverpool striker went from villain-to-hero in 90 minutes after squandering two golden opportunities in the first-half, before going on to inspire Chelsea to victory.

Having fluffed his lines in-front of goal minutes before, Torres made up for his mistakes with a terrific solo-run to create an opening for Andre Schurrle to prod home his first goal in English football.

However, three minutes after the restart, the in-form Sergio Aguero levelled for City as he timed his to run to absolute perfection, before lashing a shot past Petr Cech at his near-post.

Javi Garcia and David Silva missed good chances to put City in front yet one final push from Mourinho’s side in the last minute won it for Chelsea.

Joe Hart was caught in no man’s land and in no position to claim Matija Nastasic’s nod back leaving the tireless Torres free to slot home into an empty net for the win that sent Chelsea up to second, a jubilant Jose Mourinho into the stands and leaves City down in seventh.