Closed Sunderland v Chelsea

[Muzchap 8,966]

Not really his fault. No midfield protection because Mikel was 30 yards upfield.

Aye - but he doesn't look like the Luiz I saw last year, seems subdued ?

Last year he would have raced the guy, not blocked him...

[Barbara 15,149]

Tbf, Luiz misses way more often then Lampard and Schurrle...

not a word is said when he doesn't though.

I don't want him to do it, but we clearly have trouble penetrating their defense, we'll see a lot of players shooting from long distance because our AMs can't penetrate and when they do - like Schurrle did a while ago, our striker is outside the box and no one is there to take advantage of it.

[Muzchap 8,966]

Please go drop dead. What has he done wrong so far? u didnt see Cahills "clearance" for instance?

Jesus fucking christ.

Are people after his head? WAS LUIZ SUPPOSED TO VANISH FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH to not have that guy RUN into him? And had he not that, he would probably be one on one with our keeper.

And where was the midfield!?!?!?!?

My God the ignorance at these forums is just overwhelming..

Dude I'm not ignorant - there where players rushing back and their player had lost control of the ball - Luiz DID NOT have to foul him!

Try rewinding the game and watching again (like I have)

Getting a yellow after 25 mins is not great

[ChelseasMessiah 304]

KDB is struggling so far, he must be nervous.

[Ljpaddock 187]

De Bruyne is like a little rabbit startled in the big bright headlights

[YouNameIt 1,511]

Dude I'm not ignorant - there where players rushing back and their player had lost control of the ball - Luiz DID NOT have to foul him!

Try rewinding the game and watching again (like I have)

Getting a yellow after 25 mins is not great

So your saying Luiz should just basically think "i hope someone is rushing back and i hope they can rush back in time to intercept this player coming at me at full speed with the ball just going past me" and let him go?

A neccessary yellow card in my opinion.

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

Not a penalty. Arm was too close to his body there.

[bushman 2,043]

Scrappy midfield again, KDB ?

[Muzchap 8,966]

Sigh - usual tactics from opposition

1 up-front and 10 behind the ball...

Gonna need to get wide and stretch the play here - that will give some space in the middle... Too congested to play narrow...

[NishC300 1,865]

Well since I've tuned in, I have seen nothing good.....

[YouNameIt 1,511]

Not a penalty. Arm was too close to his body there.

Eh what? The ball hit his triceps and his arm was extended.

Im not saying it was a penalty or not, but in this case his arm was actually almost as far out from his body as it could (since the ball hit his triceps, thats what it looked to me)

[ChelseasMessiah 304]

I would also like to say Lampard has been anonymous, he should really never play in midfield. There's acres of space in front of our back 4 as Mikel can't cover as he hasn't got the pace of Ramires.

[Muzchap 8,966]

So your saying Luiz should just basically think "i hope someone is rushing back and i hope they can rush back in time to intercept this player coming at me at full speed with the ball just going past me" and let him go?

A neccessary yellow card in my opinion.

Cool and you are entitled to your opinion...

However mine is Luiz could have been more aware and tracked the player, rather than committing a foul, especially as the player had lost control of the ball.

You say necessary, I say needless but hey that's football - what it's all about

[Gilvorak 3,734]

He HAD to shoot there.

[Zoro 151]

Please go drop dead. What has he done wrong so far? u didnt see Cahills "clearance" for instance?

Jesus fucking christ.

Are people after his head? WAS LUIZ SUPPOSED TO VANISH FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH to not have that guy RUN into him? And had he not that, he would probably be one on one with our keeper.

And where was the midfield!?!?!?!?

My God the ignorance at these forums is just overwhelming..

Drop dead for stating that I dislike a player. Erm......OK then.

How many long passes has gone astray? How many times has he gone to far forward? He isnt as good as we all wish he was. Time for him to move on.

[YouNameIt 1,511]

Cool and you are entitled to your opinion...

However mine is Luiz could have been more aware and tracked the player, rather than committing a foul, especially as the player had lost control of the ball.

You say necessary, I say needless but hey that's football - what it's all about

Sure thing, but the midfield was nowhere to be seen, luiz had his back against our goal, the player comes at him at FULL speed and the ball had already passed him.

Sure thats your opinion, but I completley disagree with you. Defending is very often about making crucial interceptions and maybe even take urself a yellow card.

Im sure that had he let him pass him and he'd score, people would scream "what the fuck was luiz doing"

[Gilvorak 3,734]

Eh what? The ball hit his triceps and his arm was extended.

Im not saying it was a penalty or not, but in this case his arm was actually almost as far out from his body as it could (since the ball hit his triceps, thats what it looked to me)

It struck his armpit. Was never a pen.

[Muzchap 8,966]

Eto - dude big chance!!!!

Free kick tho