🇧🇷 Willian

[Barbara 15,149]

There is no way this guy is human.Everytime I thought he was done, he kept running.

can't ever deny or detract it from him. He always gives his everything and some more.

I thought he was much better today than he usually is. Maybe there's hope after all. Well done, champ

[kellzfresh 7,229]

First half

Second half

[LAB 1,030]

It was like Jose said to him on the break "step up now or I'm signing Cuadrado tomorrow" .

[Reddish-Blue 2,509]

Still rubbish going forward but you can't fault his defensive workrate

[zolayes 14,489]

I sometimes think I am the only one who likes him ... then I realise Jose does as well ..

[bababoom 4,478]

His final pass is still shocking but apart from that he was superb, love the shift he puts in game after game.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Fantastic effort from 2nd half on! Never stopped running and made so many incisive decisions to put the defense under pressure.

[Special Juan 28,141]

Frustrating because he works amazingly hard and then it comes to a basic pass and it goes astray.

Really needs to sharpen up that side of his game for me.

[Kieran. 6,317]

Great game from Willian, including the game winning assist

[Madmax 9,219]

He's such an enigma with his passing - sometimes he consistently fails to make the most routine ones and on other occasions he can lay on absolute peaches, like the one with the outside of his right foot perfectly weighted into the path of Hazard sometime in the 2nd half.

[LondonsFinest 692]

If he had a bigger creative mindset he would be unstoppable. The only thing he lacked yesterday was a final pass. If he starts looking a bit more and using his head in the final third he would be great.

[Shakez 755]

Terrible first-half, not only him though. Redeemed himself in the second , hope he still has some gas in the tank for City.

[yuvala 2,167]

Terrible first-half, not only him though. Redeemed himself in the second , hope he still has some gas in the tank for City.

Does it ever run out for this guy ?

[Barbara 15,149]

I sometimes think I am the only one who likes him ... then I realise Jose does as well ..

I'm not sure José does as well. Who are the players he's preventing to play? Salah and out-of-form-Schurrle? So among some very mediocre players (either entirely or because of lack of form), he's leading because of his work rate. Willian has been criticized by José a few times to the media. He's the less worse of our RW options, not someone José necessarily likes (or dislikes).

We'll learn if Jose really likes him if 1) we don't start seeing Ramires playing as a RW; 2) if we don't go for a better player in the next window transfer

[zolayes 14,489]

I'm not sure José does as well. Who are the players he's preventing to play? Salah and out-of-form-Schurrle? So among some very mediocre players (either entirely or because of lack of form), he's leading because of his work rate. Willian has been criticized by José a few times to the media. He's the less worse of our RW options, not someone José necessarily likes (or dislikes).

We'll learn if Jose really likes him if 1) we don't start seeing Ramires playing as a RW; 2) if we don't go for a better player in the next window transfer

OK maybe I am the "ONLY ONE " then ,,,,

[Jase 43,479]

If he had a bigger creative mindset he would be unstoppable. The only thing he lacked yesterday was a final pass. If he starts looking a bit more and using his head in the final third he would be great.

The final passes from Willian have been lacking since day one, not just yesterday.

[LondonsFinest 692]

The final passes from Willian have been lacking since day one, not just yesterday.

Yes. I meant in yesterday's game as in overall play. He usually has a problem with taking defenders one-on-one but yesterday that was not the case. So, I failed to say it right.

[WilsonMay 12]

he is the key person, I can see he put alot of hard work in every game for both defensive and attacking wise.

[LAM09 7,056]

he is the key person, I can see he put alot of hard work in every game for defensive wise.

Fixed.

[Shakez 755]

I'm not sure José does as well. Who are the players he's preventing to play? Salah and out-of-form-Schurrle? So among some very mediocre players (either entirely or because of lack of form), he's leading because of his work rate. Willian has been criticized by José a few times to the media. He's the less worse of our RW options, not someone José necessarily likes (or dislikes).

We'll learn if Jose really likes him if 1) we don't start seeing Ramires playing as a RW; 2) if we don't go for a better player in the next window transfer

Quoting José:

"Willian is the kind of player that without scoring goals he gives so much to the team. He creates, he always has a good dynamic. When the team lose the ball he's probably the first defender because he reacts in a very effective way, he presses immediately and recovers balls. Willian always gives us a performance."

“For example, Willian. Willian does fantastic work with the ball and without the ball. I say to him: ‘You have to finish a game of 90 minutes with three shots. It’s not possible you play 90 minutes in the position you play without three shots. Three shots, two assists. It’s such amazing work you do for the team, in the build-up, in the defensive transition. You do such amazing work for the team, but with a little bit of this and a little bit of that you’ll be fantastic."

"But, for example, I have Dr Paco Biosca, the doctor at Shakhtar Donetsk for many years with Willian, and he says he doesn't recognise Willian now: the professional, the player, the commitment. The only thing he recognises is the talent."

It is obvious Mourinho has a soft spot for him, and went out of his way to praise him alot of times in his interviews. Ofcourse there was criticism, but i cannot recall he ever slated him for a bad performance. Salah was just a patch for the departure of both KDB and Juan Mata. Schürrle has been in and out the team for almost 2 years now, he never had extended spells of beïng a first XI player. Out of form? He's never been in form for more than a month, he's average and was an average player when he came to the club.

I hope if we get Cuadrado it will broaden our options in the AM, but he is mainly coming in as a replacement for both Schürrle and Salah. Time will tell if he displaces Willian.