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#4 Manchester City happy to oblige their opponents who were only interested in damage-limitation
When these teams met for the first time this season at Stamford Bridge, the final scoreline was 0-1 in favour of the Cityzens. But that match was a top encounter where Conte and Pep did their best to try to outsmart each other.
Today, it was anything but. Kevin De Bruyne had a rather quiet game in so far as he couldn't play his archetypal incisive through balls because after all, how do you find gaps in a defence that consists of 10 players? (Read: Blue Bus).
David Silva and Leroy Sane were the ones responsible for whatever meagre amount of entertainment that came our way and it was the former who set up Bernardo Silva for the only goal of the game, just 36 seconds into the second half.
Once City got the goal, Chelsea's purpose of keeping the clean sheet stood defeated and they were expected to give it their best shot. However, Chelsea let City keep the ball and walk around the park like it was none of their business.
In fact, the goal was also borne out a defensive scramble after Christensen messed up inside the area and offered the ball to Aguero who found Silva on the edge of the area.
Did Chelsea have to offer as much respect to Manchester City?
