Strike

Fuck me Havertz. That touch

Liverpool nicked it in the end. Need to win

Seriously! I know this decision hurts Liverpool but man - how frustrating is it to have the flow of the game disrupted so often on borderline nonsense. I'd rather go back to playing to the ref's whistle without VAR and argue about decisions in the pub afterwards

Villa lead at Anfield Edit - Didn't even hold it till HT Edit 2 - Offside, lead holds. Fuck modern football - that shouldn't be offside

Manchester United set to explore signing Declan Rice as part of any West Ham deal for Lingard https://theathletic.com/2505317/2021/04/08/manchester-united-set-to-explore-signing-declan-rice-as-part-of-any-west-ham-deal-for-lingard/

Yep Chilwell had that one poor game vs Leeds but otherwise he's been decent under TT. Alonso has oscillated between decent and shockers

Giroud has been a beast in CL away games. Winner vs Rennes, 4 vs Sevilla, winner vs Atleti Missed a trick by leaving him out today. This kind of game suits him, lot of long balls today too

Werner Havertz off is the right call

Not his game to be a target man for long balls against the likes of Pepe, Mbemba

Fuck that was a chance. Wasn't that a pen ?

No way out of their press other than a long ball to Havertz which turns over possession.

Porto all over us rn. Time for a change TT

Azpilicueta's outball has not found a Chelsea attacker for a while now. They've clearly scouted the way this team breaks out from the back - need to change something

Provided he is match fit - yes. Is Hudson Odoi fit?

Still would go with Thiago Silva over Andreas in a crunch CL knockout game. The red card vs WBA was bizarre and not a sign of any decline in Silva's game.

Please not another 30+ striker. Makes a big difference to the press having Aguero/Giroud and a younger, agile striker. Just bring in someone in their prime - If not Haaland then someone else in the prime age bracket

One more payday for Raiola

So Kante on the bench, Pulisic and Abraham in squad.

so both teams don't have first choice centrebacks

Same - not too worried about this West Ham team being 4th. Think they won't be amassing 20 points in the last 8 games. We're looking at Liverpool or Spurs as direct rivals.

This might be the lineup - as long as Hudson Odoi is fit

Non-story - he was sent in 5 mins before end of training and later apologised to Kepa. Will be starting I think vs Porto

The phrase wake up call is overused but this is actually one of the better wake up calls to have. If there's a red card in a crucial match again, at least the team won't be headless chickens like this

Its April 2021 and I am still watching Alonso get outrun by an ordinary winger

Pulisic was also the only attacker who had a good first half. Struggling to understand the play here when the team is 2-1 down