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You quoted the wrong person mate. That point was made by Reddish-Blue.

Couple of stats to throw in... 1. Chelsea are unbeaten against Manchester United in the last 10 Premier League meetings at Stamford Bridge - W6 D4. 2. However, Manchester United won 1-0 at Stamford Bridge in the 2010/11 Champions League first leg quarter final tie, just two visits ago. 3. Chelsea have won just ONCE in the last seven clashes against Manchester United in all competitions(Premier League + Champions League + Community Shield) - W1 D1 L5. The referee for this game will be Mark Clattenburg and... 4. Chelsea have a 100% record whenever Mark Clattenburg has officiated a Premier League match at Stamford Bridge - P8 W8.

A couple of Champions League stats to throw in... 1. Chelsea's overall record in the Champions League - P115 W58 D32 L25. 2. Chelsea's Champions League record at Stamford Bridge - P57 W36 D16 L5. In group stage - P34 D24 D8 L2. In KO stage - W23 D8 L3. 3. Chelsea's AWAY record in the Champions League - P58 W22 D16 L20. In group stage - P35 W16 D10 L9. In KO stage - P23 W6 D6 L11.

Not surprised by that high 'Dispossessed' stat when he thinks he is Messi trying to dribble past 2-3 players more often than not.

Can't believe people are reading so much into that pile of garbage. Here's why!

Enough talks about Falcon. Stay on topic. This is the Falcao thread, not Falcon.

What's wrong with using that game to see how he fares against a PL opposition? Though he may have played well in the Champions League before but those games were against Zilina and a dead rubber against Marseille. Furthermore, he hardly got to play consistently in the Premier League last season with Swansea but now he is playing week in week out for Boro in the Championship and coming up against different level of opposition suddenly will be a good test for him, assuming if he plays. Adding to that, this is local derby game, where the atmosphere and intensity of the game will be high thus making it interesting to see how he copes with it.

Middlesbrough face Sunderland in the North-East derby next week in the League Cup. Hope he features as it would be interesting to see how he fares against a Premier League oppositon.

Can only hope so. Cannot let the result yesterday turned our recent run of form into a poor one.

Would be madness if Bayern don't top that group.

That was a slight tongue-in-cheek comment. Main point was that in previous weeks, people were shouting from the rooftop and thinking we're just gonna walk over the teams before us. Then came that defeat at Shakhtar and suddenly people seem to have pulled back a bit.

Seems that the mood here have been slightly cautious compared to previous weeks. I wonder why...

Nice to laugh at Arsenal and Man City but would still have liked us to win yesterday and sit comfortably at the top of our group.

Another excellent result for Malaga. Played 3. Won 3. Scored 7. Conceded 0. Have 9 points. Perfect.

3 English teams losing on the same matchday?! Unbelievable.

We will face either Monterrey or a team from Asia.

http://www.redcafe.net/f11/chelsea-vs-manchester-united-360636/ Went to Redcafe to see what are the United fans' thoughts on this game. Instead, I came across a whole bunch of discussion on who should be starting for them.

Random stat: Eden Hazard has just two of the nine Champions League games he has played in(with Lille and Chelsea) - W2 D4 L3. Poor Eden.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7D2nm6xwpc&feature=plcp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cuIQWGZDoY&feature=plcp Is it just me or does Luiz speaks like Torres there?!

It's 5 years, not 4. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4605763/John-Obi-Mikel-to-be-offered-a-new-five-yr-deal.html

Are you serious with that?!

Think he watched the replay of the game, not when it was live.

Massive game this. Hope the defeat last night will serve as a wake up call for the team. Can't afford to put in another dismal performance. And the referee for this game is Mark Clattenburg.

One major concern at the moment is our defending. We have looked sloppy and porous defensively especially when defending against wide players and at set-pieces. We just look a complete and utterly hopeless particularly on the latter. This has been utterly evident against Spurs and now Shakhtar. When the ball is being whipped in, either from corners or free kicks, you have players who are not picked up and allowed to have a free shot at goal or have time and space to pick out a passes. Not overreacting by any means here yet but worth remembering that RDM was sacked from West Brom because they were conceding goals from front, left, right and centre as well as from set pieces. RDM needs to ensure that this doesn't turn into an achilles heel for us again!

Chelsea vs Manchester United POST MATCH DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS Barclays Premier League Sunday, 28th October 2012 Stamford Bridge 16:00 Kick Off (UK time)