Cesc Fàbregas

[Dion 2,476]

He was poor today but he has been good or decent in other tough matches. You guys are letting his fame cloud your judgements. Everyone was a bottler at that Arsenal because the team sucked and Barcelona didn't suit him. Anyhow, even if it was true and he was a bottler it's not impossible to change. Just look at Robben.

[ChelseaFC12 134]

Fabregas was awful but still got his 8th assist of the season in 9 games.

[123-blue 19]

Woeful today. He's 27 and surely he should be able to put up better than that display.Playing him without additional defensive cover in away games is asking for trouble. He is not a midfield controller, more a flat track bully.

[Tomo 21,680]

He was a bottler at Arsenal, Barca.. is he going to continue the trend over here. Everton, City and now United, all the big PL games thus far and he's gone missing.

We've always had players with the right mentality, Cesc never had it.

It's to early to say, he was ok at Everton.

The thing is the Arsenal bottling is ingrained in the club, Henry (last couple of season's) Nasri RVP etc were all part of those teams too.

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

Maybe now we see why Barca sold him and it was not just knee jerk, haters trying to hate at all...

In el classico this is the type of performance he put in regularly as well

[Cosmin 2,484]

He can still improve under Mourinho.

[dee25 1,044]

It was hard for him in the first half but I thought he got better in the 2nd. Cesc is the sort of player that will improve under Mourinho though.

[Nike 373]

THIAGO ALCANTARA LUKA MODRIC

[The Skipper 20,593]

So Fabregas does bad in one big game and he is automatically branded a bottler?

He was awful today but let's not go there please.

[OneMoSalah 8,609]

Fucking hell, we signed him and for about 3 months he was the best thing since sliced bread then one poor performance against Manchester United and people are saying he never shows up in the big games and they can see why Barca sold him and all this stuff? Lets forget how he has brought our team up to a different level yeah sure.... and that he has 8 assists in 9 games.... We also have one fucker posting Thiago Alcantara? Jesus fucking christ. Fuck Thiago Alcantara.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Fuck me there are some absolute shitcunts on this forum, I need to log out before I ban someone.

[Daniel1980 1,425]

It's impossible to make any excuses for Fabregas after that perfomance. It's not only he was anonymous, but he was incredibly poor in possession as well. And the corner to Drogba, after many failed attempts, wasn't anything special. It was Drogba who had a great header. I expect more than just a single decent corner for 90 mins from him. He's 27 and supposed to be one of the more mature players out there.

He was anonymous for most of the game due to him being heavily marked, but it opened up spaces for others. He could have definitely done better, but I'm against calling a "bottler" on the basis of one sub-par game. Everyone can have an off-day, especially when you play a striker he has no chemistry with.

It's bloody amazing how quickly people are scapegoating him and calling him a bottler.

You're only as good as your last game and all that.

[Stats 6,980]

He was a bottler at Arsenal, Barca.. is he going to continue the trend over here. Everton, City and now United, all the big PL games thus far and he's gone missing.

We've always had players with the right mentality, Cesc never had it.

At Arsenal he had many games where he performed in the big games. Us for a a start. The game they beat us 3-1. He scored and assisted 2 IIRC. Few seasons back as well he changed the game at OT when he assisted Adebayor for the winner in the last minute. He had many games for Arsenal where he performed in big games. Barcelona was the only team you can say he was not really effective in. Everton is harsh to say he bottled it. Yes, he had lapses of concentration but he made couple excellent passesm one of them being for Diego Costa's goal.

THIAGO ALCANTARA LUKA MODRIC

Stop your rubbish. You are starting to piss people off with your constant bullshit. If you aren't going to post anything sensible just don't bother.

[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

people being unfair on fab, willian was worse than him for starters

[Styles 9,790]

Woeful today. He's 27 and surely he should be able to put up better than that display.Playing him without additional defensive cover in away games is asking for trouble. He is not a midfield controller, more a flat track bully.

Even though I think that's quite harsh it isn't too far from the truth. However, we're top of the table due to his ability to punish the lesser teams - something we didn't have last season.

We missed Ramires' running and energy more than ever today in my opinion.

[Nike 373]

You kids look at stats too much. Modric dominated both liverpool and barca.

Cesc was sold by barca, thiago left. .. huge difference.

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

Fabregas is not a big game player, he is a great player who can DOMINATE AGAINST SMALLER TEAMS though. Nothing wrong with that, in fact he was brought in to do that as we struggled against small teams last season. If he was that complete midfielder Barca wouldn't have sold him in the 1st place. He is still one of the best midfield in BPL, just that he isn't up to it in big games for some reason. It was the same at Arsenal and Barca, no idea why anyone can debate against that.

It is a negative though and anything negative against one of our best player= abuse immediately

[Styles 9,790]

Fabregas is not a big game player, he is a great player who can DOMINATE AGAINST SMALLER TEAMS though. Nothing wrong with that, in fact he was brought in to do that as we struggled against small teams last season. If he was that complete midfielder Barca wouldn't have sold him in the 1st place. He is still one of the best midfield in BPL, just that he isn't up to it in big games for some reason. It was the same at Arsenal and Barca, no idea why anyone can debate against that.

It is a negative though and anything negative against one of our best player= abuse immediately

Lack of mobility and he's being asked to cover too much ground in a 2-man midfield.