Chelsea (A) | PL | Post Match Thread

[MadchesterCity]

Left the match hugely disappointed, thought Dias was at fault for first goal and stupid pen to give away. Great game for the neutral but two points lost not one point gained

 

[vmsuhail]

was irrelevant to Dias making a huge mistake. What control can he bring when the defence is half asleep?

Defence was asleep the whole game.

 

[KennyG]

Shite. We will win the league, but it is by default. Nowhere near as good as previous City teams under Pep.

 

[lancs blue]

No way, would we had conceded 4 with his control on the left. Doku doesn’t track back enough and loses possession too much to risk away to a good side.

Doesn't matter if Doku or Grealish start when Gvardiol is so poor.

 

[daztrueblue91]

That’s two late goals conceded against Arsenal and Chelsea away. Need to sort that shit out if we’re going to have a successful season.

I thought Chelsea were outstanding this evening but not really surprising when you consider what they’ve spent. They’ve got a top manager and will be a threat moving forward.

We didn’t play badly but when Dias and Gvardiol have arguably their worst ever games in a City shirt at the same time, you’re always going to struggle.

 

[RayCTID]

Difference is they have a handful of goal scorers to call on. Upfront Haaland and Foden seem like our best bet for goals

And Doku and Alvarez. Plenty of space for both teams can exploit.

 

[Stevieatlasblue]

Amazing game of football. Sorry to see Palmer go being a local lad he had a top game against us so well done to him. Good draw for us that. Both teams gave it their all. Love this City team. Well played champions

 

[argyle]

If John Stones wasn't made of glass we would have done much better.

 

[Mancity1980]

Shouldn’t be conceding 4 goals defence awful today. That bald headed red prick is a cheating ****. Got nothing from him today

He gave us a pen.

 

[Bluemoonadam]

xG

Chelsea 2.96 v CITY 2.90

Draw a fair result. Gutted the equaliser was so late.

They'd of been just as gutted our could of been winner was late, just a crazy game of football that was.

 

[Hes the left back remember]

When did Chelsea become these minnows fighting the big boys??

 

[Tracking back]

Hate all the “great game” talk when it’s your own team defending like a bunch of twats. Nothing but frustrating that performance.

We've dropped two points so the media a buzzing to fuck.

That's what they mean by "great game"

 

[cookster]

Dias killed us today, worst performance I've seen from him.

He's half the player without Stones. Complete lack of composure all game.

 

[come-on-barney]

Too much rotation at the back turned our defence into a joke.

I’ve said this before you can’t keep rotating the defence.

 

[Gus Fring]

Pissed off with that but at 2-1 it could have gone horribly wrong, so hopefully it wakes them up as it needs to ahead of two big games.

 

[I'm Blue]

Stones makes such a difference in games like that.

Doubt Stones makes too much difference today.
Far too many players had a poor day.
The midfield and defence was all over the place.

 

[TinFoilHat]

That was WWE not sport.

 

[Blue and still suffering]

That's disappointing. Shouldn't be drawing to a Chelsea team that struggled to score against 9 men Tottenham. Terrible defensive performance from us too many errors. Still top of the league by a point. Take that going into international break

Teams raise their game against us. Well, most of them do.

 

[city warrior]

Absolutely shite. Played like we used to at Klanfield pre-Covid when we try and turn it into a game of basketball

Without Stones, that system doesn't work and he needs to stop trying it with players who can't do it. They just walked through the centre of the pitch every time they wanted.

Akanji played that position only for the first 20 minutes...so no, that was not the reason.

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

Salah will rip Gvardiol a new one if Ake's not back.

That's not a game to go for the "end to end" approach, so I wouldn't mind seeing Grealish + Gvardiol pairing against Salah.