-compact Modric-Casemiro-Valverde midfield stifled City's build-up thru the middle - City created 1 big chance
-in the 2nd half when Pep brought Jesus into the middle - City created 4 big chances
- as well as his goal vs Villa, Giroud proved to be a useful counter-attacking mechanism in the first half
-but Lampard selected a Barkley-Kanté-Mount midfield (all more adept at short to medium range passing). The trio made 6 long passes in the game compared to Gundogan-Rodri-KDB making 20
• Man City's high press at the start of the second half suffocated Chelsea for first 15-20 mins - it was much more coordinated & like the scissor press we talked about in the Arsenal game
•Lampard's compact mid-press stifled City initially
•Bernardo false 9 wasn't fruitful in terms of pressing and affecting KDB's role
•Jesus on & KDB back into normal 8 position improved City's press & build-up
•Abraham brought on by Lampard at exactly the right time