closed Chelsea 0-0 Man City

[Alabama 1,992]

Alonso shouldn't be anywhere near 11 till the end of the season... 

Emerson is million miles ahead of him... It's ridiculous members here saying Alonso is better than Emerson

[Ljpaddock 187]

Too many championship manager arseholes that know fuck all apart from YouTube on this forum

[OneMoSalah 8,615]

A proper gutsy performance. Kante desperately unlucky with his chance. Sarri has to get more of this sort of performances more often. Kepa, Kante, Eden, Emerson, Azpi, Luiz, Rudiger, Jorginho all played very very well I thought.

Kepa situation is weird but it will be dealt with internally, definitely. If it was a misunderstanding it was a huge one.

Also Kepa sort of looks like Josh Segarra who played Adrian Chase in Arrow haha. Although totally football unrelated.

[mccg 1,528]

17 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

and Rudi - JT in disguise sometimes -but faster 

ffs steady on amigo , dont think a banner will be made for him

[Blue Armour 4,168]

12 minutes ago, BlueLyon said:

Im just dissapointed this kind of shit goes down in a match after we actualy played well and fought hard. 

Instead of having a strong performance behind us, there is even more presure and problems just wont stop.

Me too.

Tbh, till that situation, it was going alright. Good substitutions. Good, battling performance from the players.

Honestly, penalties can always go either way, so IMO it was a good day at the office, if you ignore the drama with Kepa.

Now it shows that are a few more ugly things to take care of in this team, as if there wasn't enough already.

[Romans disciples 26]

If your Commander can not command his troops then there is something seriously wrong. Kepa should be shot for insubordination.  Nobody is above  the manager and the team.

This was a great performance that deserved victory . 

[Vesper 27,342]

1 minute ago, Romans disciples said:

If your Commander can not command his troops then there is something seriously wrong. Kepa should be shot for insubordination.  Nobody is above  the manager and the team.

This was a great performance that deserved victory . 

Laughable.

[Vesper 27,342]

24 minutes ago, Ljpaddock said:

Too many championship manager arseholes that know fuck all apart from YouTube on this forum

Do elaborate.

[communicate 2,703]

4 hours ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Definitely. Head to head for 120 minutes, and the better team. Couldn't really give much of a shit about the penalties. 

Better to have golden goal or keep playing until it gets too dark to see the ball like when we were kids, or little Joey took the ball home because his mum had called him in.

Penalties are shite.

Penalties are fun if you are a neutral, if you are a fan. It is nerve wracking

[LAM09 6,554]

Alonso shouldn't be anywhere near 11 till the end of the season... 
Emerson is million miles ahead of him... It's ridiculous members here saying Alonso is better than Emerson

Or Emerson is of a similar level at best. Utter joke tbh

[BlueLyon 9,359]

When we were prepping for penalties, players alienated away from Sarri, while every City player listened to Pep in circle.

Also when we lost, Sarri stayed far away and didnt communicate with players much either. 

At break between ET, Sarri gave Hazard instructions and when they walked away, Eden turned around asking something, but Sarri walked away which left Eden quite furious.

One has to wonder what the hell is going behind the scenes because it looks like Sarri is just a puppet. There was zero chemistry on pitch tonight between him and players after regular time. 

And then after the game everyone is friends again, but thats clearly BS.

[communicate 2,703]

33 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

5 hours ago, eemanyooel said:

Alonso shouldn't be anywhere near 11 till the end of the season... 
Emerson is million miles ahead of him... It's ridiculous members here saying Alonso is better than Emerson

Or Emerson is of a similar level at best. Utter joke tbh

Emerson is a better defender because he has pace to keep up with city winger. Btw what happen to Alonso? 

[LAM09 6,554]

Emerson is a better defender because he has pace to keep up with city winger. Btw what happen to Alonso? 

He's just an all round better option for a host of reasons.

Talking about Alonso's supposed downfall?

He's been found out at LB.

[communicate 2,703]

Just now, LAM09 said:

He's just an all round better option for a host of reasons.

Talking about Alonso's supposed downfall?

He's been found out at LB.
 

But we are just really2 short team without Alonso. Only 2 player with good aerial ability the rest are just tiny player. 

[LAM09 6,554]

But we are just really2 short team without Alonso. Only 2 player with good aerial ability the rest are just tiny player. 

RLC, Luiz, Rudi, Higuain. Those four should suffice.

City & Liverpool don't have a team of giants last I checked.

[communicate 2,703]

Just now, LAM09 said:

RLC, Luiz, Rudi, Higuain. Those four should suffice.

City & Liverpool don't have a team of giants last I checked.

Pool has fabinho, Henderson, van djik and matip 4 players. 

City always struggle against set pieces without Fernandinho. 

If higs/Giroud play I think it is ok and it just means Barkley /rlc has to play

 

[Johnnyeye 7,415]

I always dread penalty shootouts, be it with Chelsea, Benfica, or the portuguese national team, its just too nerve racking when everything is at stake, ive lost count of how many penalty shootouts i've seen, the nerves, the cries, the screams, the pains, the joys, damn its a lot to take emotionally specially when you're cheering for a team. Jorginho's penalty was absolutely dreadful, Luiz was unlucky to hit the post, but that kind of pen low to the keeper is always a risk because you want to hit with power near the post and it can backfire, i tought he was going to smash it just like in Munich, but whatever. Kepa should have saved Aguero's pen, who knows what could have happened, ya he saved Sane's pen, but the damage was done with Jorginho's failed pen, i know its easy to criticize from the outside, but im a GK too and i would be crucified for not saving that one.

That bullshit between Sarri and Kepa set the tone for the penalty shootout unfortunately, all that hardwork down the drain, this kind of shit was unthinkable during the old guard era.

its a big shame we couldnt win this cup, i was just remembering our run, knocking out the scousers at Anfield with Hazard's solo goal, knocking out Spurs over 2 legs in the semis, and now we could have beaten City if we just had more composure in front of goal, nevermind pens, thats just our sin, i know its just the Carling Cup but its a trophy nonetheless ffs, it can do wonders for a manager on his 1st season, specially for Sarri and also for the team's confidence, im just gutted right now. Just like Conte's first season in the FA Cup where we knocked out United, Spurs, and lost in the final to Arse.

on a side note: great pens from Emerson( reminded me of Ashley Cole in Munich), Azpi ( great strike in to the top corner) and Hazard (panenka right?, very cheeky)

[Special Juan 27,104]

Fucking joke again, the whole bastard football world laughing at us once again.

Kepa should be fucking ashamed of himself, and as for Sarri walking off who the fuck does he think he is.

What an absolute circus.