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David Moyes sent to the stands in the Copa Del Rey and this happened... https://vine.co/v/ODQhPg61e5H :lol:

Big Sam > Fergie.

Jon Moss? That's dodgy. He's one of the three referees this season to have given the most red cards (5). And speaking of referees, Arsenal got Mike Dean for their game against City.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/chelsea-injury-news-cesar-azpilicueta-miss-league-cup-semi-final-against-liverpool-1483071? Apparently, Azpi will be out for 10 days because of a minor muscle injury...

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You know awards like this are a joke when you see Luiz, Iniesta and Thiago Silva made it into the FIFPro World XI. Farcical. Also scandalous how Simeone didn't win the Coach of the Year. What he achieved with Atletico Madrid last season was nothing short of amazing, especially considering the resources he had to work with compared to Ancelotti at Real Madrid and Low with Germany.

Think City will win too but they don't have Yaya Toure and their defence has hardly been solid. They have thrown away leads in 2 of their last 3 league games as well, including that 2-2 draw with Burnley (could have been 3 in 3 if it wasn't for Lampard!). Arsenal could cause an upset, IF the good Arsenal turn up.

Luiz in the FIFPro World XI???

No surprises there. He's a right back and the 4th player this season Simeone has tried to use at left-back. Atletico are having problems replacing Luis at LB.

The Mata of Chelsea would have scored a hat-trick yesterday..

Starting to think Roma don't even want to win the Serie A. It's ridiculous the number of times they have squandered to take top spot, even if it's just for a short period of time.

It wasn't only Ameobi though. Cabella, Sissoko ran us pretty ragged in the first half as well. Had their final deliveries been better, they would have easily scored 2-3 goals since we didn't even bother putting in committed challenges. Of all the defenders we have, I'm only most confident in Azpilicueta to deal with quick and direct players effectively. The rest of them are too reactive when faced with such problems. It's not only about the pressing. It's about being committed in the tackles/challenges. There were numerous occasions where Matic, Terry etc just stuck out a foot half-heartedly to try and bring down Cabella (for instance) rather taking him out completely (of course not in a rash way). In the end, Cabella (and 1-2 others) just ran past our players like they weren't even there. This problem was evident against Spurs too.

Can't believe you have taken that so seriously...

Costa is only 4 Premier League goals away from equaling the total tally of Torres, Ba and Eto'o combined last season (19).

Just noticed... Newcastle 2-1 Chelsea Next game? Arsenal 4-1 Newcastle + Tottenham 5-3 Chelsea Crystal Palace 2-1 Tottenham

Arsene Wenger says modern football has few defensive leaders Cited Terry and...Cahill from the current crop..

Be my guest if you want to perceive a weakness that needs to be rid of as 'something negative'...

Was talking about them under Poyet. They beat us twice last season and could have easily stolen a point in the 4-3 game. Throwing away a 2-0 lead from a commanding position can hardly be considered as the opposing team only shows up against you.

So much trouble at PSG right now. If this continues, pray they don't sack Blanc before the tie comes around.

And oh. City play Arsenal next weekend.

For starters, they have been awful defensively this season. Only QPR have shipped in more goals than them.

Maybe. Maybe not. Not the first time he has been completely left out of the matchday squad anyway.

Did well against Newcastle given the circumstances. Hoping to see less of the backing off though.