Strike

with no Zabaleta, Toure, Negredo

^LOL. Good wind up but Nobody on here is thinking about Galatasaray because its still 2 months away and its against Galatasaray

i thought the club is looking for a stop-gap. Would prefer someone in their prime in January.

20million is a good deal for him especially when Costa, Higuain etc cost more but Balotelli is a wildcard. Could be extremely good one game but take stupid shots from distance in the next.

4-3-3 Cech- Ivan Luiz Terry Azpi- Mikel Lampard Oscar - Hazard Willian Torres

http://www.marca.com/2013/12/26/en/football/real_madrid/1388088156.html He's leaving Real Madrid according to the Marca but mostly in the summer and not January. I'll pass

Hahah. You're making Liverpool out to be Barcelona or Bayern. Sure they have a decent team this season but seriously? They're below Chelsea in the table now!

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/dec/27/ashley-cole-chelsea-luke-shaw-southampton Ashley Cole hopes to see Luke Shaw come to Chelsea

Liverpool play slick football on the counter. This will be a very different challenge from the Arsenal game

Rodgers should be commended. He got it spot on yesterday

MOTM. Another good game from him

3 points. Let's smash those Scouse cunts now

How come Chelsea can't keep the ball towards the end?

Ramires suspended for Liverpool. FFS

Hold on somehow please

Oscar

Eto'o

Good first half

good spell this.

Mata is barely seeing the ball

Ofcourse we don't know but it doesn't justify the decision to take him off! And I doubt anyone was saying Mourinho should take risks away at Arsenal but the substitutes did not have any impact. Hazard and Willian both off meant that the attack was disjointed for the last few minutes. Don't mean that he should have thrown on a striker and gone gung-ho for it. A point at Arsenal is good obviously and the performance was also fine but I didn't agree with Jose's subs in the game.

Chelsea had a better chance with those two or one of them kept on. The continuity in attack was lost towards the end. there were a few good counter attacking chances late on that didn't go anywhere. agree with the risk of burnout though. at this point of the season

Willian and Hazard was Chelsea's attack though. Everything was going through those two. It was the wrong decision to take off both. You made the point when you said Schurrle was disconnected from the play. You don't expect Schurrle or Oscar to jump in and start combining well with the midfield and that's why Hazard should have been kept on imo. He was having a good game and would have been dangerous even late on. Can't blame the subs for not doing well. Part of the blame lies with Mourinho for completely changing the attack.

think we're past the point where we expect output from Torres. Most of the posts on here reek of sympathy now

Cech Azpi Luiz Terry Cole Mikel Ramires Schurrle Mata Hazard Ba