Closed Burnley 1-3 Chelsea

[y10edn 185]

Torres would have skied the Costas goal to high Heavens

[boshman 1,073]

Can you elaborate please? I am one of the most positive guys on the forum, you are the one fishing for negative comments to quote them and to get some attention.

It's something else saying 'Oscar was bad, Cesc went silent in the second half, the defending of the first goal was atrocious etc.' this is negative.

Saying ' Second half was bad' Is being real .

To be fair though it wasn't really that bad. Yes the tempo dropped from the 1st half but think about it, it was the opening game of the season. It isn't going to be all guns blazing first game. Remember we have a number of players who have not long come back from their holiday and are maybe not fully fit. We were also 3-1 up and didn't need to up the tempo. Apart from 1 good save, Tibo had nothing to do. We were comfortable.

[Roquila 1,335]

To be fair though it wasn't really that bad. Yes the tempo dropped from the 1st half but think about it, it was the opening game of the season. It isn't going to be all guns blazing first game. Remember we have a number of players who have not long come back from their holiday and are maybe not fully fit. We were also 3-1 up and didn't need to up the tempo. Apart from 1 good save, Tibo had nothing to do. We were comfortable.

You are totally right on. I should've said 'second half was shit to watch'. We totally had control over the game. From a tactical point of view, the second half was good.

[bababoom 4,478]

In a way this game reminds me of the first game last year against Hull. I have to say though the football we played in the first half beats anything we've played for years, it was amazing to watch.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Torres would have skied the Costas goal to high Heavens

Torres wouldn't have even been inside the box to sky it.

[Hutcho 8,443]

[Hutcho 8,443]

any full match link?

Here you go.

All you need.

[Milan 17,880]

Fantastic first half and especially the reaction to their goal. We produced some incredible football and I fully understand the tempo in the second half. I don't understand how could anyone complain about us being too negative in the second half. First of all, remember the last season's games at Villa Park or Selhurst Park...

I expected a tough test and also the possibility of going 1-0 down. But my lord the reaction of the TEAM was just amazing. Costa scoring in the early minutes, Fabregas being involved in all three goals and Courtois being pretty confident, among other things, just make it even sweeter.

And as always, the travelling fans were stunning and I am very happy for them. They have a lot to celebrate on their way back.

[Nero 1,849]

[StasisAEL 29]

1st. i gotta say. props for the win. not the way we got it though.

2nd. whats with the mentality of conceding first and after look for the goal? we need to change that. not all teams have a defense like burnley and not all teams ARE burnley. we could have scored 7 but we didnt. in all games we should play 100%. liverpool lost a f****n championship from goal difference. we should score all we can in such games as its an opportunity to build up a goal difference which will might help in end of season. we need to be consistent and most of all chase the goal FIRST. im sick of losing and keep chasing the scoreline in most games.

3rd. both teams after 1-3 shut off the engines. pathetic 2nd half, im surprised i didnt fall asleep. must be the cold beer that kept me awake.

4th. Costa scored his 1st goal with us and he looks a damn good st like didier. hope he keeps up the good work.

5th. motm for me Fabregas and Costa for the early comeback.

6th. i think Courtois could have saved that burnley goal but thats my opinion. flawless in the rest of the game.

7th. fantastic 1st half, after conceded of course (most of the time sadly..) dreadful 2nd. keep up the good work. i think Fabregas needs someone next to him as he cant do all the work by himself. Top of the table hope we stay there until next season! cheers

[iseah100 5,612]

I love Ivanovic. Oscar-Matic-Cesc is solid. Hazard is BACK. Costa is a G. Everyone played well today. Azpi was all over the place, shit.

[1chelsea 864]

Did you guys listen to the post match interview of burnley coach, he said after they scored it was like chelsea team got angry and boom they respond. That is new......

[Dion 2,476]

Fantastic 1st half performance. Delighted Costa scored. 2nd goal was simply beautiful, not a goal you would usually associate with a Chelsea side.

The most pleasing thing for me was the 1st two goals and i will explain why.

Goal 1 - effectively a tap in. What we lacked last season as we all know was a goalscorer. Imagine last season with Torres up top. He would have either panicked and shanked it wide or not even been in that position. With Costa it looks like we finally have the guy to get those 'strikers finishes'

Goal 2 - the other thing we lacked last season, a guy who could unlock a defence. What a fantastic pass from Cesc! Inch perfect and took out the entire Burnley defence.

Both goals show we have brought exactly what we need. What we lacked last season we now have. The future looks very, very bright!

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Those were my thoughts exactly. We probably wouldn't have scored the two first goals last season. We would probably have taken a draw here.

And it wouldn't matter to have Cesc there if we didn't have Schürrle making the run. Those three players that we didn't have last season or didn't use much were the difference between winning or tying.

[bluephoenix 1,126]

Full Match Download

EPL: Burnley vs. Chelsea [1700 kbps], 8-18-2014, courtesy of beIN SPORTS 11 MENA. Links below:

1st Half:

http://cloudyvideos.com/48021ze37v81

2nd Half:

http://cloudyvideos.com/457wwy9hwg0a

thank you veryyyy much

[bluesman2610 1,366]

Here you go.

All you need.

They were chasing shadows .. WOW!

[BlueLyon 9,359]

1st. i gotta say. props for the win. not the way we got it though.

2nd. whats with the mentality of conceding first and after look for the goal? we need to change that. not all teams have a defense like burnley and not all teams ARE burnley. we could have scored 7 but we didnt. in all games we should play 100%. liverpool lost a f****n championship from goal difference. we should score all we can in such games as its an opportunity to build up a goal difference which will might help in end of season. we need to be consistent and most of all chase the goal FIRST. im sick of losing and keep chasing the scoreline in most games.

3rd. both teams after 1-3 shut off the engines. pathetic 2nd half, im surprised i didnt fall asleep. must be the cold beer that kept me awake.

4th. Costa scored his 1st goal with us and he looks a damn good st like didier. hope he keeps up the good work.

5th. motm for me Fabregas and Costa for the early comeback.

6th. i think Courtois could have saved that burnley goal but thats my opinion. flawless in the rest of the game.

7th. fantastic 1st half, after conceded of course (most of the time sadly..) dreadful 2nd. keep up the good work. i think Fabregas needs someone next to him as he cant do all the work by himself. Top of the table hope we stay there until next season! cheers

He has Matic, Oscar, Hazard to work together...

[Atlas Lion 1,223]

Any GIF's of that Schurrle Goal?????

[Hostedenis 556]

1st. i gotta say. props for the win. not the way we got it though.

2nd. whats with the mentality of conceding first and after look for the goal? we need to change that. not all teams have a defense like burnley and not all teams ARE burnley. we could have scored 7 but we didnt. in all games we should play 100%. liverpool lost a f****n championship from goal difference. we should score all we can in such games as its an opportunity to build up a goal difference which will might help in end of season. we need to be consistent and most of all chase the goal FIRST. im sick of losing and keep chasing the scoreline in most games.

3rd. both teams after 1-3 shut off the engines. pathetic 2nd half, im surprised i didnt fall asleep. must be the cold beer that kept me awake.

6th. i think Courtois could have saved that burnley goal but thats my opinion.

7th. fantastic 1st half, after conceded of course (most of the time sadly..) dreadful 2nd. i think Fabregas needs someone next to him as he cant do all the work by himself.

What's with all the negativity?

First of all, yes we won, and as you say so yourself, that's all that matters. 3 points are in the bag.

The way we got it? I thought it was great. Yes we could've kept a clean sheet and yes 0-3 would've been better than 1-3 but there's a lot of positives from this match:

- unlike you I don't think Courtois (or Cech for that matter) should've or could've kept the Burnley goal from going in. It was a canonball from pretty close rang (a meter or two closer than the edge of the box)

- you blame the "mentality of conceding first and look for the goal after". I think it's great that the team could come back so quickly after conceding. Last year we often struggled to score against lesser teams, even more if they were ahead because they could defend even more. Now we scored the equalizer very quickly after their goal. We scored three in 20 minutes!

- You say "props for the win but not the way we got it"? I'm delighted with the way. Ok, not conceding would've been better and yes the second half was indeed more boring, you're right in saying that. But we got ahead two goals and then killed of the game. That's great! Last year (and especially the year before that with the fat Spanish waiter in control) we often let the other team get back into the game. Now we built a comfortable lead and than killed the game. Boring? Yes. Wise? Yes! We saved energy for the next match. You say we should've scored 7 and went for it 100% after getting 1-3 ahead because we could lose to goal difference at the end of the season. I say control the game, conserve energy, make changes so key players (Hazard, Shurrle) get rest and at the end of the season we might not need the goal difference because conserving energy might change our next draw into a victory. And I'd prefer the two extra points over a +2 goal difference. At the end of the day, killing the game is the smarter way to play.

I'd say we played that well. I'm glad we killed the game although I'll admit it's more boring. But our second half was far from "pathetic". And you're right in saying that we should chase the goal first and try not to concede. Of course that's true, but I don't think Chelsea were planning to give the opposition the lead but these things happen. I'm just glad we had it in us to bite back and win.

I think overall we played great and I usually don't react a lot on here but after reading your post I just had to.