The Skipper

Came on and secured the ship. Very good. Don't mind if Thibo gets injured or suspended at all, Begovic is a great replacement.

Hazard left it a little too late to turn up tbh.

They have both been awful, end of. I'm not defending Willian's performance at all.

Still in holiday mode, all three of them.

My exact reaction.

Hazard has been awful.

They both fucked up...Why else would Willian be there if Ivanovic hadn't be struggling all game?

Well I've played as a fullback a lot as well, and I know that when you show a winger outside its your responsibility to take care of the man, especially if you don't show him inside. Ivanovic is too slow as a fullback hence why he struggles. Willian hasn't played amazingly well today but it's due Ivanovic's inability to deal with his opposite number that he had to drop back. No way Willian wouldn't be there if Montero didn't haven't Ivanovic in his pocket.

Then Jose continues by subbing our best offensive player instead of the player that played him on? Wow.

This is what happens when we try to give Ivanovic more support to handle Montero because he can't. Ridiculous.

Fuck.

Ivanovic is getting destroyed by Montero, wow...

Fabregas and Hazard, our two main creative sparks, are just not in this game at all. Yet we're still somehow winning. Hmm.

Montero just megged Ivanovic. Completely has his number.

We are defending as a group though. For the Ayew goal, there was plenty of support inside for Ivanovic to pass off Montero to, but Ivanovic showed him the outside flank and that's when it turns into a 1-on-1 game and he got beaten. Let's not act like Ivanovic isn't prone to doing this either, he's well known for struggling against quick, nippy wingers, or just 1 on 1 duels in general. He isn't great at it.

Fullbacks get pulled wide all the time, it's their job to defend against that when they're facing their opposite number. He's not being passed around, he's getting beaten one on one by his opposite number.

Let's hope he keeps this sort of display up for most of the season.

Ivanovic is being done on one on one situations. That doesn't have much to do with Willian.

Azpi would handle Montero very easily.

Still don't understand how Luis didn't get more games over Ivanovic last year.

PS. I love Ayew. Very tidy player.

Oscar has been very good, must say.

Oscar has balled today, fair play to him.

Delighted Diego is playing.

Why exactly does Falcao deserve to start over Remy?