Chelsea (A) | PL | Post Match Thread

[east2]

Good to see pub football is alive & well!
Wouldn’t have happened under Zab & Vinnys watch

 

[malg]

No, past players should never celebrate after scoring against their old club. I can't seem to remember but does Kdb ever celebrate when he scores against Chelsea?

He certainly did a few seasons back in the 1-0. Ran over to our fans and definitely celebrated.

 

[willipp]

Against Liverpool if that defence turns up then we get beat no doubt about it . Liverpools front attackers will be rubbing their hands thinking of that game today. We need to tighten up and akanji should not be starting that game .

I know what you mean, but it will be a totally different game at home. We were poor at the back today, but at home we are a different proposition.

Also, no one predicted sterling to have his best game in a Chelsea shirt today or so many individual errors from us, that just shouldn’t be happening and won’t again.

 

[jimharri]

You like watching mistake after mistake by both teams? From a performance perspective that was a shite game.

In terms of sheer entertainment, it was fantastic. Particularly for a neutral. But in terms of technical quality; nah, sorry. Both teams were poor. And for someone to claim it's the best game he's seen in fifty years is pure nonsense. Poch and Pep would have been having kittens watching that.

 

[normskih]

For the neutral a good watch. For a City fan it feels like two points lost and not a point gained. For me, Sterling was MoTM and not Palmer. He hardly touched the ball in the second half. I think we were wide open in the middle of the defence although Akanji was superb today.

 

[Blue Maverick]

teams have improved their pressing, gone from headless chickens to well-drilled and intelligent positional play. Our possession stats were very untypical City, no time for measured build-up play, there was no drop-off in the intensity of chav's press. We will have to adapt or risk similar results, no doubt Pep is very aware of that....not a great game today, but probably one of the most exciting for neutrals/haters. For Blues, more disappointing than exciting, reality is, champagne is not on tap, and a decent result is viewed as a smack in the face.....

Stones would’ve made a huge difference with that, Akanji or Dias cannot play that role he does so well.

 

[jimharri]

He certainly did a few seasons back in the 1-0. Ran over to our fans and definitely celebrated.

He's done it at Stamford Bridge and at the Etihad.

 

[Dribble]

Credit to Raz and Cole - not really celebrating.

Personally I couldn't care less if they celebrated their goals & the home draw or not.

They've both moved on, & so have City.

 

[normskih]

Against Liverpool if that defence turns up then we get beat no doubt about it . Liverpools front attackers will be rubbing their hands thinking of that game today. We need to tighten up and akanji should not be starting that game .

Thought Akanji was our best defender today, head and shoulders above Dias and Walker today.

 

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