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Sergio Aguero scored his 200th goal for Manchester City

All City needed were 13 minutes to open up the game. With both teams playing a 4-3-3 and possession pretty much 50-50 for the opening stages of the game, it seemed like it was going to take some doing to open the scoring.

That is when City suddenly decided to spice things up on an already hot day at Wembley (they had a drinks break!). When City's defence had the ball deep in their own half, they initially opted to pass among themselves until they searched for an opening.

Sensing the chance to press, Chelsea did and fell into Guardiola's trap. As the Blues pushed up, they created space for a midfield outlet and Foden was soon scampering away with the ball at his feet between the lines.

Chelsea were guilty of not putting enough pressure on him as he entered the final third and the only defender to eventually consider him a serious threat was Antonio Rudiger who (sensing a one-two) attempted to follow his run after he had squared the ball to Aguero.

That was all the invitation Aguero needed to take a shot on goal from the edge of the box to beat Caballero to make it 1-0 - his 200th goal for Manchester City.

200 – Sergio Aguero has become the first ever player to score 200 goals for @ManCity. Historic. pic.twitter.com/PcMntCXg5Q

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) August 5, 2018