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Once again, it seems to me that Pep Guardiola cannot adapt his tactics to the reality of the match. I remember how Barcelona never had a plan B. They kept on passing the ball, retaining possesion, even if the opponent wasn't interested in having the ball. Today, he sent his team out to play each ball out on the flanks and take advantage of Sane, Navas and De Bruyne's pace. They did that for 96+ minutes. They were close to finish us when De Bruyne missed that sitter, but other than that they didn't create any clear opportunities on their own. Aguero had a few clear chances but the ball came to him thanks to our mistaken passes. Conte outclassed Guardiola today, tactics-wise. Pep tried to copy our system, but his defense was exposed on counters because his players are not as qualified to play this system as are ours. Conte started by trying to retain possesion a little, but then he noticed the opponent's flaws and took advantage of them. Another fantastic comeback by us, against a very strong team. And our 8th consecutive win! 22 goals scored, 2 goals conceded. Played against Leicester, Manchester United, Southampton, Everton, Tottenham, Man. City during this period. Let that sink in for a second, have a glass of wine and enjoy this, lads.

"His years in France" also known as "His months under Conte"

Very important win. Lucky, yet somehow deserved because of our determination in the second half. City's pace on the flanks is terrific, but they lack ideas. Thanks to everyone at Chelsea FC for another fantastic weekend!

ANTONIOOO, ANTONIOOOO! i feel so FECKIN happy!!!

I absolutely love Diego! ❤️

We are about to get our SEVENTH CONSECUTIVE win and people are moaning about substitutions. Fucking wait 7 more minutes and see what happens.

Oscar is trying so hard to look older than 16. I mean what's up with that beard, bro?

Top of the league, clean sheet, Diego scorred, David bossed the defence, Moses MOTM. What a beautiful day.

Just a question, because I read a lot of things and I cannot follow the logic in certain points: 1. Hillary says that the USA must be ready to counter their opponents, Russia included, even military. 2. Hillary says that Trump is friends with Putin and Russia. 3. Hillary fans say that if Trump gets elected, he will lead the USA to a war. Sooo, if Hillary suggests military dispute against the russians, why wouldn't she lead the USA to a war against Russia? Also, since Trump is friends with Putin, then I guess a war with Russia isn't possible. This campaign is so disgusting. People talk about Trump dividing the citizens, while Hillary is the product of a system in which black folks are shot by police officers for being black and police officers are shot for being police officers. People talk about Trump saying things, while Hillary did horrible things. People acuse Trump of not paying his taxes, while Trump admits it and says that it was Hillary's system's fault and that he wants to change that. So much hypocrisy and so few real issues discussed. A part of me wishes that Trump wins, just to see what happens. All this liberal media acts like the actual system works perfectly and the only issue in the world is a deluded guy talking about walls and crap.

How could you not sulk if you're a 20-so young player whose future might be destroyed because of a man's ego? Not all the people have the guts to give a response to an experienced managers who keeps on criticizing them. It's absurd. If I were Martial, I'd take the first plane out of Manchester. Too bad he doesn't fit our system.

Sure, me neither. I was one of those claiming that he lost it when a lot of people were only blaming the players. But if there are hypocritical Man United supporters who used to think that Mou's a cnut and now they love him, well we have to admit that there are also a lot of Chelsea fans doing the exact opposite. And that's ok, football is a lot about hypocrisy.

True. But we shouldn't be laughing at them too much, because some of us are just as hypocrite as they are now. When he was here and he was successfull, we weren't bothered by his antics. Now he's a "deluded man with psychological issues" On the other hand, it's funny how everytime he fails, his devoted fans blame it on the players. Happened at Madrid, Chelsea and now United.

Highlights: 1. first six games - a little shaky, we lost against Liverpool and Arsenal, a few people were already moaning - 2. Antonio implements the 3-4-3 system, drops Oscar, Fabregas, Ivanovic, gives Pedro and Moses chances, Alonso and Luiz become starters, Diego Costa turns into an angelito - 3. Five consecutive wins, 16 goals scored, 0 conceded, battered Hull, the champions Leicester, Mourinho's United, the undefeated at home since February Soton and 6th in the league Everton. Now, everybody loves him. And dude, really, if you haven't been able to watch these games, I am very sorry for you. My advice would be to do the impossible if necessarry, in order to watch the next game ____________ Someone was saying that we still need reinforcements and I agree with him. I'd also like to add that, if we keep playing and winning like this, it will be much easier to attract players. They will beg their clubs to be allowed to sign for us. Who wouldn't want to play for such a strong and beautiful team with such a fantastic manager?

Fair play to Koeman, very decent and humble. He took the loss with dignity. But I really hope that he didn't teach his players to go out there and play like thugs today. There were a few moments when they made some horrible tackles in the first half. One affected Costa and the other Moses.

Exactly! Hearing his shouts is priceless. That's probably gonna turn into a trademark soon. And he doesn't only shout and instruct the players when the opponents have the ball. He gives the impression that he tells them what to do when we have it too. And even then, he doesn't only shout at the guy that's holding on the ball, but he instructs the others what to do, it's like he creates option for the man in possesion. He's exceptional and we are so lucky to have this guy here.

Best team in Europe, hands down. Fantastic, I can't find the right words to describe how proud I am and how good it feels to be a Chelsea fan. Grazie, don Antonio! I'd like to write this down again for me and for everyone reading: when we lose, and we will lose a game after all, REMEMBER these days, remember this feeling, remember what this manager and these players did for you and how they made you feel.

@ZOS - fair points, there are things that can be improven. And I am sure that against weaker opponents, we will retain possesion more. But against Manchester United (after putting one in so early in the game) and Southampton (that's a very difficult ground to have a good possesion, let alone actually winning) it's been kind of logical to give away the ball. I think what Conte has and our previous manager hasn't is the capacity to adapt. I really can't see us defending against Burnley or Bournemouth. We will go at them, at least while playing home. I'm sure we'll get better on this aspect too.

Why? Our results improved as soon as our possesion dropped. The low possesion is not a bad thing, if you do it the way we are doing it now. There was a time, during the previous seasons, when we didn't retain possesion and our playing style was ugly and boring. Can you say that Chelsea play ugly football now? No way. We look very strong and there are moments when we speed it up beautifully. The percentage is not as relevant as the quality of the time when you have the ball. The way we play now, sometimes you don't even notice that the opponent has it for a longer time than us. Because they don't do with it anything that comes even close to what we do with the ball during the shorter time that we have it. Look at the games against Man United and Soton. They had more possesion, but the great opportunities and actions were created by us. My only wish is that we keep playing with the same discipline and wish for victory and, most importantly, we keep not using dirty tactics! Look at Costa, for Christ's sake! He looks like a lamb, so peaceful and quiet!

Look at Azpi's stats. Fantastic!

He apologized for the humiliation against us by drawing against Burnley. Keep apologizing, Mou.

Arghhhh you're right, we're already close to the next international break

The last 4 league games have been a delight. Absolutely fantastic, indeed. But let's be honest, someone will find a way to beat us at a certain point. I think that's when it's gonna be very important not to go crazy and criticize the tactics. We need to show faith and to keep going with this, because it's clearly what suits us best. We need to remember these times when results won't be as good as they are now and to always have our manager's back.

Best run in quite a while, heh? So 2-0 against Hull, 3-0 against Leicester, 4-0 against Man United, 2-0 against Southampton => 3-0 against Everton?

Imagine if Wenger were to say what he said yesterday, after that 6-0. He would've probably destroyed Arsene and labeled him as senile or idiotic. And he wouldn't have been wrong

He said that they had the chance to make it 2-1, but we scored the third on a counterattack and then they had the chance to make it 3-1, but again we scored on a counterattack. Afterwards, he even went to say that "probably, if there were 10 more minutes, we would've had the chance to make it 4-1, but they would've scored the fifth on a counterattack". I watched his statement, so yeah, he did say that.