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+1 This is what midweek should be. James in his best position. Alonso/alternative on the left

Worry is what to do with Alonso midweek.

I'm not worried there'll be any carryover to the Madrid game. Just look at last season - 5-2 defeat to WBA was an outlier.

Brentford deserve to lead tbh

Terrible defending there

Missed all of it 😁

Think every week I come on this site and ask why is Mount taking corners for Chelsea

1 year anniversary of this disaster this weekend. But next two games it was a 2-0 win vs Porto, 4-1 win over Palace.

Take Mendy off. Wrap him up in cotton wool

I see we're sleep walking this one

Glad the international break is over

James is on the bench !

Auba has been talking about trying to convince Dembele. I hope he wants out at least to try a new league

Interesting name but I'd go for the top tier - Dembele, Raphinha - rather than take on another project

Nice - mid-season rest on the sofa for Jorgi

Isn't it because that was PSG's own fault more than Real's brilliance? Real were outplayed in 3/4 halves of that PSG tie and PSG weirdly imploded in the last half - didn't look to manage the game, didn't take off their aged forwards who were no longer pressing.

Real Madrid will have Benzema back for the quarters?

There is a steep release clause with Tammy. Its 80 m euros according to one report

Chelsea Palace City Liverpool/Nottingham Forest

Southampton equaliser. Hope there's an upset here

Arsenal leading. They are somehow keeping up

Nizaar Kinsella is the most improved Chelsea beat reporter over the years

In fact, it is not even certain that SMG has made a bid. Contrary to reports, it had not made one prior to Friday and attempts to find wealthy backers in Saudi were proving difficult - The Athletic

Need to keep Alonso fresh for games. He had a really good game in the League Cup final before he got COVID