Closed Chelsea v Liverpool

[cosmicway 1,255]

where did Costa go to ?

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,742]

Hope we don't turn Ruben into another Mikel. Jose needs to give him more freedom, way too restricted at the moment.

Hazard shouldn't be anywhere near the team at the moment. He's clearly packed it in both mentally & physically. Even Cuadrado would be a better option right now.

Hazard has packed it in, but lets not go crazy now.

Cuadrado isnt even a better option to Marin at this point.

[The Skipper 20,593]

It feels as though we're having 2 Mikels out there at the moment. RLC is playing safe with his passing so far.

I feel like he's under instructions to hold and sit because he's got Fab and Mikel next to him. He'd be much more dynamic if Matic was playing.

[stroey 2,525]

Cesc assist number 18

2 more to match Henry, 3 to break it.

[boshman 1,073]

We will win this if we carry on playing as we are. Lucky goal from then from a stupid freekick.

[DYC. 7,542]

On RLC - it's like playing Ramires, Pogba etc. at the 6. It just takes away their ability to break away with the ball. They have to be cautious.

I'm very surprised Mourinho even played him in front of defence. Managers will usually play young midfielders further up the pitch, to get used to the level and less room for errors hurting the team.

I don't watch youth football so I don't know his game. But you could immediately notice something was wrong. His positioning has been terrible. A bit nervous on the ball too, but that's understandable.

[dmode 113]

Mikel for Matic is such a massive downgrade

[CHOULO19 24,332]

The good thing about matches like these is that you can actually laugh about Cahill pushing Mikel away from Gerrard

[lucio 5,397]

PS why does Cahill like to mark his own players at a set piece?

Because he is thick

[chrismada9 1,948]

Can some people please stop criticising Ivanovic.

If it hadn't been for his solidarity at right back, along with Cahill, Terry and Azpi (at a time we needed points), we would not be champions.. so please pipe down!

[Barbara 15,149]

PS why does Cahill like to mark his own players at a set piece?

he doesn't have a brain for set piece it seems. It's not the first time he pushed someone of our players leading to opposition goal. Remember against PSG he pushed Terry? (Or was it in the league? I remember it was a big game)

[The Skipper 20,593]

I'm very surprised Mourinho even played him in front of defence. Managers will usually play young midfielders further up the pitch, to get used to the level and less room for errors hurting the team.

I don't watch youth football so I don't know his game. But you could immediately notice something was wrong. His positioning has been terrible. A bit nervous on the ball too, but that's understandable.

If there was one video to embody what RLC is about, it'd be this one:

http://youtu.be/5r1yV2Zfsro

(Ps. Hopefully we see these three combine in the future a lot more).

[Pizy 17,860]

Imagine if Iva did that in a match of importance...

Dominated them for the most part. One lapse on a set piece and we concede.

[iceman 329]

what's wrong with Cech?

[Gilvorak 3,734]

Hazard has packed it in, but lets not go crazy now.

Cuadrado isnt even a better option to Marin at this point.

Yeah probably too extreme but Hazard's been very very bad since Stoke away. Brown would probably give Jose a better performance.

[DYC. 7,542]

If there was one video to embody what RLC is about, it'd be this one:

http://youtu.be/5r1yV2Zfsro

(Ps. Hopefully we see these three combine in the future a lot more).

So he's the type to pull of power rushes. Power midfielder. Interesting.

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

Aww, I was hoping for a guard of honor coming out for the 2nd half too.

[Stats 6,980]

Gotta love Mikel trying a forward pass, so cute

He has got that in his range. Even if it does not pop off. He has done it many times before. For instance the pass to Drogba last week. I wish Drogba had scored then maybe people would stop trying to mock Mikel.