Closed Chelsea 1-0 Stoke

[Jase 43,479]

Chelsea 1-0 Stoke City
POST-MATCH DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS



FA Cup 4th Round
26th January, Sunday, 2013
Stamford Bridge
15:30 Kick Off (UK time)

[Eidur the Spider 4,515]

VERY impressed with Matic. Had a huge smile on my face watching him play.

Also Oscar, take a bow son!

[NishC300 1,865]

Chelsea won Juan Nil.

[HD3D 1,038]

Enjoy your stay Matic. Because we sure as hell will!

[Strike 7,251]

Matic, Cole, Oscar pretty good. Hazard MOTM

[Mr_President 404]

Solid game. Should have been 3 or 4 nil but I felt we looked very comfortable all the way through.

Hazard looked incredibly dangerous and should have had a few assists. I love watching him, he is just so electric and you know when he is on the ball he is going to do something.

Oscar had a good game too and it was a beauty of a FK.

Got to have the last word about Matic though. He is exactly what our midfield needed. Composure, quick forward passing when necessary -- not to mention multiple tackles and interceptions.

[TrippingStep 336]

The old Eto'o would have scored three goals.

[Ainsley Harriott 2,732]

Great match but the result doesn't really do justice. Everyone played well (except Eto'o, he was meh) but one has to give special attention to Hazard, Oscar and Matic. Fantastic game by these three. Defense was solid and it looks like we can finally trust the Luiz+Cahill combo.

[sdrcfc 461]

The old Eto'o would have scored three goals.

The Eto'o of last week.

Great performance from Matic, Osc and Eden.

FA Cup Draw now, wouldn't mind Arsenal at the Bridge. Getting tired of their arrogance.

[Thendo 1,088]

Great game overall, despite our unability to score when the opportunity presents itself. Hazard,Oscar and Matic were all superb!

[Melanicus 5,208]

If Oscar performs like this, we will soon stop crying about Mata's transfer.

[Hazardinho 88]

We are so used now to see Hazard playing well that we will take others more for motm, Oscar and Matic and thus Eden were the better players today.

[Toli 977]

good game, should have scored more. matic was ok for his debut, but hell yeah, he is so slow, its unbelievable. next to him Lampard looks like Usain Bolt. his technique indeed is really good, even though he had some awkwardly missplaced passes.

[Milan 17,859]

Win, no injuries, no bookings, Matic showing he is worth every penny that was paid for him, Oscar and Hazard continuing their great forms. Only complaint - how on earth it stayed only 1-0, that's beyond me. Luckily, no 2nd half disaster like at Britannia.

Bring on the Pikeys!

[edetarod 2,155]

frustrating and relieved

[Hutcho 8,443]

Winner. Happy with that. Great performance except for the finishing. But can't complain.

Hazard and Oscar. :thumbup:

[StrategiC 73]

Couldn't watch the match until the 70th minute.

How did Matic do ?

[TrippingStep 336]

Otherwise I liked how Matic was intercepting the ball after the first control of Stoke players.

And he made a great interception on the edge of the box; he's so much better than Mikel (much more dynamism in his game).