Closed Middlesbrough 0-2 Chelsea

[Jase 43,478]

Middlesbrough vs Chelsea
POST-MATCH DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS



FA Cup 5th Round
27th February, Wednesday 2013
Riverside Stadium
19:45 Kick Off (UK time)

[xPetrCechx 13,411]

It's going to be fun knock Man United out of second cup competition

You Must be kidding.

[Slam Dunk 1,442]

MOTM was probably Ramires statistically, but i've voted for Ake. Nice to see a player with some real desire in the middle of the park, made some great tackles and was so calm in possession. Been waiting to see him make the step up for a while now, he didn't disappoint.

Bring on United.

[Laylabelle 9,103]

Job done..time to look to the next one....

One game from Wembley..be nice to get there!

[Milan 17,798]

Pretty boring game but I wanted to say this -

Thank you Alex for the commenting! You made me laugh several times which was exactly what I needed during this boring game

[English Freak 456]

Good stuff by Aké.

[Santiago. 1,500]

And why don't we star Luiz as forward? Hands down he would do a better job and im willing to put money on it

[xPetrCechx 13,411]

Good Second Half.

Oscar & Ake

[DONI. 1,291]

Well played Nathan!

[Billy. 2,737]

Ake looks good , Oscar will be running shit soon for us and Hazard is a don, Torres go home your drunk

[Alabama 1,965]

Ake is a class in the making.....

[Sheva. 5,373]

Ramires, Moses and Ake were very good but my MOTM is Oscar. Did the job in place of Mata and had a vital part to play in both goals.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

To produce such a composed and influencial performance on his debut is quite remarkable. Ake is my MOTM.

Cech was very poor,btw. Lucky to get the CS.

[Hutcho 8,443]

Done what we needed to. Mata and lamps finally got a rest along with a few others.

Ake on debut for me, was MOTM, he did well in midfield and for the most part protected the back 4.

[xPetrCechx 13,411]

Ake looks good , Oscar will be running shit soon for us and Hazard is a don, Torres go home your drunk

[Miracle 249]

Boro looked exactly like what they are, a second-division team playing their Cup-final and we looked exactly like what we are, a good team totally lacking in confidence, leadership, understanding and a striker.

9,000 Chelsea fans at Old Trafford should be fun.

[Leif 6,006]

About to contemplate Ake and Lukaku both starting for us one day while sitting on the toilet. It shall be enjoyable. Oh, and after this performance (Yes, I know it wasn't against Barcelona), I think Ake has already shown he deserves a loan move. I'd like him to go to Watford next season personally

[Ollie 4,400]

Good to get the job done, Ake was superb, his tackling, pace and passing was so good to watch. Mikel watch out mate. Hazard was also superb when he came on, all in all, not great but job done.

[The only place to be 11,313]

Good solid performance against pretty toothless opponents, but there were still bright spots. Oscar and Moses were fabulously direct, as was Hazard when he came on. Rami put in a decent shift and got the opening goal, but the standout for me was Ake. Composed but determined, he was excellent distributing the ball and worked hard in defence, cutting out a ball when the defence missed it.

It's what games like this should be used for - getting a glimpse of our exciting future and ignoring some of the more depressing aspects of the present (btw, Torres was shit).

[Billy. 2,737]

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