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I officially give up on Werner

At least this should shut up the referee conspiracy theorists

I am nervous about Jorgi pens

This is overstating it. We've looked comfortable all game. Similar to Arsenal last season - switched off one moment

Nobody warming up is really strange

Get Alonso off setpiece duty at least

Yes. Because there was zero United attacking threat and we don't concede.

Same thing as Kante vs Arsenal. Too risky trying to control that. Out of fucking Nothing. Piss off

Yep. Even Mason is a good shout for his energy if nothing else

Weirdly static up front. Rudiger or Jorgi in possession deep in their half and there's no movement in attack. United are too organised to roll over today.

To their credit United are making it hard work to move up the pitch

That's a good win from Chalobah. Need to be taking more risks. United have no attacking threat

Not really. No sustained pressure

Teams have worked it out. Pressure on Alonso as soon as he receives the ball

Everytime a United player falls over its a FK

Great chance!

Paul Scholes on pre-match saying Chelsea is the ideal team to play Cristaino against - Thiago Silva would be the ideal opponent for Cristiano 😄

I'm guessing no and it would be a shock for them at what level CHO and RLC are playing

Wasn't Havertz down the middle for most of these games? I remember Werner playing from the left in Atleti, Real home legs. Anyway I think Havertz (and Lukaku) make more intelligent runs, keeps possession under pressure better. They are the two main striker options in the squad

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/nov/27/how-tuchel-used-pain-of-juventus-defeat-to-refine-his-Chelsea-approach Tuchel on subtle tweaks after the Juve defeat.

Not completely useless but his goals against top teams are Spurs and West Ham + he was not a central striker when he did have good games for us in the CL winning run. He was playing inside left.

Happy for him and thankful no one took a punt on him for a loan in the summer.

Werner struggles against good opposition - heavy touches, unsure finish. Can't remember a goal he's scored against a half-decent team other than a tap in vs Real Given the state United are in, fully expect them to sit back deep and catch us on the break. Has to be Havertz or Lukaku up front

We are looking at the 90 point-range to win the league. Given how good City and Liverpool both are.

He's in training. I think he starts. Delay the Lukaku return. We had our best phase of the season without him in the XI.