Closed Chelsea 2-0 West Ham

[Thistle 77]

JT lifting an imaginary trophy in front of the Hammers supporters

[OneMoSalah 8,803]

Hazard was unreal. His off the ball work impressed me today as well, I think Rafa deserves credit for that. His link up with Mata today was also very very good, hes getting better and better each game I see him. Good team selection today too by Rafa.

[Santiago. 1,500]

Should have been 5 or 6 to 0

[MetsajCFC 1,255]

Hazard was immense but I noticed our full backs very rarely bomb forward now, worked defensively. Only worry we really had was Carroll's physical presence, well done to players and Rafa

[Muzchap 8,966]

Great result!

Well played to the team, Mata was amazing, but Hazard!!! Wow - best game so far IMHO - tiredness, what's that?

BA is suffering massively from rotation his confidence is shot - but he worked hard and put a great shift in!

To those wondering why we need a DLP - see Lampards through ball to BA - if we are going to persist with the pivot (sigh) then we need a Modric type player - I would love KdB to be this player, so fingers crossed.

So annoyed at the International break - we were just building some nice momentum and the atmosphere was great - didn't hear any boo's etc. really hope we have turned the corner on that now

2nd IS achievable! Lets do it and grab some of the extra money to offset the CL money we missed out on!

[Strike 7,271]

Any news on the Luiz injury? did he pull out of NT?

[Special Juan 27,474]

Hazard's ball for Franks header

[NishC300 1,865]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/mar/17/chelsea-john-terry-coins-west-ham

The FA rn't going to do anything about it. West Ham fans r just spoilt brats!

JT lifting an imaginary trophy in front of the Hammers supporters

The Perfect Reply by JT

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Coming from 0-2 down at Old Trafford to force a replay; getting through to ANOTHER European quarter-final (our third in three seasons); and now beating WEST HAM in a LONDON DERBY with Lampard netting his 200th goal and Hazard committing the closest thing legally possible to rape (with the use of a football).

Fantastic week, The fight is back, the determination is back and more important the belief is back. And suddenly, as a fan, my pride is back. Absolutely jubilant today - I don't normally wear football shirts out and about but I'll be wearing one at uni today.

[The only place to be 11,313]

The most satisfying thing was actually the clean sheet for me. There's still that nagging fear in the back of my head that we could ship two goals when we've got a two-goal lead but we held on yesterday despite having to make a shuffle.

And the changes made sense. I said to my mate that I hoped he brought on Mikel for a bit of protection and a minute later he did. The best thing i can say is that it felt like an old-fashioned (circa 2005) Chelsea win, although with a bit more clnical finishing it could've easily have been 5 or 6 goals to us.

It must be noted that West Ham were poor and missing some key players, which allowed us to totally dominate the midfield without having to worry too much about them hitting us. A better team would've taken advantage of the lack of midfield protection. I'd also ignore Carroll's dominance in the air - no he isn't worth £35 million but the guy is still one of the biggest aerial threats in the league. On his day he can dominate any defence and sometimes you just have to throw your hands up and accept he's going to win a fair few headers. What you have to do is cut them off at source (which we didn't do quite enough of, especially late on when some players got a bit lazy with tracking back) or clean up the knock-downs which we did fairly well.

But a good, solid result and one that might ease the anxieties of the crowd. Hazard continues to improve (like I said he would) and is building an amazing rapport with Mata. Lamps got his 200th in the best game possible and Rami put in another hard-working shift.

All in all, a great weekend. Spurs dropping points is great, but it should make everyone realise how tough that Fulham game will be for us. Could've done without Arsenal winning, but it puts more pressure on Spurs than us at this moment. A four point cushion is surmountable in this league, which does make second place a viable target for us but I think third is still the most realistic target.

Despite all that, four games in eight days will probably decide our season.

[Muzchap 8,966]

The most satisfying thing was actually the clean sheet for me. There's still that nagging fear in the back of my head that we could ship two goals when we've got a two-goal lead but we held on yesterday despite having to make a shuffle.

And the changes made sense. I said to my mate that I hoped he brought on Mikel for a bit of protection and a minute later he did. The best thing i can say is that it felt like an old-fashioned (circa 2005) Chelsea win, although with a bit more clnical finishing it could've easily have been 5 or 6 goals to us.

It must be noted that West Ham were poor and missing some key players, which allowed us to totally dominate the midfield without having to worry too much about them hitting us. A better team would've taken advantage of the lack of midfield protection. I'd also ignore Carroll's dominance in the air - no he isn't worth £35 million but the guy is still one of the biggest aerial threats in the league. On his day he can dominate any defence and sometimes you just have to throw your hands up and accept he's going to win a fair few headers. What you have to do is cut them off at source (which we didn't do quite enough of, especially late on when some players got a bit lazy with tracking back) or clean up the knock-downs which we did fairly well.

But a good, solid result and one that might ease the anxieties of the crowd. Hazard continues to improve (like I said he would) and is building an amazing rapport with Mata. Lamps got his 200th in the best game possible and Rami put in another hard-working shift.

All in all, a great weekend. Spurs dropping points is great, but it should make everyone realise how tough that Fulham game will be for us. Could've done without Arsenal winning, but it puts more pressure on Spurs than us at this moment. A four point cushion is surmountable in this league, which does make second place a viable target for us but I think third is still the most realistic target.

Despite all that, four games in eight days will probably decide our season.

Yup only our 2nd clean sheet under RB?

I think we have to aim for 2nd - will stop complacency if we can keep this form going, no reason why not...

I think the table could end up

Man U

Chelsea

Man C

Arsenal

With Spuds losing out again, Adebayor (sp?) isn't doing much, Defoe isn't doing much and Bale cannot win every game for them...

At least we have Mata, Hazard, Oscar, Lampard as goal threats along with BA and er Torres...

Think Spurs will run out of steam.

[Milan 17,865]

Definitely a new record

[Mundaka 243]

And you can see Benitez has worked on how our AML and AMR should ask the ball positioning wise. I see a lot of improvement on Hazard movement without the ball. Not just sticking to the sideline but moving a lot and getting that extra yard from his marker to be able to turn straight at goal after his ballcontrol. Just saying that Benitez isn't that bad and I knew the whole saga but I believe he is honourable in what he's currently doing.

Just my opinion.

Lol as if he has gotten that from Benitez rly... he was just doing what the coaches asked them, you dont actually believe Benitez told him to do all that what he did yesterday?

Yesterday he was playing like he did @Lille, like he wants to play... if anything thank Rudi Garcia...

[Milan 17,865]

LMAO at JT who put the WHU fans in their places

And actually, the guy on the very left looks a bit creepy with his tongue out

[Special Juan 27,474]

Great photos.

[didierforever 7,349]

LMAO at JT who put the WHU fans in their places

And actually, the guy on the very left looks a bit creepy with his tongue out

JT's got balls... and thats the kind of captain u want... who can stick it to the opposition...

[Strike 7,271]

Brilliant shot that

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Don't know about the rest of you, but I still can't stop grinning after yesterday's performance