We got schooled today. Can't imagine too many other teams will go away to City and high press and try to go toe to toe, maybe the "real" Barcelona but that's about it. Also a couple of awful defensive errors today, Hazard and Alonso totally missing Silva from that free kick (Alonso points at him but Maybe Hazard doesn't hear?) and Barkley with the school boy back header (reminded me of Gerrard against us ages ago for awfulness).
I expect to see return to the false 9 and sitting 20-30 yard deeper not pressing high in the league cup final. We might get a result playing like that as we did at home. Don't think we'll qualify for the CL via the league now, too inconsistent. Europa is probably our best bet.
Playing Kante high up the pitch, playing possession football and high pressing doesn't and will never work against good opposition. We've seen it away at Spurs, Arsenal and now City this season. It nullifys Kante's strengths, winning the ball, interceptions etc and magnifies his technical weaknesses. Against Huddersfield at home, / weaker opposition it can work though.
We would have been better off playing Kovacic or even Hazard in midfield and an extra winger instead of Kante away against City with the tactics today. We would still lose but at least be better going forward.
PSG wouldn't want Kante, he's doesn't fit their system at all either, he is world class in a midfield 2, which Sarri doesn't want to play.