Closed Aston Villa 1-2 Chelsea

[TacticalBlues 2,817]

Is this red card affecting rami on the final??

Fortunately he'll still be available for the game

[robsblubot 3,595]

So aside from a high score win by Arsenal, a tie against Everton will secure the 3rd spot.

This late in the season, with VERY tired players (lacking cover in several positions) all that matters is to win and we did. Quality got us the win... not fitness, not effort (Villa wanted just as much), but quality.

[Milan 17,958]

Super Frank Lampard chant for like 3-4 minutes

And then Are you watching Tottenham?

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Can't decide what's the best thing about today:

1. Winning at Villa Park, we hardly ever do that - and double satisfying after their fans giving it large at half-time.
2. Lampard 202& 203.
3. Dumping the Yids out of Europe again...

FOLLOW, FOLLOW, FOLLOW, THERE WAS ONLY A MINUTE TO GO, IT WAS SUPER FRANK'S GOAL THAT SENT US OUT OF CONTROL AND KNOCKED TOTTENHAM OUT THE EURO!

[didierforever 7,349]

Can't decide what's the best thing about today:

1. Winning at Villa Park, we hardly ever do that - and double satisfying after their fans giving it large at half-time.
2. Lampard 202& 203.
3. Dumping the Yids out of Europe again...

FOLLOW, FOLLOW, FOLLOW, THERE WAS ONLY A MINUTE TO GO, IT WAS SUPER FRANK'S GOAL THAT SENT US OUT OF CONTROL AND KNOCKED TOTTENHAM OUT THE EURO!

arsenal are gonna go out...

[Special Juan 28,141]

I am so proud of being a Chelsea fan but days like today and seeing Frank do that makes me super proud.

Love Frank, Love Chels.

[The Skipper 20,609]

So I just came back from the game and I must say, what an incredible game. So delighted Super Frank Lampard got 203 goals, the atmosphere when he scored the second was one of the best I've witnessed as a CFC fan, also at the end when we were all singing Super Frank was fantastic. How did we sound on TV? We outsang Villa for majority of the game from what I remember... Regardless. So delighted for SFL. What an absolute legend he is. MOTM for me just because his brilliance won us the game.

Regarding the game, we were horrible in the first half. Ramires and SFL were all over the place, they were dragging our midfield everywhere. Gary Cahill had his worst game in a long time. Benteke physically bullied him and whenever Benteke got on the ball Gary basically shat himself. I blame the first goal on his horrible defending of Benteke - which Cech should've had covered btw as it was quite a tame shot. Benteke is a beast of a player though, must be said. He reminds me a little of Drogba in how he instills fear in defenders. Closer of a Drogba comparison than Lukaku is IMO.

Azpilicueta is an unsung hero in here. Had another fantastic game, was head and shoulders our best defender today I thought - never stopped running, made some crucial tackles and always gave 100% even though he was playing next to the jittery Cahill. Would've been mine MOTM had it not been for Frank's exploits. Ramires' sending off was really stupid considering he knew he was on a yellow. I can't believe he put the team in peril like that, very unlike Ramires who can usually play with a yellow card to his name. Luckily Lampard bailed us out.

Moses, Mata, Hazard and Ba... Where to start. Moses was so ineffective today, it was painful to watch. Bad day at the office from Victor. Ba was poor IMO, didn't really look up for until later in the second half but he's the best option we've got unfortunately. Even when Ba's having a bad game he still contributes more than Torres on an average day. Mata I felt had one of his worst performances in recent games, wasn't good enough IMO, there were times were Ba and Hazard both made great runs but uncharacteristically Mata failed to spot them. Off day from Juan. Hazard was as indifferent as Mata in the first half but really turned it on in the second - excellent performance again from the young man, really terrorised the Villa defence single handily when Ba, Mata and Moses were having an off day. That's the benefit of not being a one man team! Definitely our offensive standout today.

Oh and the Villa fans are real scum, sorry. Booing and laughing/cheering when JT was genuinely injured - trying to start fights after the match outside of the stadium. They really are a bitter bunch. Also our disallowed goal... No idea what the linesman was thinking, it clearly went in, you could see from miles away.

So delighted we grabbed the scrappy win though, even though I would've liked us to finish the game off a lot earlier so we could've taken players off for the Europa League final. Hopefully Hazard recovers because we really need him, and hopefully JTs injury isn't too bad.

We're going to Amsterdam!

[The Skipper 20,609]

FOLLOW, FOLLOW, FOLLOW, THERE WAS ONLY A MINUTE TO GO, IT WAS SUPER FRANK'S GOAL THAT SENT US OUT OF CONTROL AND KNOCKED TOTTENHAM OUT THE EURO!

Quality. Next chant at White Hart Lane or when they're down The Bridge.

[Heisenberg 1,824]

So I just came back from the game and I must say, what an incredible game. So delighted Super Frank Lampard got 203 goals, the atmosphere when he scored the second was one of the best I've witnessed as a CFC fan, also at the end when we were all singing Super Frank was fantastic. How did we sound on TV? We outsang Villa for majority of the game from what I remember... Regardless. So delighted for SFL. What an absolute legend he is. MOTM for me just because his brilliance won us the game.

Regarding the game, we were horrible in the first half. Ramires and SFL were all over the place, they were dragging our midfield everywhere. Gary Cahill had his worst game in a long time. Benteke physically bullied him and whenever Benteke got on the ball Gary basically shat himself. I blame the first goal on his horrible defending of Benteke - which Cech should've had covered btw as it was quite a tame shot. Benteke is a beast of a player though, must be said. He reminds me a little of Drogba in how he instills fear in defenders. Closer of a Drogba comparison than Lukaku is IMO.

Azpilicueta is an unsung hero in here. Had another fantastic game, was head and shoulders our best defender today I thought - never stopped running, made some crucial tackles and always gave 100% even though he was playing next to the jittery Cahill. Would've been mine MOTM had it not been for Frank's exploits. Ramires' sending off was really stupid considering he knew he was on a yellow. I can't believe he put the team in peril like that, very unlike Ramires who can usually play with a yellow card to his name. Luckily Lampard bailed us out.

Moses, Mata, Hazard and Ba... Where to start. Moses was so ineffective today, it was painful to watch. Bad day at the office from Victor. Ba was poor IMO, didn't really look up for until later in the second half but he's the best option we've got unfortunately. Even when Ba's having a bad game he still contributes more than Torres on an average day. Mata I felt had one of his worst performances in recent games, wasn't good enough IMO, there were times were Ba and Hazard both made great runs but uncharacteristically Mata failed to spot them. Off day from Juan. Hazard was as indifferent as Mata in the first half but really turned it on in the second - excellent performance again from the young man, really terrorised the Villa defence single handily when Ba, Mata and Moses were having an off day. That's the benefit of not being a one man team! Definitely our offensive standout today.

Oh and the Villa fans are real scum, sorry. Booing and laughing/cheering when JT was genuinely injured - trying to start fights after the match outside of the stadium. They really are a bitter bunch. Also our disallowed goal... No idea what the linesman was thinking, it clearly went in, you could see from miles away.

So delighted we grabbed the scrappy win though, even though I would've liked us to finish the game off a lot earlier so we could've taken players off for the Europa League final. Hopefully Hazard recovers because we really need him, and hopefully JTs injury isn't too bad.

We're going to Amsterdam!

I'm jealous, dude, jealous. :cfc: :cfc:

[petr.breu 1,618]

Downloading the second half, I wanna watch it again....

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

Limp first half and some questionable calls but we came out on top. Lampard was immense. he actually had our highest game score even before he scored.He also had 3 tackle, 2 interceptions, 3 clearances, and a blocked shot. We're in the CL now which is the most important thing. Hopefully, we'll be back to where we belong, challenging for the Premier League and the CL, starting next season.

[Yeboii 1,844]

Impossible to vote for MOTM. My two favorite players ever, Lampard taking the record and Hazard playing like a monster even though he is injured :/

[The Skipper 20,609]

Trolling on the Spurs forum. They've already banned me btw

[Yeboii 1,844]

Btw.. I think we should try and buy Benteke, our new Drogba?

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Also our disallowed goal... No idea what the linesman was thinking, it clearly went in, you could see from miles away.

Do you by any chance have super vision?!

It literally took me 4 replays to tell that it had crossed the line. There was absolutely no chance the lines would spot that.

[The Skipper 20,609]

Do you by any chance have super vision?!

It literally took me 4 replays to tell that it had crossed the line. There was absolutely no chance the lines would spot that.

I could tell because of the way the ball was cleared, it was clearly cleared behind the line.

[Leif 6,006]

ALL ABOARD THE SPURS FORUM!

[Mufassir08 2,400]

Btw.. I think we should try and buy Benteke, our new Drogba?

What about lukaku?

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I could tell because of the way the ball was cleared, it was clearly cleared behind the line.

Have you seen it on tv? It was literally over the line a few centimeters.

[The Skipper 20,609]

Have you seen it on tv? It was literally over the line a few centimeters.

No not yet, but my natural reaction (and those around me) was that it was a goal, even the Villa fans thought so, they were delighted that the ref never gave it. I had the same view the lino had, and honestly would've given it as a goal.