On Tuesday night, Chelsea and Manchester City faced equally difficult challenges in the Champions League. In normal circumstances, a trip to Sevilla would be a far greater task than a visit to Dinamo Zagreb however, considering the La Liga side's current form, the Blues were expected to be comfortable victors.
What transpired over the course of 180 minutes of European football could not have been any more contrasting. Thomas Tuchel's team losing 1-0 in Croatia would ultimately lead owner Todd Boehly to reach the perfect excuse for sacking the German manager on Wednesday morning.
Meanwhile, City continued to move from strength-to-strength with a routine victory over their Spanish counterparts. ALSO READ: Tuchel sacking will remind Guardiola of his priorities From the outside looking in, City and Chelsea were not too dissimilar this summer.
Both teams seemingly backed their managers in the transfer window with the signings they wanted. What is clear is that while Guardiola and the board were running like a finely tuned machine, Tuchel and his owner were at loggerheads.