Closed Sunderland 0-0 Chelsea

[MichaelDance 552]

We've only drawn away in 2001 so oh well can't win them all. But we was slacking a bit but Courtois is my man of the match because he saved some amazing goals and didn't let one in (As always ) But Terry and Willan was good too.

[manpe 10,861]

The longer the game went on the better that 1 point felt. Disappointed with the performance and not winning, but given the nature of the game I'm glad we didn't lose.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Should've been 3 easy points but it really looked like the midweek took something out of us.

Thought Sunderland did real well, they were compact and ran us off the ball in wide areas a lot.

Got nothing from Cesc, Hazard and Costa today... I doubt Hazard had one take on today.

[cosmicway 1,333]

A super-Torres performence.

[zolayes 14,489]

undefeated in November ,, remember the posts at the start of the month

[CHOULO19 24,332]

That was so unlucky.....Sunderland deserved to get the three points!

Seriously, I understand the argument for stability, but the team looked as tired today...well as a team that has played 3 matches in 7 days. The changes also came way too late at the 76th and 83rd minute given that it was very obvious that things aren't working very early on and we failed to create a single goal-scoring chance. Apart from the speed of passing and pressing, we also lacked width today. I think having Luis today might have made a difference. That is kind of tactical stubbornest that we usually laugh at Wenger and Guardiola for. Also, Costa seems to have lost the plot today and was more intent on injuring the Sunderland defense than actually scoring.

All that said, we can afford to drop two points here. We're still fairly comfortable. Let's just hope that the performance is a one-off.

[calculatingInfinity 1,472]

Terrible match from Matic and Fabregas. When the opponent doesn't give you any space and you are forced to constantly play it sideways, the least you can do is not take 10 touches and allow them to adjust every single time you got the ball. Also bad from the wings, Willian at least almost created something a few times, while it lacked a lot from Hazard. Azplicueta also truly shows he's right footed playing on the left back today, limits the play quite a bit for him, and when Ivanovic doesn't do more than today it could be nice to see Luis on the left and Azpilicueta on the right. Oh well, this is what that lead on points is for isn't it? Sunderland did well and Chelsea couldn't do shit, good thing it's just Spurs next week.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

José should have made some changes to the starting eleven, just to freshen it up. Matic and Cesc looked really tired the last 15 min or so.

Agree. Would've been a game for Schurrle and Ramires(who was injured unfortunately.)

[chrismada9 1,948]

Sunderland simply parked the bus..

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Clean sheet lads clean sheet

Just hope Mou rests few players, we looked tired as fuck. No movement at all, few created chances and individual errors.

[Madmax 9,219]

Complete shit - both the performance and the viewing experience. I hope Gus The Meerkat and his crap band of ogres fuck off to the Championship. Still, unbeaten and top of the league so nothing to cry about. Plus, November is done with.

[MichaelDance 552]

Only bad thing is Costa now out of Spurs game ah well Remy or Diddier, who should play?

I would like Remy and Oscar playing in that game personally.

[Sheva. 5,373]

Why did the subs take so long?

Mou has been like that the past few games.

[zolayes 14,489]

Most Disgusted you've been for a while but not bothered? What?

Disgusted is from Tunbridge Wells

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

Horrific game. It reminded me of the Basel away performance last season where we lost 1-0. We looked incredibly tired which is a worry at this stage of the season. MOTM? Fuck that, we were bang awful all over the pitch. I hate to single out a player but I wonder what the point of Azpilicueta is in games like this. Contributes nothing to attack and his defensive contribution is overrated by some. Either you play him on his natural wing, (which he doesn't deserve considering Brana's form) or don't play him at all and play Luis insted.

The rotation has been poor and resting of some key players not named Costa or Fabregas has not been good enough. Oscar, Hazard, Matic all deserve rests as well.

[Ryan Fong 2,776]

Same old story, people banging on about it being an easy 3 points. Some people never learn

Tell me about it. I rolled my eyes like crazy every time I saw those 3-0 4-0 5-0 predictions. Do they even watch football at all?

[Styles 9,790]

I think we would have lost that season. Everything seemed to go their way with several of their players performing well above their normal level. What's clear is that every team in the league is going to give us their absolute best effort; if Sunderland put in that kind of shift every weekend they would have at least 10 more points than they do right now.

[Pizy 18,907]

Very, very close to throwing my remote through the tv screen. Absolutely infuriating match.

Why did we just continue doing what obviously wasn't working? Get it to the edge of their box over and over again and just stalled to walking pace. They're camped in there box every time we attack. PLAY WITH WIDTH AND STRETCH THEM!

Our entire front 4 were completely ineffective against the aircraft carrier they had in front of goal. Didn't help that we ran out of gas in the second half.

Matić was the only player who was at his best today. He was totally dominant and a monster once again.

Very concerning that we looked so lethargic when we play in just a few days.

[DanishBlue 426]

Damn, that wasn't a good performance. Well, we cant win all games and had a CL game midweek, shit happens. At least we didn't loose, and City has a tough game tomorrow where they might drop points.

Next game, up Blues!

[Sepehr SS 36]

Terrible terrible performance. We were lucky to get a point.