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#4 Manchester City hog the ball, Chelsea aim to cancel early danger
Chelsea and Manchester City are arguably the best possession-based footballing sides in the world. No other outfit in European football perhaps keeps the ball as well as the two sides, but at Wembley, the equation was extremely different.
Much to the frustration of Chelsea fans, the Blues set up very defensively, committing as many bodies behind the ball, crowing either flanks and thereby forcing more passes down the middle and not into the box.
The Premier League champions established complete control over the ball, so much so that Kyle Walker and Aymeric Laporte played in the number 8 positions. They held over 70% of the ball and took the attack to the opposition.
Tactically, Chelsea mopped the sting out of City's attacking prowess, as the first shot of the game came in the 22nd minute when Aguero's volley blazed over the bar.
Chelsea had a couple of chances to break forward, but the lack of a focal point ruled out the 'out-ball', and the fact that they were defending very deep in their own half sucked out their usual outburst of innovation.
