By Toby Prince
Manchester City captain, Vincent Kompany, says that his side “set traps” for Chelsea which went off perfectly as they won 3-0 at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.
The Citizens were comfortable winners over the Blues, with Kompany, who netted City’s second, revealing his side were prepared for the encounter like no other.
“I have never felt as prepared for a game as I did for this one,” the centre-back told reporters.
“You could see it – we were setting traps all over the pitch and it planned out perfectly for them. That may be the advantage of only playing one match a week at the moment. If I have to give credit to the team for one thing, it was the way we prepared.
“There was not one thing Chelsea threw at us that we didn’t know about. Two years ago we had a game against Chelsea where they completely dominated us. They only won 1-0 (at the Etihad in February 2014) but probably deserved more.
“Ever since, we have had good games against them, even though we didn’t win last year – we have adapted really well.”
The Belgian international who has now scored two goals in two matches for his club has set his priorities on clean sheets rather than scoring and hopes teammate Sergio Aguero takes the league’s Golden Boot this season.
“I don’t expect it to go on for too long but I am probably more happy about the two clean sheets,” he said. “If I am top scorer for too long, we are in massive trouble!
“I want Sergio (Aguero, who opened the scoring against Chelsea) to catch up quickly and go on to be top scorer in the Premier League again.”
City take on Everton in their next League fixture on Sunday.
