Chelsea were humiliated and humbled by Manchester City on Sunday and many fans are claiming that this performance from the Blues will go down as one of their worst ever.
Pundits and fans have openly criticized the defensive approach taken by Antonio Conte and the way they practically handed Manchester City all the three points.
But a few section of the fans(mostly United faithfuls) raised the question that if Conte’s tactics mirrored that of Jose Mourinho’s when United took on City a couple of months ago.
Manchester United lost that game 2-1 and after the match, Mourinho was hammered for his negativity and his overly defensive mindset.
But Antonio Conte too took on a similar approach in order to contain Manchester City.
So we decided to take a look at how both United and Chelsea compared when they took on Manchester City.
POSSESSION:
Manchester United: 35.4 percent
Chelsea: 28.8 percent
So clearly Mourinho’s men managed to see more of the ball as compared to Chelsea on Sunday.
TOTAL SHOTS:
Manchester United: 8
Chelsea: 3
Even though Jose Mourinho was criticized for being defensive but his team actually managed to get in more shots as compared to Chelsea.
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SUCCESSFUL PASSES:
Manchester United: 68
Chelsea: 77
Chelsea actually managed to stick together more passes during the 90 minutes at the Etihad.
SUCCESSFUL TACKLES:
Manchester United: 22
Chelsea: 11
Jose Mourinho side were clearly the side which defended more strongly against Guardiola’s men.
To sum it all up when Jose Mourinho played his defensive brand of football against the league leaders he was branded as a man who was killing the beautiful game and now that Antonio Conte has played down the same alley the reactions seems to be very muted.
