Closed Chelsea 2-1 Arsenal

[Ankit 3,176]

The CB partnership of Cahill and Iva doesn't inspire confidence at all. I hope JT starts playing soon. That was nerve jingling.

[DONI. 1,291]

First half was way better,anyway we got the 3 poinst that's important

[Leif 6,006]

Just a bad performance IMO. Not from the team, but from the manager. Well, 'manager'. (Can't figure out what else to call him.) I despise, loathe & hate FSW and his little bitch-boy.

[YouNameIt 1,511]

LONDON IS BLUE

[Beepu 1,714]

Cant remember the last time i felt nervous watching a chelsea game, recently its just frustration. A good win, shouldve been more comfortable but a win is a win. 3 POINTS!

[Hutcho 8,443]

2 votes for torres... Lool.

[Hutcho 8,443]

Double post.

[Stingray 9,441]

Who votes for Torres on MOTM? Why? Just why?

[Milan 17,854]

Cahill performed an absolutely perfect tackle in the last minutes, saving us from conceding. He is brilliant when it comes to this sort of tackling.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Rami my MOTM. Cech close second. Hazard was brilliant as well.

[Milan 17,854]

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

Fucking FSW the Moron, his tactics in the 2nd half almost cost us the game. Should have brought Ba on much earlier...AGAIN...

[Grillinnap 129]

RDM's jacket?

[Peppen 934]

Wooooooooooow. Second half was indeed nerve wracking. Thought Cole and Ramires had a very good game, particularly in the first half. Shout out to Ba for showing more than Torres in 10 minutes. Should be clear to everyone not blatantly delusional that Ba should be leading the line. Massive 3 points, but we need to be aware of complacency. Could have gone worse. Rafa, take note! 80 min sub is pathetic.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

I can't understand what does rafa said to them in the half time talk... to play shit? ...

Good Result.

First Half from the heaven, Second from the hell.

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

Who votes for Torres on MOTM? Why? Just why?

Relax, they're obviously Trolling.

[Laylabelle 9,359]

Torres does make a game that bit more intresting and intense....

[Rupert 130]

I'm glad Rafa took Santos off - I would never have played him. It's the same every game - Santos in the opponents' third, slow, no ideas, gets the ball, stops the attack, then gets the ball taken from him gives the other side a clear opening for a counter attack. He does it all the time in every game he plays. Chelsea very vulnerable to counter-attacks especially when majority of team is in the opponents third. Santos makes more misplaced passes than good ones.

Torres did very well in 2nd half - his powerful runs forced Arsenal back when they were in full attacking mode. Demba did nothing except miss a golden opportunity - he should have got closer and lifted the ball.

Chelsea are vulnerable to counter-attacks in 2nd half of games because they were drilled by DiMatteo on man-to-man marking. And when they tire they can let a fast attacker get past. Rafa would have drilled them on zonal marking in pre-season but did not want to change the system half way through the season. Hopefully, Rafa will get chance for a pre-season and get them watertight in defence with zonal marking.

Chelsea panic when under attack. Basic lack of player skills in clearing the ball. How many sliced or ballooned clearances or bad headers came back to haunt them. They should stick to passing themselves out of defence. They should also bring in a big, strong defender.

In the first half Chelsea looked like a Rafa team , powerful, dominant, moving forward and backwards as a pack. 2nd half they reverted to their old form before he arrived.

On the basis of good chances created, Chelsea deserved a win of about 4-1.