#2 The mobile, pacy offence vs the sluggish, physical one
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This was a game of two contrasting attacks - Mumbai's fast-paced one with it's small and mobile attackers up front relying on their movement across the pitch against Chennaiyin’s one-paced physical approach with their reliance on set-pieces and counters.
One was clearly better and the scoreline was reflective of that.
Mumbai's attacks were incisive, Chennaiyin’s wasn't, and that was the story of the match. The final possession figures were reflective of this as despite having 52% of it, thanks majorly to the second half where they had more of the ball, Chennaiyin didn't carve out any clear-cut openings, and were left with testing out Amarinder Singh in Mumbai's goal with long-range efforts that didn't trouble him much.
The few good chances that they did have came from free-kicks with John Arne Riise putting in some good balls for the big men in the side to attack.
