Man City 0 - 1 Chelsea - 切爾西足球俱樂部 Chelsea Football Club

Man City 0 - 1 Chelsea

42' Havertz, ast by Mount

1 Shots on Targett 2
6 Shots off Target 6
3 Corners 1
14 Fouls 13
1 Offsides 3
1 Saves 1
2 Yellow Cards 1
60% Possession 40%










Cards
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Ilkay Gundogan 34' 57' Antonio Rudiger
Gabriel Jesus 88'





球場: Estadio do Dragao, Porto
觀眾: 14,110
開賽: 20:00 Sat, 29 May 2021
主裁: Antonio Mateu Lahoz




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https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2021/05/30/
the-debrief--dominance-on-the-flanks-and-unbeatable-defence-prov

The Debrief: Dominance on the flanks and unbeatable defence provide
foundations for Champions League glory

30 May 2021


Chelsea lifted the Champions League trophy for the second time in our
history thanks to a performance full of fighting spirit and determination,
as shown by the key statistics from the match.


https://i.imgur.com/htLDOf4.png


Chelsea are champions of Europe following last night's 1-0 win over
Manchester City in Porto, with Thomas Tuchel once again coming out on top
of a tactical battle against Pep Guardiola.


The Spaniard suffered his first final defeat with City and he must be sick
of the sight of Chelsea and Tuchel. He has now lost eight matches to the
Blues, more than against any other club in his career, and been beaten in
three consecutive games by Tuchel. No manager has had a better run against
Guardiola since he was in charge of Barcelona's 'B' team.


== Wing-backs key again ==


Since coming to Chelsea in January, Tuchel has now faced Guardiola's City
team three times in three competitions and won them all. Just like the
previous two victories, this one owed much to the Blues' wing-backs, on
this occasion Reece James and Ben Chilwell.


With the forward players keeping the two Man City full-backs occupied,
James and Chilwell were able to focus on their one-on-one individual
battles against wingers Raheem Sterling and Riyad Mahrez. The degree to
which they nullified their attacking threat is remarkable. Usually two of
the most dangerous players around when running with the ball, in Porto
neither of them managed to successfully dribble past an opponent even
once.


https://i.imgur.com/0UjkSp3.png


It is no surprise then that James attempted more tackles than any other
player on the pitch (nine), with Chilwell the next highest for Chelsea
(five). James' seven successful tackles were twice as many as anyone else
in Porto, with N'Golo Kante, Kai Havertz and City's Olexandr Zinchenko the
next highest with three each.


It was also clear our two wing-backs knew where to take the risk of diving
in to try and win the ball quickly and where to play safe and patient by
staying on their feet. James and Chilwell committed the joint highest
number of fouls, three each, along with Jorginho and City's Ilkay
Gundogan, but Chelsea didn't concede a single free-kick in our defensive
third of the pitch all night.


That is the kind of statistic you expect from a team of experienced
campaigners, which speaks volumes for the maturity of a relatively young
side winning our first trophy under our current manager and competing in
our first Champions League final as a club for nine years.


== Targeting the right area ==


It was notable even before kick-off that Guardiola had opted for an
attacking line-up. Much has been made of his decision to go without a
defensive midfield player, but it was the inclusion of converted winger
Zinchenko at left-back that Chelsea arguably exploited with the most
success.


A massive 53 per cent of all our attacks came down our right flank,
compared to 24 per cent on the left and 23 per cent through the middle.


The responsibility for those attacks down the right fell primarily to
James and Havertz, explaining why those two attempted four dribbles each,
more than any other Chelsea players, as they tried to get at Zinchenko to
exploit his defensive weakness and pin him back in his own half.


https://i.imgur.com/3DlO7CI.png


The way Havertz and Timo Werner frequently switched positions, especially
during the first half, was also crucial, as they produced a tag team to
keep Zinchenko and the other City defenders guessing and run them into the
ground. The duo alternated between Werner's pace and runs in behind, and
Havertz's impeccable control and desire to come inside with the ball, as
well as creating space for each other.


https://i.imgur.com/rYIjiKS.jpg


That was particularly evident for the decisive goal, as Werner drifted all
the way across the pitch, taking the centre-backs with him, allowing
Havertz to charge past the already tired-looking Zinchenko and into the
gaping space created through the middle to meet Mason Mount's perfectly
weighted pass.


https://i.imgur.com/wshnPTd.jpg


That goal was also notable as Mount became the first Englishman to
register an assist in a Champions League final since Manchester United's
Wes Brown did so against Chelsea in 2008, while Havertz is the first
person to score his first Champions League goal in the final since 2013,
when Gundogan, now with City, did so for Borussia Dortmund.


== Solid at the back ==


A one-goal lead in final as big as this can often seem like a precarious
position, but so assured was our defending that Chelsea rarely looked
troubled in Porto. In fact, Man City officially managed only one shot on
target, and it is debatable whether that was even a shot. Sterling seemed
to be trying to cut the ball back across goal from the line after an
excellent recovering tackle from James pushed him wide and Edouard Mendy
dived in to block the ball at close range.


The extent to which we kept City, widely acknowledged as one of the
world's most potent attacking sides, at arm's length is underlined by the
fact that of the 37 tackles made by Chelsea players during the match, not
a single on came inside our own box.


Although they were doing most of their defending outside the penalty area,
our back-three were still crucial and had plenty of work to do. That is
shown by the fact the trio of centre-backs who finished the game for
Chelsea made a total of 11 clearances between them, compared to just seven
by all 14 Man City players combined.


No players made more blocks than Cesar Azpilicueta and Antonio Rudiger,
either, with two each, as four out of City's seven attempted shots were
blocked by a Blues player. Perhaps just as importantly, not once were any
of our centre-backs dispossessed by an opponent.


Special mention should also go to super-sub Andreas Christensen. While
that phrase is usually reserved for attacking players making a decisive
intervention for a goal, the Danish defender fully deserves it after his
vital contribution from the bench. The pressure, coming on 39 minutes into
a Champions League final and knowing any mistake could be hugely costly,
must have been huge, but if he felt it he certainly never showed it.


https://i.imgur.com/GXn8q3j.jpg


Despite Christensen's late start, no Chelsea player made more
interceptions than him (two, joint highest with Mount), and only James
made more than his four clearances.


Of course, all of this is nothing new, as a sturdy defence has been the
cornerstone of our Champions League campaign all season, as shown by Mendy
equalling the competition record with his ninth clean sheet of the season,
matching the tally set by Santiago Canizares with Valencia in 2000/01 and
Real Madrid's Keylor Navas in 2015/16.


https://i.imgur.com/1OBqIoZ.jpg
Mendy kept his ninth Champions League clean sheet, a record for goalkeeper
in his debut season in the competition


== Fighting for every ball ==


Right from the start of the match, the Blues looked determined not to let
this opportunity slip away, competing fiercely and winning second balls
all over the pitch.


As previously mentioned, we were smart about channeling that aggression,
though, as we made more tackles than City (37 to 17), but committed less
fouls (13 to 14). We were certainly more effective with those tackles too,
successfully winning the ball with 21 of them, compared to just eight by
Man City.


That means the seven successful tackles made by James is only one less
than City's entire team combined, with Zinchenko the only player in their
side to have won the ball more than once.


As is so often the case, N'Golo Kante played a massive role in our ability
to win back possession all over the pitch. Through tackles and
interceptions, the Frenchman won the ball more times than anyone else
(10), all without giving away a single foul. More surprisingly, given his
stature, Kante also won more aerial duals than any other Chelsea player,
showing just how determined he was to claim every single ball.


https://i.imgur.com/yL23CV4.jpg


To underline how much we managed to disrupt Manchester City's usual fluid
passing and possession, Mendy played more passes (28) than three of the
outfield players in the City starting line-up.

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