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Manure one down. Come on Chelsea !

We should make more shots from outside the area. Mybe they are hopeless but it will make them open their line to catch the player who appears to be in shooting position.

67% possession but no chances created. Two almost costly mistakes by Kovacic. Their left flank appears to be weak but Alonso cannot penetrate (someone like Willian was needed there).

For Juve it's the worst season in living memory so far. We should beat them. I was happy with Pep losing 2-0 but PSG is a force we are going to play against sooner or later. The rest appear non entities, bar Ajax. Ajax went ahead 2-0 at halft time against Besiktas but in the second half they all went to sleep.

CFC board are notorious crab-sters.

Azpi says we could n't find the spaces. Also during the transfer window CFC spent only 15 m. 110 we paid for Lukaku - 95 we got from Abraham, Zouma, Tomori ... = 15. The previous summer we were banned and the one before we got Morata-Pato. Overall I can't say I 'm satisfied.

They held back a bit after the goal, also got tired. But could we with a more attacking formation have challenged them in the first half ? That's a conjecture. Anyway as I said City is one of only three teams in the world that can take on Chelsea and we really needed some more new blood in the summer - not just Rom.

Oliver was a sort of 12th player for Citeh, but they did outplay us. I did n't like this more than I did n't like the 0-1 defeat. It means they have a faster moving squad. If you look at the facts we still have the Lampard wall team minus Lampard plus Tuchel plus Rom. More is needed and after all our opponents are Citeh, PSG and Bayern. It's not ... United as some people suggest or Villa.

With such players It's a question of opportunity under the circumstances. Look at this historic goal: The reds had 90-10 possession but who else might have scored for the yellows ?

We beat them three times in a row. We beat them 1-0 in the final - did n't smash them and they did show the qualities you say. So no one was asleep and we did n't think City is easy prey for CFC. Today Tuchel's system was to give them territory and strike towards the end, but they did manage to score the billiard ball goal (it was just like Kante's against Spurs).

Lukaku looked a constant threat. Who do you think might have scored ? Ziyetch ?

The Pep team is strong, they dominated the game and they were luckier this time. They had chances for the 2-0 as we changed to offensive formation but they got tired the last half hour and we could n't capitalize.

Mou started explosively. The last two against Verona and Udineze it was the usual boring Mou. Lost to Verona, won yesterday but played louse. Abraham scored the goal (a clever tap in).

Not that, I mean without the deflection. It looked like it was going in.

Wan Ngolo Kante's shot going in anyway ?

Aston Villa were a class better than Spurs. But Tuchel (and Lukaku) make the difference. No more ... slow boat to China stuff as was the case under Mou-Sarri-Lamps.

We shall see. Our opponents are City-Paris-Bayern and Real. From the rest we can lose only by chance -like WBA- or if the team becomes tired.

You cannot expect a sparkling performance against a packed defense. You can expect siege warfare. It could have taken 29 minutes of that, it took 69. You may complain that we did n't get a second in the remaining 21 minutes.

How on earth are there migrants (boat people) in the channel ? In the Med I understand, in the Aegean I understand, but in the channel ? I just think the brexiteer press are just feeding their readers with grass on this one.

Zenit are better than Malmo.

Lukaku versus tap-in Ronaldo:

Lukaku versus tap-in Ronaldo:

... or Spurs.

It was n't a bad performance against a strong team. But in the first half Saul was a constant liability. He 's not ready and he should be given more easy opportunities to adapt.

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