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Had a couple of decent headers from corners too. Shame that none of it went in especially one that just went over the bar. Was so close!

That is a must IMO in ties like this. By hook or by crook, we need to get the away goal! If we can do that, we would have put ourselves in a decent position to qualify (that is provided we don't go f**k things up at the other end).

Couldn't agree with that more. Just when you expect Torres to do the logical thing and do 'Action A' with the ball, challenging for the ball etc for example, he instead go and perform 'Action B' and completely f**k things up! Happens in every game!

Let's use the TalkChelsea donation funds..

I'm also not too sure actually. Just went with what others said..

Everton will wait until the summer before addressing the issue of loan star Romelu Lukaku's future

Torres is just a baby that cries when things don't go with his way. He pratically wants everyone to cater things to his liking but even then, he still goes AWOL 3 quarter of the time. After the Champions League final, he complained about how the style of play doesn't suit him, how he wasn't the No.1 striker at the club and all that. Well, look what happened last season. He was made our No.1 striker and had players like Oscar, Hazard bought to go with Mata and play a style that suited him and yet he still in put in garbage performances and go missing when we needed him to turn up. Let's not also forget that just before that shootout in Munich, he got pissed because RDM didn't have him in the first 5 penalty takers. I mean what right does he got there to be pissed when he hasn't even earned the right to be amongst the first 5 takers in the biggest shootout of all? It's laughable. He may look up for it that night but seems like he will only put himself about when he fancies it. When he doesn't, he retreats back to his shell and hide himself like a coward just when the team needs him. I'm genuinely curious to know what the other players really think of him. They may have nice words for him as a person but I doubt that it will be the case as a footballer.

It was 11 wins and 3 draws actually. Either way, think people were a tad too optimistic if they thought we were going to unbeaten for the rest of the season or win all our league games. True, we were winning games but we were also dropping some points along the way and it was going to be that way till May. We will win games but also drop a few here and there, one way or another. If anything, what we needed was to drop fewer points than Liverpool and Man City but unfortunately, seems like we have dropped a little bit too much.

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Seems like Cahill took the defeat pretty hard at the end..

Apparently, he wasn't injured...

Benitez has fired back at Mourinho after his comments yesterday about us having a bad season last term.. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Rafael-Benitez-hits-back-at-Jose-Mourinho/articleshow/32917053.cms

Steve McClaren on Bamford after Derby beat Charlton earlier today.. http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11684/9239426

Not Hazard? Hazard has been inconsistent at this times. Has had his moments and run of games where he performed but other consecutive run of games where he doesn't, like the last few for instance.

at those people who thought Arsenal would have no chance against City and that Pellegrini's side will walkover Arsenal... Anyway, is there even a remote chance that Spurs could get something from Anfield tomorrow? Have a rubbish attack and even worse defence..

Assuming he's talking about the attacking players like Torres, Hazard etc..

There are people who have overstated it as though he was the one who delivered the corner, scored the equalizing goal and the winning penalty and conveniently forget the tantrums he threw after the game..

Well, that's you then. Said before, if a player played well, then he deserves to be praised. If a player performed badly, then he deserves to be criticized. Doesn't mean if a player has done well in a season, he should be excluded from criticisms. And besides in this case, nobody is blowing the situation out of proportion but merely a legitimate point or two was brought up.

City have dropped 2 points against Arsenal. Ended 1-1. If Liverpool win all their remaining 7 games, they'll win the league...

West Brom away, Villa home & away, Stoke away and now Palace away... You know we are desperate when we keep on passing the ball to him to cross it..

I don't really get Mourinho. He complained about Torres' performance (albeit by not saying much) but yet took Schurrle off instead of him when the former look more lively and threatening than Torres ever was! Worst of all is that Ba came on for Schurrle but the former was stick out wide and Torres continuing in the centre.

Just putting it out here, is anyone gonna question Cahill's positioning for that 2-3 late Palace chances when they got into the space vacated by Ivanovic but wasn't covered well enough by Cahill? Seems like his problems are still there..

Not sure if Azpi was really THAT bad. Wasn't helped with Hazard not helping to defend his side and left Azpi in numerous 2 v 1 disadvantaged situation.

Hazard's performance today is exactly why I would have Azpi ahead of him in the club's POTY award. He's just not consistent enough yet and at times today, he over elaborated with the ball when what we need then was for him to just shoot when the chance is there or just be ruthless/decisive with the use of the ball.