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Damn Saha elbowing Romeu in the head. Nasty gash there.

And maybe that's why he gets so much grief when he doesn't. Oh, well, the team won so ultimately that's what matters.

The goal - Everton keeper made an absolute mess of that. I think even I could have caught that.

Just saw Anelka's miss - not good at all. So non-chalant and not even close to the target.

Missed a penalty, should have squared the ball to Lukaku for an easy goal, instead selfishly went for it, then had another relatively easy miss in the game. Not one of his better days.

Can assume we won't see much of Anelka or Kalouda on Sat. Danny didn't play a full game against QPR or tonight so he should be ok (hope). Mikel will end up playing 60 minutes tonight so hopefully he'll be ok. Then which of the 3 defenders playing tonight plays Sat - Alex, Ivanovic, or Luiz?

Yellow for Mikel. How many does he have now? Terry and Lampard with 4.

Feel bad for Josh, two CC games in a row, red card, and he gets sacrificed. Sounds like he had a good game though.

Is anybody warming up? How much time left?

It must have been part of AVB's deal or part of his technical staff's philosophy - manage with less than 11 players.

Kalou's timing is impeccable.

Who wants to be in the wall when Alex is up there. Heard that's going to leave a mark for a week or two.

Scousers have history dontcha know? Stoke 1 - Liverpool 0. Jones scored.

Its cosmic or karma or some other bs - after the ref drama from the weekend, AVB's comments, the FA, Chelsea do get a PK and miss it.

Well, the bench looks pretty strong.

Where's the faith? AVB did say youth plus a few older guys in the mix.

Lineup: Turnbull, Ivanovic, Alex, Luiz, Bertrand, Mikel, Romeu, McEachran, Kalou, Lukaku, Sturridge Now somebody says the lineup is: Turnbull, Ivanovic, Alex, Luiz, Bertrand, Romeu, Josh, Malouda, Lukaku, Kalou, Anelka Subs: Cech, Lampard, Torres, Mata, Mikel, Ferreira, Sturrdige

Why isn't this on TV anywhere? Just curious.

3 1/2 months today post-op for both Essien and my daughter. My daughter was cleared to run today. She is beyond excited and this is as good a reason as any to buy some new running shoes. Still no football for 4 weeks but she is so thrilled. The next two weeks is relearning how to run and then two weeks of running on a smooth surface. Hope the Bison is doing as well.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2053479/Ashley-Cole-key-John-Terry-race-row.html Never a dull moment at Chelsea.

Now supposedly Ferdinand said "I need to hear the truth for myself about what happened on the pitch". WTF does that mean? Did he hear it or not?

So if Terry is going to be hung and quartered where is the uproar over the chipmunk up the road wearing red? Both are cases of he said/he said and yet the media have already found Terry guilty while the Evra/Suarez issue seems to be swept under the rug. My daughter has watched football since she was little. Before she really knew any better her favorite NT was and still is England even though we're Americans. Whenever she watches/hears Terry getting boo'ed she always asks "he plays for England, why do they hate him so much?" I really don't get it either. Terry may have some monogamy issues but I've never ever heard a comment or inkling that he's a racist. He's played with Ashley Cole, Drogba, Anelka, Malouda, Kalou, Mikel, Ramires, and how many others for how long? Chelsea may be one of the most racially diverse PL teams out there. Wouldn't the media in their previous witchhunts of Terry have found that before? Who knew the QPR game would be so damn dramatic on and off the pitch.

Are we really surprised though? With the amount of cards and AVB's post-game comments we had to know it was coming. The FA protecting the FA.

Sigh...exhale... bitching and moaning over. Boys just need to come out stronger Wed and Sat against Arsenal. It is a long season, lots of games left, and I'm looking forward to it.

@OllieHoltMirror If luiz push was a pen, so were QPR pushes on Luiz and Lampard You know it's bad when the Mirror says something positive toward Chelsea.