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Another example of pointless possesion from arsenal. Bayern just played like juve did to celtic. Arsenal held the ball but I can only remember one clear chance dat neuer saved while bayern created many clear chances.

No he actually played a lot of accurate through balls to the attackers in this tournament. He thrives in a 4-3-3 system for sure.

I wanted him before but now he is 35mil, NO!!

He's still class. but i wish he could move to his true position which is CM/AM bcos he still plays that way.

Oscar = boss in europe Should rest mata in this game, he has to get a rest sooner or later, surely before the mancity game would be good.

Mata has taken the responsibility of the strikers in our team, every one passes to him to finish off chances now. Last season, he gave a lot of through balls compared to this season. Anyways good for him, would love him to cement his place in the spain side.

Lovely lineup, against even smaller teams oscar could play instead of ramires. Possesion would be 90% - 10% Cech Azpi - Luiz - Terry - Cole Mikel oscar - KDB Mata - Ba - Hazard

Mata is chelsea's best player this season no doubt. Mata on form is class and would fit almost any team. He has weaknesses like any other player could have, which is holding unto the ball under pressure. If he was as strong as even silva, he would be a far better player than he already is. He also gets tired easily, if he gets a one week rest, he will produce the form he produced earlier this season. RDM usually rested mata from time to time.

Damn, was hoping for a good show

*Gets popcorn*..... Rmpr vs onlyplacetobe

Ba must start, rest for mata and terry must start with mikel in midfield, lamps needs a rest. azpi - cahill - terry - cole mikel - luiz(if fit) moses - hazard - marin Ba This will be perfect since ba( who actually makes runs behind the defence) will benefit from marin and moses crosses. I miss us playing two wingers and an attacking midfielder in the same team.

Liverpool connection?

Sad but true.

Lovely goal. Oscar would have scored 3 times what he has already, if he could keep his shots low like that.

Oh no there goes a promising keeper Well on the bright side, we finally have a top 10 world best player in our team again.

hope he plays today and show his preseason form for once

They should have allowed juve to come out into their half before pressing them, so that they can have most of the juve players in their half for a more spacious counter. Juve sat deep meaning they had no chance of getting a one on one with the keeper unless they have better attackers. Thats why there was a lot of crosses and long shots, they just reminded me of how we played against swansea in the capital one cup.

Celtic were poor tactically and clumsy in defence, they played into juve's hands. They expected juve to boss possession and then play on the counter but juve just allowed them have the ball and didnt use their usual pressing game by sitting behind the ball. All celtic had was long range shots and poor crosses. Credit to them for trying, but they should have tried to play on the counter against juve, thats their weakness.

The only reason i want us to last longer in this competition is so that Ba will get more premier league games ahead of torres.

Andy panders: "Without RVP'S goals UTD would be 11th,without SUAREZ'S goals LFC would be 18th & without TORRES goals well CHELSEA would still be 3rd"

Dreamland^^

I know chelsea is depleted now. But what if they get a rare chance and then they do even worse than marin, that will even make it worse for the young lad. Someone like marin will start for many of the loan clubs but is a little lower than chelsea level so far, meaning he can't get much game time in chelsea like most of our loan players. Only more matches always make young players better.

I know some are not playing matches, but they won't even get a sniff at chelsea knowing how our coaching style has been over the years. So wouldn't it be nice to get an extra experience elsewhere?

Stop arguing guys, a loan that is a faliure is one that is 23-24 and doesn't look like making our first team. Getting more games there is far better than staying on the bench here. Growth is important for those young lads. If at age 24 they become a mata, drogba or lampard, then it will be a massive success to get quality without spending massively.

We really missed him, nice game luiz