Closed Chelsea 5-4 Manchester United (AET)

[BlueJewel 56]

Am I the only one who thought the referee was very terrible? He failed to book Buttner for the foul on Moses which resulted in the first penalty, Wooton should have had at least three yellow cards in that match a straight red card for M. Keane when he brought down Sturridge when he was clean on goal, again Chelsea should have had a penalty when one of United's centre backs handled Mata's pass. Ramires was booked for a clean tackle, Hazard was pushed and fouled several times but no freekick was given. How United ended the match with 11 men is more incredible than the score line.

[zolayes 14,489]

Am I the only one who thought the referee was very terrible? He failed to book Buttner for the foul on Moses which resulted in the first penalty, Wooton should have had at least three yellow cards in that match a straight red card for M. Keane when he brought down Sturridge when he was clean on goal, again Chelsea should have had a penalty when one of United's centre backs handled Mata's pass. Ramires was booked for a clean tackle, Hazard was pushed and fouled several times but no freekick was given. How United ended the match with 11 men is more incredible than the score line.

No I agree with you ,,,He was determined the game would finish with 22 players ,,,,similar to Friend in the Gooners game yesterday

[Rmpr 8,977]

Am I the only one who thought the referee was very terrible? He failed to book Buttner for the foul on Moses which resulted in the first penalty, Wooton should have had at least three yellow cards in that match a straight red card for M. Keane when he brought down Sturridge when he was clean on goal, again Chelsea should have had a penalty when one of United's centre backs handled Mata's pass. Ramires was booked for a clean tackle, Hazard was pushed and fouled several times but no freekick was given. How United ended the match with 11 men is more incredible than the score line.

Agree!

He was definetly trying to keep all 22 players on the pitch. I honestly do not thnik Rambo was fouled in the penalty. It ended up beeing fair, because the hand was an absolutely claer pk.

Although, if you compare it to Makr's performance, IT WAS WAY BETTER.

[Sheva. 5,373]

I have no problem with referees being lenient and not sending players off, it ruins games. He could have also sent off Romeu if he wanted but didn't.

If only Clattenburg was like that.

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

No I agree with you ,,,He was determined the game would finish with 22 players ,,,,similar to Friend in the Gooners game yesterday

Honestly, I'd rather that, then unwarranted sending offs. To be fair, the ref had a lot of pressure in him because of Sunday's game and the fact that he decided to go really conservative was understandable.

[CFCRazor 49]

Think people need to lay off Luiz a little bit. So he makes mistakes, he can shed them and iron them out. Fact remains he's still a fucking awesome player. Awesome at freekicks now too which is just quality to watch.

But seriously, stop dogging our players for fucks sake, the spirit and determination shown by everyone not just today, to come back when going down and winning is just incredible, and it is just going to get better and better and better.

I was fucking ecstatic when Hazard dinked in that penalty!!! Oh how I love Chelsea Fucking Football Club!!!!

[bababoom 4,478]

Hazard on another planet.

Great Oscar

Good Moses

Mata a real poor performance. I don't know why you are overrating his game. He gave one assist on a corner, ok and for the rest, he was not on the pitch

What!? i thought he was our best player, he was fucking brilliant.

[calculatingInfinity 1,472]

Mata was good enough, obviously not as good as in the last United match but completely ok performance.

Romeu, Azpilicueta, Piazon and Sturridge on the other hand had a real poor game, especially Romeu was sadly just a disaster pretty much each time he had the ball. Sturridge also despite the goal shows why even Torres starts over him, Azpilicueta had two huge chances and gave away a completely unnecessary penalty.

Hazard was just amazing when he came on and Ramires and Oscar were also great. In the end it's the victory that counts and not losing 3 games in a row, but there was definitively some players that needs to do a lot better.

[bababoom 4,478]

And guys open your eyes, Luiz is not good enough, he was awful again tonight, so many mistakes., when is he going to learn?

Also Sturridge was poor tonight, i don't care if he's not 100 percent fit, why is he still so fucking selfish?

As i stated earlier, that January transfer period when we bought Torres and Luiz was a total disaster.. we bought a striker who cant score, and a defender who cant defend... fucking great.

Sorry to be so downbeat, we won and i'm happy (even if it's against man united's second string team), but if we want to win the PL we have to sort this out.

[klopfzeichen 78]

I thought playing Oscar as a CM was a masterstroke. It gave us control of the middle of the park and a real attacking impetus. This option will be vital in future games.

[Tomo 21,751]

Also Sturridge was poor tonight, i don't care if he's not 100 percent fit, why is he still so fucking selfish?

shooting to much > being scared to shoot.

Any day of the week.

[bababoom 4,478]

shooting to much > being scared to shoot.

Any day of the week.

I agree, but we need someone who knows when to pass, not shoot every fucking minute.

[Kieran. 6,317]

Oscar playing in the double pivot today shows that when we are chasing a game, we can take off Mikel, bring on Moses/Marin and drop Oscar back to the pivot.

--Ramires--Oscar--

Moses-Mata-Hazard

Incredible attacking midfield.

[klopfzeichen 78]

[The Skipper 20,609]

I agree, but we need someone who knows when to pass, not shoot every fucking minute.

Go watch the game again, there's only one real selfish moment from Sturridge, apart from that I can't see what else you're trying to complain about. People need to lay off him, it's his first start all season and he had a decent game where he scored with a tidy finish, nearly had an assist as well. Caused havoc with his pace upfront. He's not as sharp as he could be obviously due to lack of game time but that was a decent outing by Sturridge.

[Hutcho 8,443]

Mate, you did something really wrong. You have placed only 12 Chelsea Players and dived it by 14 (to get 19.9). You forgot Bertrand and Romeu.

The right average is 23.07

But still, our average age is lower and they are going on about how they played their kids... we played our kids two, it just so happens that ours are fucking amazing...

[manpe 10,861]

I am pleased with the result, but not satisfied with the game in general. It shouldn't have gone to extra time, United were playing a championship team at best yet we still struggled. Our only real reserve player was Piazon, who only played half of the game. Put it this way, our squad would challenge for top 4 in the league, United's team would fight for lower-middle places if not relegation.

I don't like that Mata had to play 130 minutes, I don't like how we conceded our goals. Oh well, I'm not trying to bring the mood down, I'm just pointing out that despite the good result the road to getting that result was far from ideal. I don't know how much our defence can hold on like this, we played our current strongest central pairing and goalkeeper yet they still let in stupid mistakes. Maybe it was tired legs from 3 days before and/or lack of concentration, I don't know, but it mustn't happen in the league or Champions League.

I still didn't see that anywhere near to being a revenge. The real thing will take place at Old Toilet.

Anyway, onwards and upwards :blue scalf:

[Hutcho 8,443]

I really think now we should start to make cahill first choice CB to play with JT then David Luiz can be a great sub who is a very useful defender and can also make an impact when needed off the bench. He does provide some pace which is useful and has been better this season than last but as we saw tonight he is still a liability and whilst against smaller teams it may not show against the bigger teams it does. Hopefully he will work on that side of his game and improve and be challenging for his spot back but GC looks like the way to go for now at least (after Swansea game of course cos of JT's suspension)...

[Sheva. 5,373]

I am pleased with the result, but not satisfied with the game in general. It shouldn't have gone to extra time, United were playing a championship team at best yet we still struggled. Our only real reserve player was Piazon, who only played half of the game. Put it this way, our squad would challenge for top 4 in the league, United's team would fight for lower-middle places if not relegation.

I don't like that Mata had to play 130 minutes, I don't like how we conceded our goals. Oh well, I'm not trying to bring the mood down, I'm just pointing out that despite the good result the road to getting that result was far from ideal. I don't know how much our defence can hold on like this, we played our current strongest central pairing and goalkeeper yet they still let in stupid mistakes. Maybe it was tired legs from 3 days before and/or lack of concentration, I don't know, but it mustn't happen in the league or Champions League.

I still didn't see that anywhere near to being a revenge. The real thing will take place at Old Toilet.

Anyway, onwards and upwards :blue scalf:

It only went to ET because of pretty stupid mistakes, their first 2 goals should have never happened. Even the commentators were saying, "Chelsea will not believe how they're down in this game" it also didn't help we kept missing chances, but some of those players had not played in a while so can't really blame them.

In the end they all gave it their all and made sure we didn't lose 2 in a row to Man utd, and for that alone, i'm happy.

Also championship team is pretty harsh on the United 11, except from the defenders, that team could challenge for a Europa League place. Just look at their strikers alone, certainly better than what most teams have.

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

Oscar playing in the double pivot today shows that when we are chasing a game, we can take off Mikel, bring on Moses/Marin and drop Oscar back to the pivot.

--Ramires--Oscar--

Moses-Mata-Hazard

Incredible attacking midfield.

Yeah, we were really dangerous once we went to this formation. I actually would like this lineip as a regular thing with Mikel instead of Ramires (Ramires then becomes a possible sub at every position), and I think long-term Oscar in the double pivot makes some sense.