Yes we'd get thrown out of the competition for fielding an ineligible playerSuperb performance against a team already on the beach but a job had to be done nonetheless.
A note of caution about Nasri mind. He has always been a player that looks alright against a midfield with space but please don't forget he has no fight in him.
His work rate yesterday was questionable and his decision making with the ball was strange at times.
Quoting 94% passing success rate is all very well but 3 yard passes make up the majority.
If Manuel plays him against Madrid we have a problem.
Yes. We looked great. Outclassed them and ran rings around them, but I thought Chelsea were very very poor and that they played with very little commitment or interest.
Brilliant performance albeit against a poor Chelsea side. Wtf has happened to them this season? Anyhow, you can only beat what's in front of you and many times this season we've faced worse and lost!
Hopefully we can all now appreciate what Nasri brings to the team. He knits what we do together perfectly and what a sight it was to see him, KDB and Yaya weaving pretty patterns all over the place to bamboozle Chelsea into submission.
A special mention has to go out to Fernandinho, how much did we pay for him again? :-) Also I wish Pellegrini would sub Aguero earlier. The match was won and I didn't see the point in rinsing our hattrick hero any further.
Finally, I hate to say this but how nice was it not to see Bony take the field? I don't want to tempt fate but has the penny finally dropped with Pellegrini or will we see a return to 442 on Tuesday with Bony as one of the strikers?
People can't moan about SKY pointing out Chelsea's flaws, their job is to evaluate both teams performances, and not sniff our farts.... Chelsea were terrible by their standards today just like they were against us at home, they made us look good, and had this been Chelsea vs United many on here would have exactly said the same thing SKY are saying now. In my eye's who's been our biggest critic this season, I thought we did put a shift in today but it seemed to be one of those games where everything just went our way, the penalty at the end summed up Chelsea's day for me.
Regarding how we played I think Nasri has been a really big miss and I don't think enough people realise it, when you pick out our midfielders most tend to name Silva, Yaya, Fernandinho and now De Bruyne but Nasri's name always seems to go amiss, I think he's one of our most highly underrated players.
Superb performance against a team already on the beach but a job had to be done nonetheless.
A note of caution about Nasri mind. He has always been a player that looks alright against a midfield with space but please don't forget he has no fight in him.
His work rate yesterday was questionable and his decision making with the ball was strange at times.
Quoting 94% passing success rate is all very well but 3 yard passes make up the majority.
If Manuel plays him against Madrid we have a problem.
Great knowledge.Superb performance against a team already on the beach but a job had to be done nonetheless.
A note of caution about Nasri mind. He has always been a player that looks alright against a midfield with space but please don't forget he has no fight in him.
His work rate yesterday was questionable and his decision making with the ball was strange at times.
Quoting 94% passing success rate is all very well but 3 yard passes make up the majority.
If Manuel plays him against Madrid we have a problem.
I just couldn't wait for Sterling to replace Navas. If you watch the game, whenever the ball gets to Navas that's where the possession dies. Either it resulted in a corner (which we never score in a million years from) or he would cross it low right at the defender's feet. It's frustrating to watch KDB releasing Navas with an amazing pass and he does nothing with it. I don't get it, he's so quick but can never seem to take on his defender. He'd just sprint for half a yard, stops, and does that little sad stepover thing and pass it back. I am not slighting his defensive contribution, that part is superb. It's the other side that is concerning. Frankly if he doesn't show that much work rate on the defensive end, Navas might just be useless. He HAS to work that hard to warrant a place in the starting 11. In his 3 years here, he has like what? 20 assists? KDB almost reach that in his first year here. It's unacceptable for a winger in our amazing offense to have that few assists.
Superb performance against a team already on the beach but a job had to be done nonetheless.
A note of caution about Nasri mind. He has always been a player that looks alright against a midfield with space but please don't forget he has no fight in him.
His work rate yesterday was questionable and his decision making with the ball was strange at times.
Quoting 94% passing success rate is all very well but 3 yard passes make up the majority.
If Manuel plays him against Madrid we have a problem.