Closed Chelsea 3-0 Stoke

[Liquidator 5,176]

Late in the game a small balloon ended up on the pitch. The ball was on the left hand side at the time so Ivanovic picked it up. However, instead of throwing it off the pitch, he kept it in his hand and made a surging run down the right with a blue balloon in his hand. Don't think any cameras picked it up but it was pretty funny

[wiefisoichiro 12]

Good performance today with all players on fire and they givemuch much effort in this game. Love the tactics that press in the stoke midfield, so they just play the long balls.

I think we must smart to apply this tactics againts psg, laurent blanc is very smart and his team will escape if we don't play smart. Lost of matic is a big guys. Replace with luiz alongside oscar. Tired of lampard, he can't play anymore. Trident hazard willian schurrle

[Sovieticus 743]

Such a shame Matic can't play on Tuesday...

Yeah it's a shame..IMO Luiz and Mikel should start.

Sveikas atvykęs !

[yuvala 2,167]

If only we played this way everytime we face a small team..

The league would have been ours by now.

[StasisAEL 29]

good game and great job from the man Mohammed Salah!

hopefully he gets his ratings up in fifa 14 as well after this!!

77 is not what he deserves! more like 84! at least for now haha

moving on! liverpool and city can get above us and we can be third after they keep up with their

played games, so keep it cool and move on to the next game!

the race is far from over!

Mourinho will trust Salah more now! scored the 1st goal, won the penalty for the 2nd.

And was a constant threat for stoke! Great job man! great job! keep it up!

[LAB 1,030]

Great response after so many bad results. Willian MOTM for me (Sorry Salah, your's is coming though shortly). He did everything exceptionally. Complete performance. Also that was one of the most beautiful displays of teamwork we saw the whole season throughout the match. That's very positive sign for things to come!

[Noni Zaharia 14]

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[Yeboii 1,844]

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[teignman 441]

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Quality response

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Eden looked at him after he stole the free kick, so probably joking around haha.

Funny, but very unprofessional though. If Luiz realy wanted to shoot, he should, he needs to practice long shots

[Special Juan 28,141]

Find out who the ball boy as he played as big a part in the first goal as Matic did. The ball was cleared high into the air, he caught it and that in turn allowed Azpi to release the ball quickly to Matic, who crossed for Salah.

Well done the ball boy.

[yuvala 2,167]

Funny, but very unprofessional though. If Luiz realy wanted to shoot, he should, he needs to practice long shots

No, Luiz should not be taking FKs, ever again.

[jonaaibosk 191]

Thought I would add my thoughts on this match.

Thanks to @dave30 allowing me to use one of his memberships I was able to make my first trip to the bridge.

We left our hotel quite early and arrived at the Bridge about 4 hours before kick off. After walking around the stadium taking snaps we went to the club shop where I picked up some souvenirs for my kids and got myself a track top.

We waited for the bus to arrive and I got a video of the players arriving. Once the players arrived we headed inside to find our seats. Despite being 4 rows from the back in the Matthew Harding Lower the view was excellent.

The atmosphere was fantastic, however I will say that many of the fans around me were somewhat lacking in football knowledge. It seemed that many of the folk around me wanted the ref to give us absolutely every decision and would get wound up and aggressive over the slightest little thing. Many of them also seem oblivious to the fact that many of our players go down far to easily.

At our offside goal there was a French guy behind us who shouted "Two Zero!" When the ball went in he continued to shout "See, I tell you, Two Zero! Two Zero!" He continued this for a while, even after the free kick, nobody had the heart to tell him it was still 1-0 as he was clearly enjoying himself.

We we got our penalty I whipped my phone out yo record it only to notice, when playing it back that after Lamp Ard missed I lifted the phone up too high and missed the rebound going in.

When Willian scored the 3rd the scenes were amazing and I totally fell in love with Willian song and was singing it for the rest of my stay in London.

Observations on players are that Salah was our best player on the day with Willian a close second. I was astounded by the love that Torres was receiving from the fans. He was awful and hid for most of the game yet was given a heroes reception.

Overall I thoroughly enjoyed me experience and will be trying to get to the bridge at least once a season in future.

I'd also like to add that I met very many friendly people on my stay which helped my enjoyment of the whole weekend.

[The Skipper 20,609]

Thought I would add my thoughts on this match.

Thanks to @dave30 allowing me to use one of his memberships I was able to make my first trip to the bridge.

We left our hotel quite early and arrived at the Bridge about 4 hours before kick off. After walking around the stadium taking snaps we went to the club shop where I picked up some souvenirs for my kids and got myself a track top.

We waited for the bus to arrive and I got a video of the players arriving. Once the players arrived we headed inside to find our seats. Despite being 4 rows from the back in the Matthew Harding Lower the view was excellent.

The atmosphere was fantastic, however I will say that many of the fans around me were somewhat lacking in football knowledge. It seemed that many of the folk around me wanted the ref to give us absolutely every decision and would get wound up and aggressive over the slightest little thing. Many of them also seem oblivious to the fact that many of our players go down far to easily.

At our offside goal there was a French guy behind us who shouted "Two Zero!" When the ball went in he continued to shout "See, I tell you, Two Zero! Two Zero!" He continued this for a while, even after the free kick, nobody had the heart to tell him it was still 1-0 as he was clearly enjoying himself.

We we got our penalty I whipped my phone out yo record it only to notice, when playing it back that after Lamp Ard missed I lifted the phone up too high and missed the rebound going in.

When Willian scored the 3rd the scenes were amazing and I totally fell in love with Willian song and was singing it for the rest of my stay in London.

Observations on players are that Salah was our best player on the day with Willian a close second. I was astounded by the love that Torres was receiving from the fans. He was awful and hid for most of the game yet was given a heroes reception.

Overall I thoroughly enjoyed me experience and will be trying to get to the bridge at least once a season in future.

I'd also like to add that I met very many friendly people on my stay which helped my enjoyment of the whole weekend.

Glad you enjoyed your trip pal, the bridge is a special place.

Regarding Torres, it's ridiculous right? Probably the only thing that annoys me when I'm there.

[Special Juan 28,141]

I think the Torres has thing has reached such a level now that people actually feel sorry for him.

[Zola's Flick 57]

Top stuff. Job done.

Strong performance by the boys. Got at them early and never wavered. First goal was inevitable and once we got it the outcome was set in stone in our favour.

Willian's best performance for us. Salah very good too. Matic excellent. The rest, all good.

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