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#2 High pressing in advanced areas of the pitch
Chelsea nearly mastered a key ingredient of the 'Sarri-ball' - high, intense pressing.
They shall continue to repeat that despite having played against a team like Manchester City, with almost the same starting eleven, the Blues never looked down. Pedro and Higuain worked their socks off, pressed from the very first minute and recovered many passes.
Another thing to be noted is the change in Sarri's game plan against this opponent. Many of you would have thought he's gone to his traditional Chelsea XI, with the same style and tactics.
But in the last PL game against the Lilywhites, the West Londoners pressed in the middle third of the pitch, which didn't quite work out as the likes of Eriksen and Alli had loads to time to pick a pass or make a run.
This time around, it was pressing with more purpose, as Chelsea regained possession of the ball at least eight times in the first 45 minutes, which not only disrupted the configuration of the opposition back line and system, but also probably led to the second goal.
