Sir Mikel OBE

Fantastic to see Giroud get the nod! Looks like this means Morata will get the nod wednesday.......if we choose to play a striker.

Yeah he's out.

Two inside 30 mins now I think he could have really been of use here if he didnt get caught in that racism scandal in China.

Isn't that life though? Nobody was on here complaining about us changing managers when the going gets tough after we win trophies. Glory goes a long way in hiding defects.

Well if its a 12 point gap right now, and Lukaku's role in the goals and assists to get them 3 points against us, and 3 points against Liverpool just now alone that is 6 points. Half of the gap. Sure, they are still in front of us, but halving that gap with just his contributions in the past few weeks seems like a bit of a difference maker. Of course there are other variables in place, as it always is in football, but their position in the table has a lot to do with what he's done for them. Its the reason they spent big money on him in the summer.

Sanchez should have been booked for stopping that free kick.

It definitely goes a long way when it leads to the assists and goals. Lukaku has owned Lovren, and been the reason they got their goals against us and Liverpool. That is big time status, and the reason they are sitting above both of us right now.

Refs been consistently good

Did the same to us, and we are the champs

The craziest thing is people still think Morata is better than him. You can enjoy Morata's style of play more, but he isnt better in any remote sense of the word. Lukaku has bossed liverpool. Strong,quick,good in the air. Thats what it takes to get the job done. Morata would have spent the entire first half on the ground looking for free kicks.

Calm down. We need Liverpool to drop all the points here.

That flick on by Lukaku was world class for that Rashford goal...or was it just strong Forward play? Either way, thank god Liverpool are losing now.

I get the notifications on my mac. I know Jim is bored when these type of articles start appearing on my screen

I'd truly be shocked if Barkley played again this season honestly. Especially if Bakayoko is fit again.

To do sportscenter you have to be well versed in multiple sports. ESPN banks on having employees who are fans of multiple sports because of the 24-hour news type casts they do. They are constantly jumping between sports to maximize revenue.

Theres video of him staring as Silva holds the ball in front of him, and passes back. I won't post it out of respect, but if that were Bakayoko we'd have pages slating him for such lack of effort.

If he's good to go next week he should play, but I definitely wouldnt bring him out there this weekend. Fainting is always a weird thing. Sure it could be anything, but if he wasn't feeling well 2 days after that raises major flags.

They were very sloppy yesterday and we would had a good chance of getting something if our manager showed any ambition. They were also without their record signing Fullback(Mendy), their midfield rock(Fernandinho), and their best(this season at least) attacking player Sterling. This team was there for the taking today if he we started with a striker and tried to play football.

Its the cult of personality that surrounds superstar players.

Hazard and Conte clearly don't like each other.

Morata for Hazard of course

Its almost like he was gonna bring Morata on and thought: "Wait, This guy fucking sucks" and made him put his jacket back on.

Lol Morata pulled back. Pedro off for a defender.

How pedro stayed on ahead of Willian I'll never know.

Morata cant even get on the pitch. Rudiger is much more influential for us. Now, and in the future.