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And it's less justifiable to bash someone like Morata at this point of his career which is below the point Torres had reached upon signing for Chelsea.

Fixed that for you. There are very few Kante's in this world. I honestly believe there has been a decline in players' quality in general these days. That's why almost every player could cost over 50m. Dark times if you ask me.

It's not only that his skills are limited, it's mostly his poor decision making that holds him back from being a top player. Mainly the choice to dribble/pass/cross around the edge of the opponent's box, which frustrates the hell out of me. There were multiple instances against Man U where he could have helped the team to create scoring chances but he bottled them instead.

For me, I'm not blinded by his charisma, I'm satisfied with having 7 shots on target away from home in a big match. That's something Mourinho almost never does, let alone Hughes or Hughton. I think you are exaggerating way too much.

This was the official match footage. They don't show the line until the moment the ball was passed.

My issue with Conte's choices is not subbing Hazard, but leaving Alonso there who offered almost nothing. Emerson should have had a chance in my opinion since he can't be any worse. Hell, I'd even put Zappacosta there!

It was clearly shown during the match towards the end.

Am I the only one who's seen him pick it up in the 2nd half? If that goal wasn't wrongfully cancelled, he'd get some credit, tough angle to score from. His physicality is frustrating nonetheless, but I'm still rooting for him. Although if he doesn't improve by next season, I'll give up hope.

How many more of theses are you going to post? It's pretty annoying.

Even more amazing: Can you imagine Jose managing our squad yesterday? 🙂

Arguably his best performance in a Chelsea shirt so far. Love the man! 💙

My gut tells me Christensen will score his first senior Chelsea goal in this match.

It's very subjective. They lost to La Liga sides that we can easily beat in my opinion. Nothing is set in stone and results show they have been inconsistent which is something that shouldn't really happen to a team that's "filled with top class players".

Real have been arguably as shaky as we've been in the league, so their win gives me a lot of hope that we could actually do it against Barca.

I know but they are a different side under Valverde. Failed to beat Getafe at home with a full strength squad. I'd like to add that in the 2008-09 season we were the only side to deny Barca from scoring at home in all competitions. I know there's a difference in quality between now and then but this fixture has been tight the last 3 times it happened.

I can trust this lot who did it at Wembley vs Spurs and almost did it at Anfield and the Emirates.

I do.

Yeah he should've said "Madrid? YUCK! I hate the club and city I grew up in and made me the player I am today." instead.

Matt Miazga: Chelsea player fined by Vitesse Arnhem for grabbing opponent's groin 😂😂😂

The difference is that Conte knows how to get results out of mediocre players which is something Mourinho can never do. If we had this same squad with Jose we wouldn't have been in the top 4 at all.

I think that would suit Scolari and Mourinho 2.0 not Conte. People quickly forget how Conte made us a team that often enough creates chances until the very last minute regardless of the scorline.

I took notice of his "movement" leading up to that 2nd Watford goal when it happened. Incredibly careless/gutless.

On an even worse night, he could have been sent off. I can't get over his stupid yellow card foul.

This speaks volumes. Andreas deserves every single praise he gets. I believe he is comfortably (and technically) the signing of the season. None of the other 8 could surpass him in terms of importance imo.

He has been playing out of position, he isn't tall enough to perfectly fix our strikers issues. I was talking about individuals in our current squad in general. The ones who we clearly struggle without.