Strike

Reminded me of Benitez subbing Ivanovic-Azpi in the Club World Cup final

One man in the box when we are two nil down.

Barkley for kovacic! Who'd have guessed?

Not a single dent on United in 65 minutes. All our opponents are too comfortable lately. Even individual brilliance has dried up. Where will the goals come from?

Like for like subs are here. William for Pedro I think after one season Sarri's job can be handled by a robot programmed to make like for like subs during matches.

Actual chances to score so far : zero?

after 75 mins

He was rested in the Europa League game. Gotta keep our best players fresh

Alonso and Pedro. Take #27

Jorginho is a good player but defensively he is getting no help and attacking wise he is not seeing enough of the ball. Once he is pressed by the opposition attackers, it leaves David Luiz breaking out of defense as the player who sets up the attack and he is very hit-and-miss with his distribution. I know sometimes he pulls of ridiculously good long balls but I would rather have someone with intelligence to pick out pockets of spaces or see where a simple pass can be made rather than have Luiz raise his head and launch it forward every now and then.

Well, at least next season I hope Derby County and Lampard are in the Premier League. Would give something to root for on weekends like this when all the top 6 sides won and we got hammered

Stick with Sarri. All in with Sarri. Give him better fullbacks, couple of new players in midfield and attack. This is essentially what Liverpool and City did anyway.

The fans have been screaming for Hudson Odoi and RLC and Emerson. Maybe we wouldn't have been winning with these three but good chance there would be more phases of play in the City box and would create actual trouble at the back for City. Sigh. I just hope this season can be salvaged now

Alonso is not even serviceable anymore.

Switch off the TV. Find a good book or go to a movie or something. Good night guys

It's just Huddersfield. Thankfully there is a week till the next game

Time to look ahead. RLC and Hudson Odoi to start Arsenal are away to City and Uniited are playing Leicester so this could be a chance to open a gap that appears to have vanished

Some things never change. Manager under fire and Henrique is on the forum attacking left right and centre

In fairness, Doucoure checks a lot of Chelsea boxes: he’s injured, he’s overpriced, he’s scored against us, and he’d be unlikely to play a lot even though he excelled at a mid-table team and thus would do the job that could also just be handed to an academy player. From WAGNH

CHANGE SOMETHING

Pedestrian stuff. Even after conceding. Where is the urgency? It is the same movement from right to left until Azpi crosses aimlessly into the box. There is very little running at the Bournemouth defense or an attempt to pass quickly and create a chance through the middle

Everybody posting about RLC in midfield. I think it will be Kovacic for this game and RLC against Huddersfield in the weekend

At least a 3-goal lead

Ampadu in the Jorginho position. Christensen, Hudson Odoi, Higuain. Lot to love in this lineup. Also, I am going to assume that Sarri has rotated Emerson to give him some rest and that Alonso is now second choice

Sarri has praised him after the game too. Surely this is the end of Alonso