Chelsea 2-1 Man City

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Chelsea vs Manchester City

Premier League

Monday 12 December - 8pm kick-off

[The Big Drog 1,110]

A real shame that Luiz is suspended for this because we could have done with his pace and covering abilities at the back. His absence will also likely mean that Ivanovic will go to centre back with Bosingwa at right back and we look a lot less solid when that happens.

I just wonder if we will go back to our high line pressing game or if we will drop off like we did last night and try to hit them on the counter.

[Ollie 4,400]

BIGGIE! Bout time we won a big prem game and it's about time City got a good beating. Think this will be very hard as they are looking like running away with the league this year but we do seem to score loads against England's number 1. Need to see what we have after yesterday, if we can keep up the level of performance. We have a lot of time to prepare for the game and 1 day more than City.

Hard to call, could go either way.

[tnchelsea 79]

Meh, I see us wining 2-1. Sorry for being cocky but I bleed blue

[Spike 12,049]

Meh, I see us wining 2-1. Sorry for being cocky but I bleed blue

As long as it's Royal blue and not Sky blue...

Was it just me or did AVB finally implement the Cover Defence system instead of the Usual High Line?

[Severinb 309]

Cech

Bosingwa(bertrand) Ivan Terry Cole

Romeu

Ramires Mereiles

Sturridge Torres/Drogba Mata

I can feel us winning 2:1 too

[Laylabelle 9,296]

Tough game..on a Monday :S bit crap but hey play like we did yesterday we have a good good chance of getting a decent result...be even better if other results over the weekend go our way as well

[LDN Blue 7,903]

I don't see us winning this I'm afraid. We should play defensive against their attack, with a counter-attack to match.

Real shame about Luiz.

[Jose M 140]

Luiz not starting is a big big blow

[Badboy 1,526]

I can see us winning this game we have hit form and we can do it. UP THE BLUES !

[Melanicus 5,208]

SHIT.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

SHIT.

Fyi.. We drew that game

[Thor 2,122]

Man City have been playing the same way we did last night the whole season. Simply sitting back and counter attacking. With Luiz out, bring the lines in a little closer like last night, and see how it goes. They have to many lethal finshers for us to play high and allow them to get behind us. Dzeko, Silva, Aguero, Balotelli... Not worth it.

Hit them on the counter. They've got big strong, quick backs, but Sturridge and Ramires on the counter are quicker. They'll need to have damn good games if we want to win.

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

Tough match. Hopefully they'd have lost some confidence after missing out on CL. We should definitely play on the counter even though we're at home.

[xPetrCechx 13,546]

U sure that luiz is banned?

[termninja 5,290]

U sure that luiz is banned?

Yes. 1 match ban applied to English competitions.

[xPetrCechx 13,546]

Yes. 1 match ban applied to English competitions.

Because the yellow cards?

[Amblève. 4,995]

The key to our success will be our defense. If we can build a solid block Shitty won't have the opportunities to go past us, it's as simple as it's difficult. After that game against Valencia we don't have to fear anyone.