cosmicway 1,333 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Two goals against the run of play. Diego Costa's pass to Pedro was lousy and should have been the other one complaining about it. Then he skied our best chance. Surrendered after 2-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milan 17,957 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 The system showed some weak points in the last games but only a fool would change something that provided results. Conte can now at least address those points and positions and start over. This was a deserved defeat, which Conte will be furious about, that is for sure. Just keep focusing on ourselves and the work to progress as a club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluephoenix 1,131 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Hopefully this defeat doesn't start a different kind of streak for us. Come on Conte, time to whip some ___. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 We still have a bit of a soft centre in big games which we need to improve on in next two windows. Alonso has been the ultimate stop gap but going forward we need more quality in that area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Styles 9,790 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 1 minute ago, Tomo said: We still have a bit of a soft centre in big games which we need to improve on in next two windows. Alonso has been the ultimate stop gap but going forward we need more quality in that area. Thoughts on Matic, mate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoyBlue96 990 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Still hope Antonio moves to 3-5-2 in the near future. That formation with the right roles for the players could've made a big difference today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MefiX19 1,092 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Tbh i expected us to loose and even predicted Alli's goal in my head. Poch is really good manager and watched our game vs City where 3-4-3 was exposed by De Bruyne's crosses and he did the same with Ericson. Maybe this defeat will make our players feel like they are beatable again and they will focus more and work even harder. I really believe that Conte and the team will find the right answer to this defeat and maybe go on winning run again, like we did in our last 13 games and remember what started our winning streak? Yes defeat to Arsenal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted January 4, 2017 Author Share Posted January 4, 2017 2 minutes ago, Styles said: Thoughts on Matic, mate? Mikel in disguise. Slow and ponderous with and without the ball and no words can describe how annoyed I am with him being so one-footed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballover 222 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Bad performance by every single player except Matic, Luiz and Azpi. Kante was horrifyingly bad, Hazard disappeared and Costa couldn't complate a pass all day long... All in all, pretty predictable outcome in the end. It was a cup final for them and we didn't turn up, didn't want it like we did last year at the Bridge. Really nothing special, we lost a game to a very very formidable side at the hardest place to go to. Our last loss got us on a winning spree, I hope we can benefit from this one too and understand that we can't get complacent, winning this league is impossible without getting a bit of spanking. Up the Chels! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Mikel OBE 4,920 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 1 minute ago, Footballover said: Bad performance by every single player except Matic, Luiz and Azpi. Kante was horrifyingly bad, Hazard disappeared and Costa couldn't complate a pass all day long... All in all, pretty predictable outcome in the end. It was a cup final for them and we didn't turn up, didn't want it like we did last year at the Bridge. Really nothing special, we lost a game to a very very formidable side at the hardest place to go to. Our last loss got us on a winning spree, I hope we can benefit from this one too and understand that we can't get complacent, winning this league is impossible without getting a bit of spanking. Up the Chels! Matic's performance was acceptable to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 4 minutes ago, Styles said: Thoughts on Matic, mate? Tonight in isolation though he was actually the better out of him and Kante who had an off night especially in possession but both were bullied by Dembele and Waynama. The long run i think we need to do better, hopefully Kessie is as good as made out. If only Cesc had athleticism........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Despiadado.Maleante 1,046 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 2 minutes ago, Footballover said: Bad performance by every single player except Matic, Luiz and Azpi. Kante was horrifyingly bad, Hazard disappeared and Costa couldn't complate a pass all day long... All in all, pretty predictable outcome in the end. It was a cup final for them and we didn't turn up, didn't want it like we did last year at the Bridge. Really nothing special, we lost a game to a very very formidable side at the hardest place to go to. Our last loss got us on a winning spree, I hope we can benefit from this one too and understand that we can't get complacent, winning this league is impossible without getting a bit of spanking. Up the Chels! Matic and Azpi were undeniably poor. Probably Azpi's worse game in years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted January 4, 2017 Author Share Posted January 4, 2017 Should we be concerned that we're starting to concede 2 goals in a game again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballover 222 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Just now, Sir Mikel OBE said: Matic's performance was acceptable to you? Absolutely, he was our best player in the first half while everybody else were not up for it. Kante and Moses were the ones really unacceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azpinator 2,325 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Let them eat cake, they will stretch their assholes for other bigger teams later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoyBlue96 990 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 The only guy I want in the transfer window is Van Dijk because this defense still needs a big sort out. And a left wing back. Because we only have marcos and when he bites the dust we are poor on the position. No time/space for this Kessie guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MefiX19 1,092 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Every spurs fan will probably will buy 5mx5m poster of Alli scoring header and keep it till they win the league, which means they will keep it till earth will get blown by some other planet or some shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmsch24 312 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 We had a bad game in the end their human beings not artificial humans sometimes they play badly, and to all the supporters who are throwing tantrums don't overreact we are still top of the league with five points, our only hope is for United to do us a favor and beat Liverpool while we beat Leicester, Spurs may gloat but their Spurs, for them and Arsenal beating Chelsea is like winning the CL, let's move on and win this League KTBFF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea_4_eva 1,182 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 I'm not even mad... yes the boys were bad today, but to have 13 consecutive wins is amazing. Finally no more talk of record breaking and now we can concentrate on just winning games one game at a time. Chalk this up as an off day for us. On to the next one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,915 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 So, so disappointing to concede 2 identical goals created by the same two players. They drew our CB's towards the ball and isolated our two shortest defenders. You just cannot allow a player with the passing ability of Eriksen yards of space at the edge of the box. You must close him down and deny him the cross. We got absolutely nothing from our attacking players this match but overall it was an even game. We weren't played off the park or didn't have a number out on us. We were well in the game. Got nothing from Pedro or Willian, Hazard couldn't get going, and Diego would receive the ball in positions where he couldn't be dangerous. Fortunately, I don't think this'll be a demoralizing defeat that will cause us to drop our heads. We didn't play poorly, they just played a bit better. Sadly, though, this result means that the title race is well and truly wide open now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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