Closed Chelsea 2-2 Juventus

[BOSS 372]

Mikel is literally not a professional footballer. Howmany times did he lose the ball? Just let Romeu play please. And Torres plays like he is a midfielder so i would prefer Sturridge to him.

[Blue Armour 4,168]

Robbie will be making a mistake if he relies on Mikel for all remaining matches. He WILL have off-days like this again. Time to give Romeu more playing time.

[HNKS 508]

How many more games till Di Matteo realises Mikel/Lampard doesnt work.

My bets on "He wont realise until he gets sacked"

[Sheva. 5,373]

Not a bad result, they should have scored more really. We did really well in the first half though, but the second half was the same crap.

Oscar MOTM, did a good job on Pirlo, and that second goal was amazing.

[Hutcho 8,443]

i don't see it as all doom and gloom. Oscar is the big bright spot, and juve is a tough team, a point isn't too bad and it could have been better but it could have been worse. an attacking midfield of Oscar Mata and hazard will be amazing, we saw the link up play of Mata and hazard, the holding midfield is still a problem but other than the big mistake for the second goal it wasn't as bad as it had been. torres again did not show up and everything that was happening for him he was wasting.

yes there are still problems but lets not go over the top, we will need to beat spartak and the other team (can't spell it) but this is the group stages and the future looks a bit brighter with Oscar putting his foot firmly in the door, when we get all our creative 3 in the team from the start we should do a lot more up top and especially hold the ball a bit more.

could have been better but lets not go over the top, we played a lot better vs juve than we did vs qpr, and plenty of games left to try and qualify in first for the knockout stages

[Blue Traveler 256]

The again a sloppy display.

2 goals on 2 mistakes.

Still a lot of work to do esp in defence.

Really bad substitutions by RDM. Really what was the point of Bertrand substitution?!

[xPetrCechx 13,548]

Good match good match.... nah.....

Bad game after our second goal.

our manager is a coward... only defence, defence, defence...

to lose 2 goals advantage at the bridge... losers

Very frustrating!!!

[Wavy Crockett 190]

wtf torres performance was miles better than against qpr

[YuriZhirkov 106]

What does RDM have against using 3 subs???? Im so fucking tired of him not using them all.....

And why are we so ultradefensiv when we only lead with one goal?? We give away this game because of that.

Does Cech have a brain under his helmet??? I dont think so, because he always send this longballs to our midget attackers.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

We should win after 2 goal lead, but overall performance wasnt that good. Too much unconsistent play and unbalanced. Sometimes we attacked great, then nothing for 20min and then again attack. Mikel did some terrible passes, he should concentrate more on his passing. Torres running in second half off the ball was shit aswell. Oscar, Hazard, Mata, Terry, Cole, Bertrand, Ivan, Mata get plus, Rambo, Torres, Luiz, Mikel get minus. Lamps was too static and Cech is pissing me off for all the long ball-passes.

Juve deserved a draw, we will have to be more energetic all 90mins in next months. Midfield is lacking some power/stamina/pace and attack with Torres is too un-prolific. Get new striker in winter.

If 3/4 of players would run and fight for the ball as much as did Hazard, we would be much better, but unfortunely Lamps, Mikel were far too slow and one of them will have to go on bench. Maybe Mikel will then do better with someone faster alongside him (someone who will also saving Mikel's ass when needed).

Draw is fair, but the feeling when you lead 2:0 and then get only one point is...well you know...

[Igi26 346]

No offence to Juve fans, but they are shit. We owned them till 80 minute and mistake by Terry costed us 3 points.

[Blue Armour 4,168]

Not a bad result, they should have scored more really. We did really well in the first half though, but the second half was the same crap.

Oscar MOTM, did a good job on Pirlo, and that second goal was amazing.

Yeah, our result was no less than we deserved.

Shame about their equalizer. Mikel needs to be rotated with Oriol..Its impossible to expect him to perform without mistakes against quality opposition.

[DONI. 1,291]

Mikel was shit tonight,we need to buy a new striker in January

[Magic Lamps 11,452]

Very disappointed, hope this does not become a "slump". Its always a disgrace to concede a 2 goal lead, but we were completely outplayed in midfield at times in the second half, mikel made far too many mistakes, torres is back to his usual useless self and ramires and ivanovic are so bad technically they are a dead end for our play

Juve did nothing to deserve that draw, but I don't care, we got denied a penalty once agian as refs don't buy unfair tackles on hazard any more. I rather care aobut the bad mistakes we committed. Several players committed amateur errors. A.Cole, Oscar, Hazard were class, luiz, lamps, terry, cech and iva were okay but torres and Ramires were utter BS. Ramires is technically no match for a RW cause HE IS NO RW. Ivanovic also provided little help as he is technically limited, too. Torres does try but he again got "no service" as his runs were crap, he always was found in the channels or near the corner flags but never in the box. Lamps is missed in front even more than he is out of position in the pivot. No idea why we had no Moses to offer sth against the great and strong Asamoah, our right side was never really up to it.

Nonetheless much better than against QPR we will demolish Stoke with a similar performance IF WE TAKE OUR CHANCES. Mata HAD to score or cross for torres who was completely free to wrap things up and there was a great chance by ramires were he decided to dribble instead of shooting. In european football u simply HAVE to defend a 2 goal lead at home. Imagine this in a k.o. game, it would be a horrific result. This game (once again ) showed

1) RDM has to utilize the right players in THEIR position

2) 4-2-3-1 with Ramy on the wing is crap

3) Mikel is not that good

4) Lamps should play more offensive or not at all

5) Oscar is a gem and is fit for first-team action

6) Torres is crap

7) We need more quality in CM and ST

8) Ivanovic is not that good

9) Terry and Offside trap do not match

10) There's an awful lot of work to do

[Mathewe 65]

Right, seeing Oscar's general play today/tonight (I'm on holiday in the US atm so it's a bit weird seeing us play at night/evening but it being bright and sunny outside xD) and Mata & Hazard linking up brilliantly for Mata's chance where he hit the side netting, we need to get all 3 on the pitch at the same time sooner rather than later. Stoke perhaps? *hint hint nudge nudge*

Also STOP PLAYING LAMPARD AND MIKEL FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY!!

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,742]

wtf torres performance was miles better than against qpr

Thats not saying much...

[J.F. 1,484]

Mikel, why?

[Jase 43,479]

Pathetic. Might have taken a draw before the game but to end up with a draw after losing a 2-0 lead is just totally unacceptable! Great going forward, created a couple of good chances but never took them. Paid the price in the end. Defensively, we were just utterly hopeless. Had no idea what to do when Vucinic drop deep. And nobody even bother to track Marchisio when he made those runs into the box. As for Juventus's 2nd goal, Mikel was definitely at fault for the goal but what on earth was Terry doing? Why did he try to play the offside trap there?! Another thing, just like on Saturday, why did RDM not use his last sub available? He could have brought on Moses or even Azpilicueta to provide more threat down the right hand side!

On the brighter note, Oscar. My word. Take a bow son. Take a bow. His second goal was just a thing of beauty. Was stunned when that went in and was in tears too! He did a fantastic job on Pirlo too. Very impressive for a 21 y/o making his CL debut.