Cesc Fàbregas

[Rom2013 446]

Best player of this team with Costa.

[Toli 977]

It was a composed and disciplined performance though not very impressive by Cesc until he played that pass. That's what top players do, provide you with that moment of magic. Happy Costa finished it.

well, he couldnt impress due to the way we played or lets say didnt play football. Oscar had to do a lot in defense, Schürrle didnt have his best game and Costa also struggled. The only player Cesc could have played with is Eden. And attacking with 2 players isnt really much tbh.

[Polo7 3,496]

It was a composed and disciplined performance though not very impressive by Cesc until he played that pass. That's what top players do, provide you with that moment of magic. Happy Costa finished it.

He dispossessed Arsenal players a few times and dished out a few good passes. Haters gonna hate I suppose.

[dee25 1,044]

Loved this....

His defensive work and positioning has improved significantly in these past few games and I'm not sure if it's a coincidence that as Cesc has gotten better in this aspect we've looked more and more solid defensively. Needs to keep on at it.

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

Apparently Ozil is better than him :yay: :yay: :yay: :yay:

[stroey 2,525]

post match interview, Barclay's MOTM

http://www1.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/teams/chelsea/9505251/fabregas:-arsenal-always-in-my-heart

[Nike 373]

Cesc played well today...

However, if you took out Ozil for arsenal and put in Cesc, I'm not sure the team(arsenal) would be better...

[zolayes 14,489]

Cesc played well today...

However, if you took out Ozil for arsenal and put in Cesc, I'm not sure the team(arsenal) would be better...

now you are sounding like Wenger

[Nike 373]

now you are sounding like Wenger

eh, Watching Arsenal and looking at their squad, they have too many guys that are similar on the team....

If flamini was 5 years younger he would be sufficient, but you cant expect him to play like he did in his first stint. Arsenal right now is a badly formed team. Bringing in walcott will help, but I think Wenger needs to assess his squad again in January and get rid of 4-5 players and bring in 4-5 players.....

[DYC. 7,542]

He dispossessed Arsenal players a few times and dished out a few good passes. Haters gonna hate I suppose.

Yup I am obviously a 'hater'. Silly post.

Cesc was good but he didn't dominate. He can do much better and Matic was the more dominant performer in the middle. A great pass in the end doesn't change that.

[zolayes 14,489]

eh, Watching Arsenal and looking at their squad, they have too many guys that are similar on the team....

If flamini was 5 years younger he would be sufficient, but you cant expect him to play like he did in his first stint. Arsenal right now is a badly formed team. Bringing in walcott will help, but I think Wenger needs to assess his squad again in January and get rid of 4-5 players and bring in 4-5 players.....

He needs to recognise both HIS and his teams faults . Luckily he is too arrogant to admit

he has got it wrong ,, perhaps Cesc wouldn't solve his problems BUT if we lost him it would WEAKEN us

[Daniel1980 1,425]

Great performance. Loved his tackle on Ozil. His off-ball work has been noticeably improving. And of course that pass deserves a special mention. Just brilliant.

Oh and yeah, Fabregas never performs in big games.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Composed, defensive discipline, brilliant assist. Top performance from Cesc, especially off the ball. What a signing he's been.

[Barbara 15,149]

Well, Mourinho, myself and the FA (or whoever decides official MOTM) must have watched other football match if we chose him the best in the match and the most common opinion in this thread is that he wasn't impressive except for that pass.

I'm not going to be a broken record for the 100000th time and go on about how his dedication, pressing, marking and running is overlooked and underrated in this forum. You'd think this is Arsenal Mania based on how downgraded he constantly is (although ofc, a lot of people praise him for his offensive contributions).

I'll leave his words about us though.

“I am with this fantastic football club, with great coach, great players, great fans. I want to win everything, I'm hungry. I really want to do well for this club and I hope I can make it in the future.”

- Cesc Fàbregas

[Polo7 3,496]

Great performance. Loved his tackle on Ozil. His off-ball work has been noticeably improving. And of course that pass deserves a special mention. Just brilliant.

Oh and yeah, Fabregas never performs in big games.

But it wasnt a big game today.....

[Ledg 638]

Haha at Cesc's celebration. In your face, gooners!

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

No surprise he got booed by Arsenal fans today. Disgusting bunch of hypocrites, fuckwits and tossers.

[Dion 2,476]

Only caught the second half but to me he was the MOTM. Take out his assist which was phenomenal and you still got a complete performance. Good defensively and offensively. He's had a low passing percentage for his standards but so did most of the players. But what stood out to me the most in this game in particular was how well he managed to keep possession while under heavy pressure, most of the time he managed to either keep the ball or pass it to someone else, it's incredible how fast his mind works in finding passes to teammates even when there are two players trying to take him down.