Guardiola jokes with fans
Pep Guardiola joked in two separate pre-match interviews that he had picked the team for Chelsea based on what the fans wanted. If nothing else, it added to the idea that the Manchester City manager pays more attention to social media than he would admit.
While many Blues would argue that this was the strongest team that could be picked, nobody could be prepared for the inventive but ineffective formation in the first half as playing Joao Cancelo at right wing and effectively moving Rodri back unbalanced the team to encourage Chelsea. Definitive proof that the experiment needed to be abandoned came when Guardiola - who waited until the 87th minute to make subs against Everton - made two changes at half-time and another on the hour mark.
