Frank Lampard came back to haunt Chelsea as 10-man Manchester City rallied to earn a share of the spoils after a dramatic encounter at the Etihad Stadium.
Andre Schurrle applied a clinical finish to Eden Hazard’s superb cross to give the Blues the lead on 71 minutes, shortly after Pablo Zabaleta had received a second booking for bringing down Diego Costa.
Costa then struck a post before Lampard, on as a second-half substitute, volleyed James Milner’s cross beyond Thibaut Courtois with five minutes left to give the Premier League champions an unlikely equaliser.
The goal ended Chelsea’s 100 per cent start to the league season, and Mourinho will rue a missed opportunity to go eight points clear of arguably their fiercest rivals.
Manuel Pellegrini took the surprise step of handing Eliaquim Mangala something of a baptism of fire. The Frenchman made his debut in place of Martin Demichelis as one of four changes from Wednesday’s defeat to Bayern Munich.
Diego Costa’s hamstrings held up enough to see him lead Chelsea’s line, bumping Didier Drogba back to the bench after a lacklustre show in their Champions League draw with Schalke.
The Spain striker’s first contribution to the contest was a full-blooded 50-50 with Vincent Kompany that saw him come off second best after Yaya Toure had forced the first save of the game out of Joe Hart.
Though Cesc Fabregas and Nemanja Matic’s influence in midfield increased, the visitors were unable to completely stem the flow of City attacks and were fortunate to see Fernandinho fail to properly connect with Aleksandar Kolarov’s cut-back and Sergio
Aguero half-volley an Edin Dzeko knockdown over the crossbar when he might have done better.
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