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Name: chelseafc9010 Reason: Inappropriate Language Punishment: Verbal warning only.

When you're playing behind one of the world's best wingers, I guess the natural thing to do is sit back and chill

Fucking great shout, Milan. That game was fucking massive in the grand scheme of things.

I agree. We're owed a penalty anyway after last weekend!!!

My thoughts: http://forum.talkchelsea.net/topic/19198-hazard-penalty-ensures-a-happy-halloween-for-blues/#entry1006651 Please read and comment!

Eden Hazard netted the winner from the penalty spot as Chelsea defeated Queens Park Rangers in a tight London derby. The Belgian coolly beat Rob Green from twelve yards to maintain the Blues' four-point advantage over second-placed Southampton. Oscar had given Chelsea a first-half lead with a simply stunning finish from the edge of the area, only for Charlie Austin to cleverly divert a mishit shot beyond the despairing dive of Thibaut Courtois. Jose Mourinho earlier this week said that it would be harder for Chelsea to win the Premier League because of the amount of derby matches they have to play in comparison to their northern title rivals, and this stoic performance from Rangers will only end weight to that hypothesis. Rangers proved stubborn opposition, yet Austin's leveller just after the hour - which was totally against the run of play - evoked fears amongst the Chelsea faithful of a repeat of the infamous November Curse. The result means Chelsea, temporarily at least, open up a nine-point lead over Manchester City - who host cross-city rivals United at Etihad Stadium in a crunch derby match of their own tomorrow lunchtime. This was another frustrating performance from José Mourinho's men, however. Whilst the Blues worked the ball well in the middle third, the Blues were somewhat lethargic approaching Green's goal, and the returning Diego Costa had very little service in and around the box. It was perhaps a disappointing performance from Nemanja Matic that undermined the Blues' attempts to win with trademark swagger, as the Serbian destroyer - usually so reliable in his role as midfield string-puller - was loose in possession of the ball. Yet whilst Chelsea lacked their usual panache and verve, though what good they did produce came through the usual suspects. Oscar, Cesc Fabregas and Hazard all excelled. It was Fabregas who had the game's first real effort of note as his strike from the edge of the area produced a two-handed parry from Green, but the Spaniard was still able to serve up his regular contribution as he set up Oscar's magnificent opener. There are several inevitabilities in life: death, taxes, and Cesc Fabregas assists. In what is the tenth goal (in as many matches contributed) to the Chelsea cause by the former Barcelona midfielder, the Spanish magician weaved his way through two QPR challenges before feeding Oscar. The Brazilian's finish matched, if not bettered, the approach play. Taking the shot first-time on the outside of his boot, the Brazilian somehow arced the ball around Green and into the top corner, kissing the woodwork as it disturbed the roof of the net. That was Oscar's fourth of an increasingly-productive season, and arguably the best of a very good bunch. Chelsea were in relative control from that point onwards, but when Filipe Luis wasted a presentable chance to increase the lead, there seemed the likelihood of the Blues' recent inability to kill teams off (well, except Maribor anyway...) again proving their Achilles heel here. And that fear became a reality as Austin - a boyhood Chelsea fan - back-heeled in the equaliser from Leroy Fer's mishit effort from all of four yards. Chelsea rallied resolutely. Oscar was the first to be denied by Rob Green's heroics as his goalbound free-kick from pawed wide by the former England goalkeeper, before the former Norwich man made an equally impressive stop to save John Terry's front post header. There was nothing he could do, however, as Hazard slotted home a 75th-minute penalty after being felled by Eduardo Vargas. Running at pace into the area, even the slightest of contact would have sent the Belgian flying, and the tangle of feet with the Chilean saw referee Mike Jones rightly point to the spot to seal the points and put paid to the notion of a post-Halloween scare.

PENALTY

Fuck that for a game of soldiers.

If you're correct I'll ban myself and appoint Nike as Admin.

We'll play a far stronger team. Remy, Ramires, Azpi, Matic and Willian will all probably start.

This. We'll lose soon, against a team we should be beating 3/4-0, the real test of this team is how we react and respond to that defeat.

QPR, West Brom and Sunderland are all shit teams so we'll definitely drop points there.

Remember remember, we're shit in November.

Costa is a cheating cunt, like Drogba, but now he's our cheating cunt.

Yeah, winning is shit isn't it?

Diego who?

A late cameo appearance form substitute Willian inspired Chelsea over the finish line against a spirited Shrewsbury Town at Greenhous Meadow. After an incredibly frustrating first half, the Blues managed to take the lead after Didier Drogba slotted home his third goal in as many games, but their hosts - 72 places below José Mourinho's men in the Football League - rallied and duly equalised through substitute Andy Mangan. Their joy was to be short-lived as Mourinho responded with two changes of his own; one of whom - Willian - provided the game's defining moment as his devilish delivery from the left wing was headed into his own net by the unfortunate Jermaine Grandison. Shrewsbury were left crestfallen at the end of the game after a performance full of vim and vigour that left the Premier League leaders hugely frustrated. Such was the quality of the Shrews' showing that, even in spite of the multitudinous changes Mourinho made from Sunday's disappointing 1-1 draw at Old Trafford, Chelsea were unable to dictate the play the way they have against far more illustrious opponents this season already. It is a cruel irony that Grandison, so efficient in his marshalling of the hosts' defence, should score the decisive goal - albeit at the wrong end - but Shrewsbury manager Micky Mellon will be wholly proud of the way his side were able to push the Premier League's title favourites right to the wire. There seems to be plenty of life left in the old Drog yet, though, as Didier Drogba again impressed. Opening the scoring with a precise finish, it was his presence that forced Grandison to take such drastic action late on, and the big Ivorian looks decidedly fitter and sharper after an unexpected run of three goalscoring appearances in the space of a week. It was his key contribution, added to by the verve and dynamism supplied late on by Willian, that ultimately won Chelsea this game. But what should have been a relatively routine victory for Chelsea was, in truth, anything but that. Mourinho would have hoped this game would have been the perfect platform for his fledging starlets and fringe players to press their claim for first-team action. Whilst the young triumvirate of Nathan Aké, Kurt Zouma and Andreas Christensen all impressed without doing anything particularly spectacular, both Andre Schurrle and Mohamed Salah - kept out of the Blues' recent matchday squads through a lack of both from and fitness - only underlined why they are so far down the Stamford Bridge pecking order at present. Salah was emphatically poor in the final third, despite all his industry. His night was summed up in the first half when he attempted a shot from all of 20 yards - the ball instead almost hitting Mourinho in his technical area. Though the Egyptian did provide the through ball from which Drogba so effortlessly thrashed home, he appears a dim reflection of the young man who starred for frequently for Basel in European competitions. It speaks volumes that Willian was able to contribute more inside 60 seconds than either Schurrle or Salah could in the entire game. Whilst Schurrle was able to produce one excellent save out of Jayson Leutwiler, the German is unrecognisable from the superstar who helped propel his nation to their World Cup triumph in Brazil. John Obi Mikel, too, failed to impose himself against League Two opposition - his performance serving only to further emphasise his dwindling stock since the arrival of Nemanja Matic, who, as a late substitute, appeared a class apart from the Nigerian midfielder, oozing both class and composure in that central midfield hub. In a game played in tricky conditions on a pitch that most Premier League superstars would compare to the Somme, Shrewsbury were able to apply concerted periods of pressure on a Chelsea side clearly missing the organisation of rested skipper John Terry. Terry's usual defensive partner Gary Cahill, another who has had a sub-par start to the season, looked shaky once again without the Blues captain at his side, though Petr Cech was his usual brilliant self; making one excellent save early on to keep the score 0-0. The Blues progress - narrowly. In front of a record crowd of more than 10,000 inside Greenhous Meadow, Shrewsbury put in a magnificent shift and those Chelsea players who participated this evening will come out of it knowing they were given a real game, with the result belying the gulf in resources between the two sides.

I did fucking say so.

Still pisses me off thinking about it!

Absolutely hate this diving twat, no thank you.

I think we'll be lucky if it's 2-0 tbh, they're playing some great football (they beat Bury, who are in the play-off spots) 5-0 just two weeks ago, and they've won four on the bounce, and they've only lost four out of 15 games this season. I think they also have the second best attack and second best defence in League Two. This isn't a team that ships a lot of goals.

So what would you have done, brought on Salah or Solanke to give United even more room to exploit?

Martin Atkinson - okay Mark Clattenburg - shitcunt Mike Dean - cunt Phil Dowd - uber shitcunt Roger East - okay Chris Foy - shitcunt Kevin Friend - okay Mike Jones - okay Robert Madley - who? Andre Marriner - okay/occasional shitcunt Lee Mason - occasional cunt Jonathan Moss - okay Michael Oliver - pillock Craig Pawson - okay Keith Stroud - who? Neil Swarbrick - okay Anthony Taylor - twonk Paul Tierney - who?

That first part is totally inappropriate regardless of whether you dislike the bloke.

Name: José0711 Reason: Inappropriate Language Punishment: Content moderated for 48 hours