Pizy

Agree with people voicing concerns about Azpi and Kante. As amazing as they are at certain aspects of the game, both look very suspect when pressed due to their limited technical ability. Teams now know to target them with their pressure and it definitely works.

Damn, Eden had so many good shooting opportunities that half and couldn't do anything with them. We've been decent here but are again struggling with ideas around the box. We have to get Cesc and Ruben more involved since they've looked dangerous almost every time they get it.

Let us all pray that Rubes does his defensive and tracking work today or else we'll be in trouble in midfield and the center of defense. Id have rested Alosno here too since we know he'll start against City. He already looked leggy last weekend and I would've thought Sarri's our day ant himself a freshness so possible against City.

Not better than Pedro or Wilian currently and I'd be surprised if he ever reaches either of those players' level. I think for the crazy price he'd flop here. We need an instant, clear upgrade in this position rather than a prospect/project that will need years to reach his potential.

I think Jorginho being the focus of every opposing team over the past three weeks has had a significant effect on us. Again today he was pretty anonymous. Not poor, just not the orchastrator he was earlier in the season. That Kovacic has also been subpar lately makes our midfield stand out even more. The thing that scares me the most is our attack, though. Hazard was still pretty good but his red hot,mulayable streak has faded. Other than him we have not a single attacking player that scares anyone on a consistent basis. Willian and Pedro show flashes every few games or so. Morata and Giroud are players who none of our top 4 rivals would be starting. Looking at the options City, Liverpool, Arsenal, and even Spuds have across their attack makes me jealous. And it's highly unlikely we'll be able to buy any top class options in January. I think Sarri getting us 4th this season will be fairly miraculous.

Get ready for the massive Arsenal wankfest over the next week from every media outlet.

Must be nice having a striker who is lethal and can finish from anywhere around the box. I've almost forgotten what it's like. If Arse end up finishing above us this season it's not because they're a better overall side than us, it'll be because they have not one but two top class finishers at the point of their team. Unless we get one soon we'll always be at a disadvantage from kickoff compared to all of our rivals.

Giroud has been fine. The few chances he did get were difficult so I'm not gonna shit on him. Alonso and Kovacic were poor. Kovacic really has to start stepping up. Been very average recently. He has to assert himself and use his dribbling ability. When teams are going to always man mark Jorginho like all three of our last opponents have done, it should free up Kova.

We continuously get the ball around the box and are so unimaginative. We should have 2-3 goals by now. Teams like City and Liverpool look like they can score every time they get it in the final third. Lately, we look like Conte/Mourinho's Chelsea where we are hoping for a moment of individual brilliance rather than good team play.

Alonso has been woeful going forward today. Looks like he's playing in slow-mo. Can't run, can't cross. No point in playing him if he can't do those things.

Our left side is terrible defensively and will continue to be exposed against any team of quality. Alonso has gotten a pass all season because he's good going forward. Luiz has been threatening to implode all season and now finally has. He's past it as a defender and if we had anyone else who could play out from the back he'd be gone.

Utter humiliation. And not to City or Barca, or Bayern. To fucking Spurs. Our players should be ashamed.

We are in desperate need of the same things we've been moaning about for ages. Our good start to the season has made many forget. Top class right sided attacker, top class striker, and probably a Luiz replacement that can pass at his level but can also fucking move faster than a tanker.

Hazard booked for a foul that happens literally a dozen times every match. Atkinson is the worst referee in the league.

Worst performance of the season easily here. Can't even hold on to the fucking ball. They're just effortlessly playing through us when they have it and winning the ball back time and again when we have it. Spuds have been able to raise their game here while we've wilted like a flower. We have no teeth up top and when Jorginho is ineffective the entire team fails to function. Very dangerous to depend so much on him.

As poor as we've been the ref is giving Spuds every soft foul. Dreadful decision after dreadful decision.

We've been badly exposed here. Embarrassing.

We once again start horrifically poorly and asleep and Dele gets his usual goal against Chelsea. Getting bossed in midfield and can't handle their press.

Hopefully Morata has his big boy pants on today and doesn't get totally owned by that Spuds defense. Tired of seeing that whiny face he makes when things aren't going his way.

Gets a great big "meh" from me tbh. Think there are better players we can get for that kind of money. If we are indeed after a new wide player for mega-money then we should be going all out for Zaha.

This was the sort match that Diego Costa pulls us through with a big time goal or two. Morata was as soft as cotton today and was back to his whiny, pathetic self. If we had a fierce striker we'd have won despite not playing as well as we can. Jorginho had probably his least effective match since arriving so it's not a coincidence that we struggled in the first half. Kova improved as the game went on and Kante was subpar. Really, our whole midfield was poor overall which is why we didn't take 3 points. As for Everton, they executed their gameplan perfectly but didn't really do much at all to threaten us. We controlled the game almost entirely and if we were sharper in our finishing we would've scored at least twice.

SO MANY FUCKING CHANCES! Inches wide time and again.

You so much as breath on Richarlison and he drops like a bag of stones. Embarrassing. Yet the ref falls for it every time.

Our passing in the Everton half has been woeful. Even our most accurate passers in Kova and Jorginho are giving it away repeatedly. We need to 1) quicken the pace of our play 2) sharpen our lazy passing and 3) bring on Giroud for more of a focal point.

Slow motion zombie football for the most part. Everton man-marking all of our attackers and midfielders which means we're really struggling to get them the ball in dangerous areas. We've had almost all the ball but can't do anything with it without moving it quicker. Everton are only really threatening on set plays and when they win a cheap foul.