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Yes, it is down to individual's decision making but at the same time, you also need movement in the final third to create space to shoot. The last thing we want is for Werner - or anyone for that matter - to constantly cut inside, run into traffic and shoot into bodies. Pretty sure we have seen Ziyech done that a few times on the other side this season.

Yes, agree with the sentiment but the one big difference here is Liverpool lost the first leg last season and we won it. Atletico should have some key players back for the 2nd leg but unlike last season, they will have to come out and play, instead of just focusing on defending.

Weren't you talking about Werner in the latter part of this? Am fine with him going down the byline and play a cross in etc (we saw the reward of it against Sheffield United and Newcastle for example) but otherwise yeah, I'd like to see him cut inside a bit more and have a shot or two at goal. Thought there were opportunities for him to do that against Newcastle but he didn't take them. All part of the attacking problems for Tuchel to solve!

Agree but that seems to be a big issue with everyone in the team - the end product, no consistency with that. When you talk about Mount passing to Werner, which game are you referring to? Because I don't remember Mount playing Werner in at all at Southampton. There was one yesterday and Werner did poorly with the final ball. Fair enough there. If I'm getting the right situation about the Ziyech, he did get a shot away from a tight angle although I think he was looking for the support run from the other side and when he saw there was none, he took that shot.

TBH, not sure if the performance at Southampton was really different than yesterday's. The game played out the same way against Atletico - we dominated the game, got into final third a lot but became braindead - but the only differences were we didn't concede a silly goal and we scored something out of nothing. Had this game ended 0-0 instead of 1-0, we would have been screaming in frustration about our malfunction in attack once again.

TBH, playing Werner upfront is useless as long as those behind him are incapable of finding his runs and play the early passes to him. They couldn't even do it against Southampton in the second half and there were so many moments to do so!

🤣 Don't you think I'm not aware of all that? I was just curious about the numbers and hence why I went to just dig up. The numbers are never going to be comparable given Mount has been used a lot ever since breaking through the first team and since there's all the notion about he is our best player etc, that stat just sort of reinforces that notion! Am assuming that's for others because I wasn't even comparing Mount with other players!

According to The Athletic, Abraham is not interested in discussing about extending his contract with the club while they are looking for a new striker like Haaland.

La Liga clubs have had a stinker in the Champions League/Europa League first leg... L Barcelona 1-4 PSG L Sevilla 2-3 Dortmund L Atletico 0-1 Chelsea ? Atalanta ?-? Real Madrid L Real Sociedad 0-4 Man Utd W RB Salzburg 0-2 Villarreal W Granada 2-0 Napoli Wonder which Real Madrid will turn up tonight...

Since Mount will miss the 2nd leg against Atletico, did a little digging into the numbers... When Mount STARTS: P 74 W 42 D 12 L 20 56% win rate When Mount DOESN'T START (including sub appearances, no sub appearances): P 18 W 9 D 5 L 4 50% win rate

Tuchel's full quote: “No, it was not [that we saved Giroud for Atlético]. We thought long and hard about putting him in [against Southampton]. It was clearly a possibility that he starts against Southampton [after scoring versus Newcastle], then we analysed them and they are a very aggressive team and they press and play high up the pitch. So we expected more spaces behind the last line and we wanted more runs from deep. “I had only three changes because in our league it is only possible to have three changes. I wasn’t too happy in my decisions in the game against Southampton. “Maybe we missed the opportunity to bring him on at the end. But then I can say I saved him for today.” @OneMoSalah I was right. 😛

Did you say Mount scores regularly? 🤨

Emerson playing in a domestic cup game is hardly a surprise. Worth remembering that when Tuchel switched to a back 4 in the second half against Barnsley, he took Alonso off and moved Emerson to LB. That seemed to suggest that Tuchel knows Alonso doesn't work in a back 4 and that Chilwell will come in more into play when we play the back 4. Chilwell may be a Lampard signing but am sure the board also didn't sign him for 50 million to just sit on the bench. If we are serious about building for the future, then we've gotta stop fucking around at some point and choose the player that is for the future. One is 24 years old and the other is 30 years old god damn it! Moreover, it's fair to say Alonso has not been heavily tested under Tuchel so far? Almost all the teams we have played in the last month, for one reason or another, happily let us dominate them and did not bother to attack us much. Don't think the same will really happen against Man United, Liverpool, Everton and Leeds, especially when they have pacey players. Also unless Tuchel decides to run him into the ground, Alonso can't be playing every game. He has to rotate at some point and Chilwell isn't going to get back into form if he's just being left on the bench either. Managers often say things and then do the complete opposite but here's what Tuchel recently said about Chilwell... https://www.goal.com/en/news/tuchel-i-asked-chilwell-to-trust-me-after-we-dropped-him-for/1qsqsx4r5kqtg10n9sta3lu0vx "Yes, if he is [worried] I can understand," Tuchel told reporters ahead of Monday's clash with Newcastle at Stamford Bridge. "He has had some difficult decisions against him, where they were tight choices. "I took the choice for Marcos [Alonso] where we played with a five because he was more familiar with the position. He played there under Antonio Conte and we opted for Marcos against Burnley for his strengths in the air for headers to defend and attack set-pieces. "Marcos had a really good match where he scored a decisive goal and from there it was hard to come back for Tottenham. We didn’t make changes in this position. I spoke to him before the Tottenham match and said you have to trust me now that I see your talent and potential. "I see also with Chilly a very nice guy, reflective guy and an intelligent guy. I maybe felt it in the first days that it is possible that he thinks a lot about this situation but hopefully not too much because he can trust himself and us as a staff that he can keep pushing and we will find possibilities to reward him. "He showed a good performance in Sheffield United and it was important for him and the team. Sometimes it takes a little time and there are hard decision at the moment, at a club like Chelsea, with a squad of 22 players. "Hopefully, we don’t have a lot of injuries but we have to deal with these situations. It is my job not to lose these players and to help them not lose trust. If he keeps on going, as a fantastic guy, he has a lot of potential and we will find possibilities for him on the pitch. "At the same time, we wanted to give a fair start to everybody and not judge the amount of money that the club has spent but give everybody a feeling of a fresh start. Yes, Marcos is at the moment is a guy who took advantage of this situation but it is not the end of Chilly’s development. That’s for sure." So, make that of what you will.

Not the point here.

The point is, Giroud's impact has been minimal when he doesn't score.

Even then, is Mount the only one at the club who has endurance, who can play back to back matches? Let's not also forget that Mount was overplayed last season and he ran out of steam in the end. Everyone has their limit.

Credit to Tuchel (and the team) for getting it right tonight. But let's not get carried away just yet. It's only the first leg and Tuchel has a history of bottling the tie in the second leg...

Is it too much for you to just maybe have a bit more respect towards Lampard, regardless of his time as a manager here? Continue to be aggressive/insulting towards him and don't be surprised if we drop the ban hammer on you.

Tuchel is W2 L2 against Solskjaer's United. Both of those losses have come in the home games.

Chelsea 0-0 Manchester United PRE/POST-MATCH DISCUSSION, LIVE CHAT AND ANALYSIS 2020/21 Premier League Match 26 28th February, Sunday 2020 Stamford Bridge 16:30 Kick Off (UK time)