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#1 Christian Pulisic's unique skills
He had to take the chance, and boy, did he grab it with both hands. In what went down as a rare start for Christian Pulisic, the USA skipper wrote his own script by smashing a wonderful hat-trick.
There were many elements to Pulisic's game, and that was what made the difference. His unique methodology, coupled with his skill in unlocking defenses, had no counter.
Callum Hudson-Odoi is the more explosive, wider oriented player who loves to have the ball. But Pulisic challenged the Clarets a bit differently, in terms of his space-time intelligence.
Whenever seen through heat map and still technologies, the youngster was in and around a free space - behind Jeff Hendrick and Ashley Westwood, and just ahead of the full back-center back duo. Amid a quartet of four players, the American was more often than not seen right in the middle of the space.
To produce that kind of brilliance at such a tender age is a sign of his tremendous potential.
Even apart from that, Pulisic was very sharp and incisive with his passing, touch and travel with the ball. He made use of the space, instigated counters and pounced on errors when they came up.
The rest was all ability and execution. In the build-up to his first in Chelsea colours, many would've thought he should have teed off Tammy Abraham. But instead, he looked one way and went the other. Three defenders tried to snatch it off him, but the 21-year-old gorgeously drove it past Nick Pope.
The second one was a tad lucky, but as they say fortune favors the brave. This time, it was his burst in pace, acceleration and direction that led to the goal. The header was a product of a teasing delivery from wonder-kid Mason Mount, but also a sign of what confidence does to you.
In this system, it's essential for wingers to crowd forward inside the box. That is where the goals are going to come from, as Pulisic showed on the night.
