Chelsea (A) | PL | Post Match Thread

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Thought Otamendi had a shocker, needs to stop sliding in and giving away injury time penalties the thick ****.

 

[paulchapo]

It's probably been mentioned but Carragher needs binning off by sky. His co commentating today was an absolute biased disgrace. They might as well pull a scouser out of the Kop for his gig on our games. The only place he should be is Liverpool TV. It's just not good enough.

 

[eyalluvitt]

Credit to Chelsea for having a go, unlike most other teams. We definitely were the masters of our own downfall though, where the goals were concerned, very sloppy at the back.

Two Gvardiol brain farts and a mental Dias challenge in the box

 

[Tolmie scores]

Exactly. And I think this is why sky et al are shitting themselves at the possibility of a 4th City title.

I think we showed proper balls today. Ok you may not be at our best but we were certainly not giving a game up. For many a season ive supported city i have felt that we have not given our all. Ok Frizzel's team and Clark's teams obv didnt have the talent of say..today's team but they were also 100 miles away from the effort and desire that Pep's team play with. We did fight so hard today to win away v Chelsea..big change from City 1982 /3 to say 2010 Id take this fight to the end team all day.

 

[meeesh]

Thought Otamendi had a shocker, needs to stop sliding in and giving away injury time penalties the thick ****.

He’s playing like Otamendi at present in fact no I’ll even say Demichelis

 

[lancs blue]

It's probably been mentioned but Carragher needs binning off by sky. His co commentating today was an absolute biased disgrace. They might as well pull a scouser out of the Kop for his gig on our games. The only place he should be is Liverpool TV. It's just not good enough.

I thought he was going to have a stroke when he was looking at the replay of our penalty incident. His only thought, such as his pea-brain allows, is about how the red scouse are affected.

 

[Tolmie scores]

Positives:-

1. Haaland- Doku should have done better with the ball he got, we carved them open.

2. Akanji- I don't know what else he must do to get a well deserved respect from some of our fanbase. He's always consistent, remains fit 99% of the time and covers multiple positions. In fact, he's improving alot in the Stones role too.

Negatives:-

1. Shambolic defending. The most dangerous Chelsea man in a corner was totally unmarked for the first goal. He was the only threat in corners and we gave him a free header without pressure.

Dias and Gvardiol had a horrible game. Both were at fault for the second goal. Even Rodri was sloppy, Gusto's poor shot saved his blushes.

2. Non-existent midfield - too easily carved open and very little control of the game. We struggled with the physicality and press of Chelsea. A little bit of calmness and we would have bypassed their pressing.

3. Not lethal enough - it may sound harsh because we managed to score 4 and the attack is definitely not the issue this game but we had the chance to kill the game 2-3 times and we didn't. Foden really needs to improve his shooting and composure in the final third, he's excellent at picking up in dangerous areas but always let down by the finishing touch. Alvarez has not been at his best too.

Verdict:-

Old boys returned to haunt us, hopefully Chelsea will keep up this energy against our title rivals. Our players need to sort themselves out because next game is Liverpool.

Gallagher for them made a positive impact in mid. Thought he read the game so well for them and gave his all. Shades of his CPFC loan days

 

[Mancity1980]

It's probably been mentioned but Carragher needs binning off by sky. His co commentating today was an absolute biased disgrace. They might as well pull a scouser out of the Kop for his gig on our games. The only place he should be is Liverpool TV. It's just not good enough.

The first two sentences in this post read with a Scouse accent in my head particularly that “absolute biased disgrace” line!

 

[Tolmie scores]

He’s playing like Otamendi at present in fact no I’ll even say Demichelis

Worst and best CH we've ever had? I still argue that a prime Dave Watson would get in today. Read the game very, very well on top of defending with purpose.

 

[The_Maverick]

First time since both halves against Bournemouth in the league.

Well considering how shite we’ve been with them, just taking a small win from today.