closed Arsenal 2-2 Chelsea

[Milan 17,962]

Fucking typical of us to concede 1 goal from a player that should have been sent off before that and a late equalizer by someone who barely scores a goal at all.

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

Imagine being the manager of CFC and not being able to dominate Wenger? And he subs Hazard off in every game? That can’t run.  

And Morata should be fined a months wages for those misses today. Disgraceful performance. 

[cosmicway 1,333]

For 67 minutes we were not on the pitch, despite the two first half chances of Morata and Cesc.
The total capitulation in the last 5 minutes was a disaster recipe.

[Jase 43,479]

[cosmicway 1,333]

Bats is better than Morata - at least he does his job.
Remy also (now in Las Palmas).
Bakayoko is a joke.

[Yeboii 1,844]

Fair result tbh. Both teams played well.

For people slating Michy. Do you really think he wouldn't have scored some of those Morata chances?

Zappacosta, Courtois, Christensen, Cesc, Hazard and Azpi good.

[Milan 17,962]

I still can't get my head around the final minutes. We were winning it, lost it defensively and then had a fantastic chance to win it, threw it away and hit the crossbar after that. Fucking hell, no wonder I am already growing grey hair.

It has been a long time since I felt like crying after a football match but this is certainly one of those. It feels terrible.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Anyone who doesn't vote for Courtois as MOTM should urgently book in a lobotomy. 

Hazard was anonymous for most of the game. But in fairness to him, when you've got a zombie like Bakayoko and a brainfart of a "striker" alongside you, you aren't going to have much luck

[Fulham Broadway 17,346]

The game swung from the sublime to the ridiculous -cant help thinking Batshuai would have tucked at least two of those chances away, that Torres Morata missed.

[Laylabelle 9,539]

2 points from the 2 arsenal games.. Only derby we've won so far was Spurs.. Palace and West Ham we lost.. And drew twice.. Bit shit this time round 

[edetarod 2,155]

you can't win the league, or even challenge for it, with a striker like Morata

[Vybzkartel 284]

I blame Arsenal goal on Willian just kick the ball out instead of trying to play from the back

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

 

 

[FabHazard 655]

From Matic and Costa to Baka and Morata......Now looking like we are going to regret it....Hope they improve...I cannot see any potential of improvement from baka.....Morata atleast links up and shows good movement...Horrible transfer window

[Special Juan 28,182]

Alongside Tibo I thought Kante was fucking insane today.

[whats happening 1,633]

18 minutes ago, Strike said:

Something that might go under the radar is Hazard's substitution. I know Chelsea scored immediately after that but Hazard is the only player in the team who was holding the ball going forward. All that defensive pressure in the end that lead to Bellerin's goal, Hazard on the pitch would draw Arsenal back and he should have stayed on imo. 

Conte is too protective of Hazard. 1-1 away at the Emirates with 80 minutes gone. What was the need to sub him?

it's not under the radar. i get legit angry every time conte subs him out.

we are the only team in the universe that regularly sub out their best player even when the score is active. 

like why the fuck was he rested against stoke

[DDA 9,983]

3 minutes ago, Vybzkartel said:

I blame Arsenal goal on Willian just kick the ball out instead of trying to play from the back

Mate, I thought exactly the same thing. I was thinking, wtf is Willian doing. Just kick the fucking ball up the field. 

[Laylabelle 9,539]

Annoying thing is Liverpool now only 2 behind us.. They've quietly crept up. 

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Our summer business is looking more and more average. Not only we didnt bring necessary upgrades for wings, we also spent 110m on Morata and Bakayoko, both who seem to need upgrade half year later. 

I had big faith in both, but where do they have any balls? Bakayoko shown glimpses of brilliance, his tackles and turnovers and runs have been impressive but there were so many 50:50 challenges where he looked lost, unprepared or simply scared.

Morata has great techical ability and great body abilities, he is tall, quite strong, fast and agile, yet he turns into one big pussy infront of goal. You can see it in his eyes when he misses the chance. Top strikers dont give a shit, they just shoot and shoot again. Problem is what he has in head he cant change. You can practice in training all day long, chance aginst Cech in real game is something else. 

Maybe its time to consider playing him as second striker and we buy someone like Icardi.

The most awful of it all is we ditched Matic and Costa and expected to replace them, and so we could focus on another midfielder, backup striker and lwb. Now we still need those, but if Morata and Bakayoko wont work, we need improvements on those two again...

 

About the game, apart from missing all those chances, yeah it was fucking great idea to invite arsenal bombing us for final 5min instead of organising a slow attack to push them back. 

Fucking hell. Just score own goal next time its gonna be quicker.

[Milan 17,962]

I have to say thank you to Zappacosta. He seems to be the only Chelsea player who just does not think twice around the box and just blasts it. Like at Anfield, like against Stoke, like today in the final minute. We desperately need someone who takes the ball and shoots too. Playing short passes is good, but without a shot we are never going to score. Such a shame his shot hit the crossbar.