Chelsea (H) | PL | Post Match Thread

Questioned the lineup beforehand, Felt we were too top heavy and sadly it proved to be the case. Pep got this one wrong. Complete disconnect between the 5 man defense and 5 man attack and no link between the two. Our front press was bypassed by them the exact same way everytime, a little inside ball from the cb to whoever dropped into the 8 position, play first time out wide and they're through and that's 5 players out the game. Way too simple.

Pep took way too long to change it, it should have been done at halftime. Soon as he brought Bernardo on we looked much, much better but by then we're chasing the game and there's not long left.

I've commented in the past on dipper and arsenal games and their knack for scoring late goals. When it comes to it, they play the percentages, bombard the box and fairly often it will get results. We don't do that. We continue with the same gameplan that's seen very little success for the 90 minutes prior, we wasted far too much time after the equaliser just going side to side only to then do the thing we could have done 30 seconds earlier anyway. That or were having braindead Kyle walker shooting from 30 yards.

Who knows if it will prove crucial in the end but right now, the point doesn't really do much for us over a defeat, any dropped points now means we simply have to win at anfield, something we really struggle to do. The only thing we can really take from that is hopefully the momentum we had built up hasn't vanished as it would with a defeat, we get a quick chance to put it behind us midweek and we now cannot drop any points.

Very disappointing result, that has to be our last if we want to keep our title.
 
Has this morphed into the match day thread? Broadly we played well. Haaland could have have at least 3. One of those days. One or 2 Chelsea left a bit too much in, unpunished, but they defended well and rode their luck and could have scored more on the break. On such a day many others wouldn't have got a point
 
Remember Mahrez getting the same sort if shit as Doku when he signed , and he had a Premier league title under his belt and far more experienced than Doku , i will enjoy the lad shoving every single negative comment straight down the detractors cake holes :)
 
Would have taken a point when I saw the team, would have gladly have taken a point at 0-1. We battled hard and the attitude was good. To be fair, Doku wasn't the liability I thought he'd be and was okish. Ake and Rodri were immense.
Haaland? WTF?
 
the-ecstacy-of-eight said:
It also helps that liverpool ALWAYS get a very favorable decision at a very advantageous time in the match against Chelsea, have done for the last 5 years, much like our games against the dippers.

Can't remember a game in recent years against that lot that hasn't included at least one result altering decision in their favour.
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Didn't we beat them 4-1 last season? Though I think there might have been a dodgy decision or two in that.
 
Frustrating game but take the point. This whole Alvarez/Akanji centre mid bollocks needs to end. 60 mill on Nunes to do what exactly??
 
jimmygrimblesboots said:
Remember Mahrez getting the same sort if shit as Doku when he signed , and he had a Premier league title under his belt and far more experienced than Doku , i will enjoy the lad shoving every single negative comment straight down the detractors cake holes :)
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I hope you're right, but I wouldn't bet even your house on it.
 
Come on please give your heads a wobble.
We drew a game we should have lost and we are clinging on to the Ref and Var was to blame.

Look sometimes it's hard and bitter to taste, But we just did not get going and as I said before sometimes the well is dry and there is nothing you can do about it, it's not the end of the world and even if we do come up short this season then we all have to take it on the chin and go again next season,

What I liked was the fight, We just kept going and got the goal and a point that could be so important at the end of the season,

Liverpool and Arsenal will drop points and we also have to play them so it's still in our hands,
Maybe the Bigger the game, the better City will play and we know we have it in us to wipe the floor with anybody

#Together
 
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