César Azpilicueta

[Shakez 755]

Ivanovic bromances with the Brazilians, Dave bromances with the Belgians

https://instagram.com/p/1h16uaEm1i/?taken-by=hazardeden_10

[communicate 2,703]

He's just so bad on the ball it hurts. It's hard to fault him when his own manager is the one sabotaging him though. Still doesn't make it any easier to watch his displays especially when the likes of Lahm, Alaba, Marcelo, Rodriguez, Luis etc exist

Completely agree, Mourinho kinda kill his game by putting him on the left. The fact that he was not selected in Spain squad kinda prove it.

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

Dave fever.

[iseah100 5,612]

I love him.

[mufilika 101]

He's just so bad on the ball it hurts. It's hard to fault him when his own manager is the one sabotaging him though. Still doesn't make it any easier to watch his displays especially when the likes of Lahm, Alaba, Marcelo, Rodriguez, Luis etc exist

LOL Azpi is by no means bad on the ball.

May be you are trying to say that he can't overlap on the left or make consistent decent croses with his left foot- which is true and totally expected since he is right footed playing LB.

But being "bad on the ball that it hurts" just LOL

[iseah100 5,612]

Dat assist vs Liverpool

[Jase 43,479]

This thread is unbelievably quiet. Thought he was superb defensively today. Kept Mata quiet all game and didn't let anyone else cause us trouble from his side. It really speaks volume that whenever our opponents attack, they usually do it down the left rather than the right.

[coolhead23 1,146]

One on one he is the best out there ... Atleast in the PL ... Gives it all out, had a great game today ... Amazing Dave!

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Brilliant as he very often is. So much that Jose even said that he was the best player on the pitch.

Now, where art thou MrExcalibur100?

[Blue Colored Sky 1,807]

This thread is unbelievably quiet. Thought he was superb defensively today. Kept Mata quiet all game and didn't let anyone else cause us trouble from his side. It really speaks volume that whenever our opponents attack, they usually do it down the left rather than the right.

What's the most pleasing aspect that he's got the superior team mentality, he doesn't want to retreat but push higher up, press opponent and be on the front foot. He doesn't invite pressure on us. Unlike the rest of our defenders he's good platform to build for the future.

Also his stamina is amazing. I am quite sure that he'd even done Ramires in that aspect. Over those 3 years the amount of times when he pushed on and run at full speed even at +85 minutes is stagerring. A warrior, but also modern day warrior with his pressing abilities.

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

. A warrior, but also modern day warrior with his pressing abilities.

And in the old fashioned sense too

[Jase 43,479]

What's the most pleasing aspect that he's got the superior team mentality, he doesn't want to retreat but push higher up, press opponent and be on the front foot. He doesn't invite pressure on us. Unlike the rest of our defenders he's good platform to build for the future.

Also his stamina is amazing. I am quite sure that he'd even done Ramires in that aspect. Over those 3 years the amount of times when he pushed on and run at full speed even at +85 minutes is stagerring. A warrior, but also modern day warrior with his pressing abilities.

Indeed. He's definitely adept at different approaches to defending - he can put heavy pressure on the player and close the ball down (like he did yesterday) or be a little stand off-ish when needed to be (such as when facing the pacey, skillful wingers). Out of all the defenders we have, he's arguably the only proactive one while the others are reactive than anything.

[iseah100 5,612]

Future capitan

[rantdeville 195]

This guy is a legend. Owned the left side.

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

This guy was immense! Won the ball back 13 times i read somewhere.

His Luis-like pressing to win the ball back and his passing to start the break was a beauty to see, and i'm happy he's doing it more now. Such a shame none of our attacking players were rewarding him for those efforts.

Which begs the question how this team would look with Luis-Azpi fullbacks, both doing the same thing...

[JDY 1,290]

Fantastic performance. He's been really good recently even though as a team we've been in bad form.

[LAB 1,030]

Top performance today. Justified his selection 100%

[Special Juan 27,101]

Just did what he always does, some player this lad.