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City v Chelsea: Tactics analysed
- Updated: December 2, 2016
Each week Danny Higginbotham analyses the key tactical battles in the big Premier League clashes live on Sky Sports. Here, he takes a look at why the wings will be key when table-toppers Chelsea travel to Manchester City on Saturday lunchtime.
Chelsea have won their last seven and only conceded one goal. But attacking-wise, they’ve been very good, too.
Everyone talks about the front three of Diego Costa, Eden Hazard and Pedro, but for me the wing backs have been absolutely crucial for the way Chelsea play.
The front three will play quite narrow a lot of the time. The problem the opposition full-backs then have is – because Chelsea’s forwards are creating a 3 v 2 against the centre-backs – they have to go narrow to give support.
That’s when Chelsea’s two wing-backs come in. Victor Moses and Marcos Alonso are having so much time on the ball to dictate play and do what they want to do.
On the defensive side, if the wing-backs are caught out, central …
