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it showed that at its core in Luiz, Chelsea have a defender prepared to do anything for the cause.
And that’s a frightening thought for titlerivals like City and Liverpool who have clear deficiencies at the back.
The way Luiz leads Chelsea’s defence is food for thought for Guardiola as he tries to find a way to win the Premier League in his first season in England.
Okay, if Kevin De Bruyne had scored early in the second half instead of hitting the bar from close range to make it 2-0 after Gary Cahill’s own goal on half time then maybe it would have been game over.
City certainly had chances to see off Conte’s stars but once Costa bullied Nicolas Otamendi to score the equaliser after 59 minutes, Chelsea were just getting started.
Claudio Bravo might have done better with Willian’s strike as Chelsea made it 2-1 on the break again and he hardly made Hazard think too hard about where to place the killer third goal.
The way his stars shamefully lost the plot and went into an ugly meltdown as the match tailed off into the closing moments will be a worry for Guardiola.
Pep’s good guy image slipped as he sarcastically clapped Taylor’s decisions from the sidelines. His players chose to rebel in a far more physical way.
Attack
More of a problem for the Spaniard will be where to find the defensive steel that is Chelsea’s trump card right now as they march on with eight straight wins.
For Guardiola, attack has always been the best form of defence.
But as Luiz and Chelsea so spectacularly demonstrated at the Etihad, in the Premier League that just ain’t enough.
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“Arsenal deserved it. For 90 minutes they were very aggressive and very quick. “But I’m very disappointed and feel frustrated and humiliated. “I want to say sorry to the fans and the club and to everyone who has something to do with West Ham United. “Arsene Wenger is very polite to say we’re lacking confidence. It’s one of the reasons and of course you can’t have confidence when you are 16th in the table and your expectations are to be seventh or eighth. “I’ve said to the players: ‘Be responsible for this’. “We know we are in a relegation fight but I am optimistic we can turn it around.”