MrExcalibur100

So you're going to use that CL team as a barometer? It was a fluke! And a fluke isn't sustainable success. United fluked a CL win the final vs Bayern in 1999 and didn't win again until they got a team good enough to win it. When they did they reached something like 2 finals. The goal is to build a team capable of sustainable success in the Champions league not a hit and hope outfit. RIght now this side is a round of 16/quarter-final team at best not a semi-final/finals team. And certainly not a potential CL winner.

He's been poor Conte. Maybe with the extra UCL burden he's showing a more realistic picture of his coaching level? He still has no answer to the brand of football Pochettino, Klopp and Guardiola play. How many times have these teams outplayed us? Now with CL football its more of a level playing field and Conte isn't showing anything amazing.

If you're asking this question then you're seriously deluded. We can't win the Champions league when we allow Liverpool to totally impose their will on us. We only equalized from a fluke. PSG, Barcelona and City will run riot on us. Bayern and Madrid will brush us aside. They all play a high tempo possession game. Conte and this team can't cope with such teams. Liverpool are a good team but we're better. We have better players than them. If we were serious about retaining our title the goal was to come here and try to win not to hold out for a draw and try and nick a win.

I'm just tired of negative managers in this Abramovich Era. It's just fucking stupid at this point. After the title last season with no European football maybe we're starting to see Conte's actual level? You can't play for a draw when you have a dominant team with a big lead. To win the league this season you have to go away to a top 6 rival and get a win. Compare what City did to us at our place to whatever we were trying to do today. When City come to Anfield, they are coming for 3 points. Conte isn't. Mourinho isn't. (Despite having the squad to do so). . That's why they will be Champions.

He already has been forming the excuse from previous press conferences. It's not so valid given how our last 2 games went and Liverpool's tough game against Sevilla. The real question is why does his side constantly get outplayed by Klopp's team despite them having inferior players.

That doesn't excuse Conte for playing like a fucking coward though. The only other top 6 team his side has looked great against since he arrived is Man United. He has no clue against high-tempo pressing teams.

Even if this is true to just meekly surrender is still disgusting. We're not winning anything this season. No PL. No CL. Season is basically done. Might as well focus on the domestic cups and as you said race for top 4. We're Arsenal now

His negativity has ended any chance of retaining the title

What about Conte who kept him on after that shocker of a 1st half?

I don't see how Chelsea fan can be happy with that by the way other than the fact we now have no chance at the title. If we started with Fabregas and they outclassed us I'll raise up my hand and say they were just better. Ordinary side we made to look good thanks to cowardly rubbish that doesn't even produce the desired result!

8 points behind Man City with them having a very easy game tomorrow. Our pathetic title defense is over. I'm really starting to lose faith in Conte now. Fabregas on the bench fucking embarrassing.Terrible game planning, very very defensive nonsense against a team we are better than. I can accept it away to Barcelona or PSG or Man City. I can't accept it away to Liverpool. I just don't understand why we play like this. It's so depressing.

Hazard has been totally isolated on several occassions but Alonso either pretends he doesn't exist or is too stupid to pick out a pass.

Alonso and Zappacosta. wow

Conte's entire strategy has been a disaster. He should be ashamed of himself.

i'll turn it off

I'm watching the game 55 min in and we might still win but nevertheless my point will still remain vailid. Hazard is the "best player in the world who has the worst platform to prove himself" Hazard should just go at the end of the season. PSG, Barcelona, Madrid. Seriously what's the point? 5 years at Chelsea and it's still like this. Percentage football. "Counter attacks". I'm selfish, I want him to stay at the club forever but this is fucking ridiculous at this point. Even De Bruyne has a bigger platform to show his quality. A dominant team with an array of attacking talent. Hazard is playing next to only one striker and 3 Defensive midfielders in a back 5. If he wants to leave at the end of the season, PLEASE the club should let him go. We should re-invest and beef up the squad. We don't deserve him.

By the time Fabregas comes on Hazard is going to be tired as fuck. All the off the ball running, taking all the setpieces and all the creative burden on him. Bakayoko had no business coming out for the 2nd half ahead of Cesc. No business.

Low football IQ Zappacosta. Simple cut back to an unmarked Hazard goes for a pointless cross leading nowhere easily intercepted

Clear foul. Fuck you Graham poll

People have different opinions from you. I'm not sure why you expect everyone to agree with your views. No one here has suggested we go gung-ho/all out. That's a strawman

Bakayoko is playing like a pregnant woman by the way. Terrible performance from him. Might as well sub him out for Fab halftime

Can you imagine what Cesc will do with his passing range?

Don't understand what Conte is playing at. He does realize we have to WIN this game if we want to retain our title right? A draw is not good enough.

Percentage football. Fabregas would have scored from that Hazard pass. How many goals does Drinkwater have in his career?

We're not interested in defending our title just in containing Liverpool. This is a team that had a very tough and emotionally draining game against Sevilla while we've had 2 cakewalks against WBA and Qarabag.