A masterclass from Pep and the team Away at Chelsea.
Not only did we play them off the park we showed great character to play this way and win after suffering two serious injury blows in such a short amount of time.
Every single player played their part. Delph a revelation at LB. Walker excellent after having trouble midweek. Our CBs also very good. Fernandinho back to top form. Silva top class as usual. Sane & Sterling problematic for defenders and created a lot. Jesus put in a monster defensive shift this game, a key part of our successful pressing. Got an assist and was unlucky not to score after a wonderful pass from Sterling. Ederson wow, what a player, he brings so much confidence to the team, hasn't conceded in more than a month, top class at everything, coming out, stopping shots, passing, starting counters, etc, etc. De bruyne bossed the game and scored the winner, this is a season defining match as the Chelsea loss was last season and this time we won it and De bruyne scored. Symbolic almost. I think we win the league.
This is the best performance of the Pep era and one of the best I've seen in a long time. After the first half at Shakhtar, I was a little worried but we played much better against Chelsea than Shaktar and conceded less chances which is quite the statement.
Resilience, grit, professionalism to see out the result, high pressing, slick passing, directness we showed everything this game.
