Styles 9,790 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Costa, Fabregas and Ivanovic were my 3 standout performers. Interesting performance from Oscar; he does what Fabregas can't and vice-versa, they seem to cover each other's deficiencies quite well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel1980 1,425 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Cesc MOTM for sure. Brilliant passing and vision and was involved in all 3 goals, but Iva deserves a special mention too. Class performance.Now off to read Arsenal fans' moaning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cholo 428 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Win: CheckCosta's 1st goal: CheckFabregas' assist: CheckSchürrle's goal: CheckMourinho content: Check--> I'm happy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheva. 5,373 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Great first half, I can forgive the fatigue and sloppiness in the 2nd half since it's only the first game of the season.Loved how well we kept the ball though and Fabregas was really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,907 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Only negative for me was how susceptible we look defensively.Matic also had a somewhat poor match so I look forward to how much better we can be when he's up to his usual standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelDance 552 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Fantastic game, if we can keep this up no-one will beat us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roquila 1,335 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Is there a MOTD episode today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeronimo 130 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 My MOTM goes to Cesc. Special mention to Ivanovic also who played a big part in all the goals and also Diego Costa. Overall solid performance from the team! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vybz Kartel 1,613 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Everything went well except I think we need a second striker in case Costa gets injured, Drogba looked as slow as a tortoise today which is sad to see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only place to be 11,313 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Costa, Fabregas and Ivanovic were my 3 standout performers. Interesting performance from Oscar; he does what Fabregas can't and vice-versa, they seem to cover each other's deficiencies quite well.My first thought was Oscar was poor, but he worked hard and with Cesc in the team there's less pressure to be 'creative'. At times the spacing between Cesc, Matic and Oscar was terrible but that'll improve with time.Oscar's job might simply be to facilitate Fabregas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 My MOTM goes to Cesc. Special mention to Ivanovic also who played a big part in all the goals and also Diego Costa. Overall solid performance from the team!I would have voted for Cesc but I think he may have misplaced ONE pass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechromancer 262 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Fap <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eidur the Spider 4,515 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 When the commentators described Marvin Sordell as an 'experienced Republic of Ireland international' I lost it. They should have said 'reformed twitter addict' or 'fish look-a-like'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myself 793 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Cesc MOTM. Interviewer should have asked Cesc about his hair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petre.ispirescu 4,928 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Gary Neville music to my ears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amblève. 4,995 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 It was the magic of the suit that guided us to the win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stats 7,142 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 1st game, 3 points. First half was very impressive. A little underwhelmed with how we played second half. Was looking forward to more of the same but we were very conservative and was a little frustrated that he went down the method of bringing on Mikel for Oscar when I feel we could have just finished off a much inferior side. The 3 points was the most important thing anyway so I am happy. Fabregas MOTM for me. Made everything look simple and is already leading the assists charts and hopefully he is at the top of the assists chart at the end of the season Good to see Costa get his goal on his competitive debut. I thought he was decent. Could have been worse, could have been better but he got his debut goal and looked quite promising first half. I know it is one game and against probably the weakest team in the league but if we play the way we did in the first half against most teams we could reach a goal glut imo. The big games was not a problem last season. It was against teams like Burnley and teams a little better but now we have that genius Fabregas along with a quality striker for once I reckon we will be much more successful in games where teams try to contain us.Anyway like I said we got 3 points. Impressive performance. Great first half. Everyone was solid. Fabregas the standout player. Bring on Leicester. I hope to see Luis at LB in this game though. Perfect game for him to start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 My first thought was Oscar was poor, but he worked hard and with Cesc in the team there's less pressure to be 'creative'. At times the spacing between Cesc, Matic and Oscar was terrible but that'll improve with time.Oscar's job might simply be to facilitate Fabregas.Oscar is our new water carrier ,,, that is not an insult Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alee. 182 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 We were a fucking machine. Get in. Superb stuff. Fabregas was absolutely unreal, best possible start to the season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Styles 9,790 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 My first thought was Oscar was poor, but he worked hard and with Cesc in the team there's less pressure to be 'creative'. At times the spacing between Cesc, Matic and Oscar was terrible but that'll improve with time.Oscar's job might simply be to facilitate Fabregas.I thought that too initially but he grew into the game and delivered a solid if unspectacular performance. He was quite good at dropping into midfield and just keeping the ball moving; if Fabregas can continue to make the difference creatively then Oscar can continue to play what seems to be a more natural game for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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