Chelsea (A) - Sun 18th Aug '24 | Post Match Thread

Rico motm for me. Kovacic good too.

Will watch it again though to see what Bernardo did. Probably the hard graft that goes unnoticed.

Savinho looks really exciting in that first half. Glad the injury is nothing serious.
 
Vienna_70 said:
Brilliant performance.

Obviously, we were not at our best, but the quality of the team was far superior to our opponents, at least as a collective.

Rico was my MotM, but there were several excellent displays, including Mateo, Savinho,Jérémy and Rúben.

Erling took his goal brilliantly and Kova's was outstanding, though Sánchez should probably have saved it. It was a fantastic strike, after a great run.

Apart from a w0-minute spell in the second half, we pretty much controlled the game, and though the possession stats were fairly equal, most of Chelsea's was in their own half; a long way from danger.

On that showing, Pep can introduce the five players involved in the semifinals and final of the Euros gradually. There is no need to rush them back.

I can’t wait for Saturday, and seeing the boys at Etihad.
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Excellent summary mate! Rico my MotM as well....Bernie was good but Rico and Kovacic were different class today.
 
I'm starting to think that now, more than ever before, we get into any opponent's heads before they step onto the pitch. Opposing coaches are affected by us - and by that I mean that some are fearful of playing their best players in their best positions when facing us. For example, Chelsea should have played Palmer as a ten, but instead they stuck three sixes in there and hoped to somehow grind things out - all this from a club that spend, spend, spends!! Palmer looked lost today and we snuffed him out (good player though he clearly is). It's weird watching a megabucks (megabollocks) club like Chelsea being too afraid to play players in the roles they were signed to do. Am I talking nonsense? Anyway, I'm just ultra proud of the lads today!!! Great feeling as well to watch some proper cohesive football to get excited about after the Euros.
 
Ethan23 said:
If it’s a reoccurring problem would that not suggest it’s a problem as in needing surgery one day ?
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Is this verbatim? Do we know this. I'd not heard anything about any issue with his knee before. It looked bad from his reaction on screen, yet he played on til ht.
 
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