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Come on Chels! :blue scalf: 4-3-3, Cahill sits in front of the defense with Fabregas and Ramires either side.

Ben Shephard should stick to his Tipping Point.

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30 - Foul on Ivanovic http://www.gfycat.com/AnguishedClumsyHyrax 33 - Foul on Costa http://gfycat.com/UnhealthyReflectingArabianwildcat 43 - Handball by Kightly http://gfycat.com/WarmheartedWarlikeBlesbok 69 - Tackle on Matic http://gfycat.com/EvenLoathsomeHound Pretty much, but refereeing, in general, has been subsequently below par all season. Although, I agree, if ever anyone needed convincing that there is a campaign against Chelsea, this is the game to show them; but it is a symptom of a wider problem. There's been an abundance of controversy around the league this season, the FA need to up their game significantly because it's simply not good enough. We haven't had a penalty since November 1st, let that sink in.

We should probably have had two penalties in the first half, and Barnes should have had at least a yellow from the first half going studs up into the back of Ivanvovic's knee and kneeing Zouma in the side during that aerial challenge. How he still doesn't have a card after the tackle on Matic is incredible. Matic's reaction is understandable, and had there been any sort of competence from Atkinson at any point in this game, the entire situation could have been avoided.

I believe that it is definitely possible to be racist and still be a "fan" of athletes of other races. It's an admiration that's rooted in racial bias and stereotyping - it is still racist. It's the argument that stems from seeing coloured athletes as objects that provide a service than against any ordinary person practicing their sport. Donald Sterling had a plantation style of views. You're rooting for the blacks the same way you would root for a rooster in a cock fight. Racism doesn't often come as blind hatred of another race, but rather bigoted stereotypes. For example, there's a particular caricature of black men as the 'black buck' which received a recent bump in news coverage recently during the Michael Brown case in the US. The idea that black men are good athletes--indeed, intrinsically better than white men--is common among racists. The flip side of this belief is usually that they're lecherous, criminal, ect. The club have already issued an appeal for witnesses to step up to help identify those persons involved, so hopefully that'll work someway into incorporating the wider picture - and not just the club's, as you said. A friend of mine was on the train with them AND I do believe he sent additional footage to the Met police. Whether their actions result in life time bans remains to be seen, I wouldn't be too surprised if they were already banned from home matches. Perhaps the club could order the group, if ultimately found guilty, to hand in their passports to a local police station each time we play abroad. It's laudable to see action being taken so swiftly without no nonsense half-apologies, just promises of bans and strong anti-racism that has no place in our society.

French police are renown for their violence far wider than just against English fans, there was a situation late last year in the group stages when Ajax came to PSG that banned all non-ticketed Dutch supporters in Paris which obviously didn't go down too well. Authorities handed out a special bracelet so-to-speak to allow them into the cities, while threatening to hand out twelve month stadium bans and fines up to 30,000 euros to anyone caught without a ticket. There were also similar situations with Bayer Leverkusen and Dortmund fans travelling to Paris being treated like criminals and the police was awfully condescending in general. I think Everton were met with large amounts of hostility in Lille too. To racists, supporting black players at your club is like betting on a horse and then cheering on that horse when it races. They support the horse in its endeavors, but they aren't going to suddenly start treating all horses like humans. There's really a limited mental capacity. They probably feel conflicted about it but are willing to let it go because of their devotion to the club. Either way this is that last thing we needed. Any excuse to put the club in a bad light will be relished by the media now, all down to a small minority of our away support failing to realise how ignorant they are.

Cüneyt Çakir was too lenient tonight, the lack of bookings allowed PSG to break up our game with so many persistent fouls that went unpunished. Veratti's yellow card could have easily been a red, and how David Luiz walked out of that game without a single booking is a mystery. We often lack creativity when Fabregas plays as a number #10 behind Costa; I'd hope Mourinho considers reverting, or at least experimenting, back to 4-3-3 to allow Cesc to sit deeper, although credit to Veratti & Matuidi who were outstanding tonight. Interesting to note that the Independent were reporting, around the 70' mark, that Hazard had been fouled nearly 15 times. Different class.