Guardiola’s paid coaching, Zakaria’s big match and the injuries of the Blues, find the Tops and Flops of this match between Chelsea and Manchester City (0-1).
Tops
The winning coaching of Pep Guardiola
Shaken in the first half, Manchester City found the solution in the second half thanks to a tactical choice from Pep Guardiola who first released Joao Cancelo and Kyle Walker for Manuel Akanji and Rico Lewis. This first tactical choice gave City some color but it was Guardiola’s second change that made the difference: bringing in Jack Grealish and Riyad Mahrez in place of Bernardo Silva and Phil Foden in the 60th minute of play. minutes after their entry, the former Aston Villa offers his ball to the former Leicester. A real tactical move from the Catalan coach who is not used to making changes so early in the match.
Denis Zakaria the only blue who wins points
The midfielder on loan from Juventus to Chelsea was the author of a very good game. Available and just in his gestures, Zakaria managed to shine against Rodri and Gündoğan. Very little used in 2022, Switzerland succeeded in all of his dribbles and missed almost no passes. While the board was planning to shorten the duration of his loan, he should finally stay until the end of the season could even win in the first team.
Flops
Chelsea is crumbling with injuries
It becomes complicated to analyze Graham Potter’s tactical choices as the former Brighton coach is limited in his choices. With the injuries of Raheem Sterling and Christian Pulisic, the number of players registered in the Blues infirmary now stands at…10! Among them we can mention important players like Mason Mount, N’golo Kanté, Reece James or Wesley Fofana.
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Phil Foden in the fake
This is the small disappointment on the City side, Phil Foden did not convince tonight. Rarely a starter this season, the young Englishman never shot on goal and was unable to get rid of Koulibaly and Thiago Silva. With the good form of Riyad Mahrez and Jack Grealish, the number 47 is likely to return to the bench in the next games.