closed Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool

[Vesper 30,250]

2 hours ago, Bosnian Blue said:

Pulisic should have came on for Mount. I am struggling to understand why is he on the fringes. Mason was dead at the end, he could barely walk. Frank again with poor choice of subs. Batsuhayi is clearly not a player for this level of football and also you don't take off a striker who is in form. Tammy didn't score today but he got into very good positions and you never know with 20 mins left.

 

great post

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37 minutes ago, BlueLyon said:

If anyone says we played bad, please tell whoever is near you to slap your face.

Because we were good. Given half of our team is injured and we conceded two stupid goals through free kicks and not during play, we werent that bad in defence at all. We should have scored twice if Tammy didnt have a brainfart.

I have to say Im quite pissed Lamps played Mount althrough the boy couldnt even go 50% into challenges. 

Kinda weird message there buddy.

you emphatically start by saying we were good, I agree in part, because we lost the game playing very poorly in the first 30min or so.

but then you start with excuses as to why... we played poorly? when you just stated, emphatically, that we played well?

then you say it’s ok because we only conceded from set pieces, really? Those 2 free kicks were in extremely dangerous areas of the pitch especially against a team who knows how to exploit them with very tall and powerful players.

finally, perhaps our lack of composure in front of the goal is more about lack of quality than anything else? I mean on my tv firmino and aguero don’t seem to miss those very often.

[Jase 43,479]

Feel like people are overstating our second half performance. A lot of it was down to Liverpool starting to tire and couldn't play with the same intensity from earlier. 

[Jase 43,479]

Our last 7 PL games vs Big Six:

L 0-2 Arsenal
L 0-6 Man City
W 2-0 Tottenham
L 0-2 Liverpool
D 1-1 Man United
L 0-4 Man United
L 1-2 Liverpool

[cosmicway 1,333]

15 minutes ago, Jason said:

Feel like people are overstating our second half performance. A lot of it was down to Liverpool starting to tire and couldn't play with the same intensity from earlier. 

How many teams can play press against Chelsea for 90 minutes ?
We lost the match because it was a Morata day, including Abraham just before Azpi's disallowed goal (a schoolboy should n't miss from that position).
Their second goal was a gift from Oliver really (the strange free kick he gave them) but the defense was caught with their pants down - free header.

 

[BlueLyon 9,359]

1 hour ago, Robchels said:

Kinda weird message there buddy.

you emphatically start by saying we were good, I agree in part, because we lost the game playing very poorly in the first 30min or so.

but then you start with excuses as to why... we played poorly? when you just stated, emphatically, that we played well?

then you say it’s ok because we only conceded from set pieces, really? Those 2 free kicks were in extremely dangerous areas of the pitch especially against a team who knows how to exploit them with very tall and powerful players.

finally, perhaps our lack of composure in front of the goal is more about lack of quality than anything else? I mean on my tv firmino and aguero don’t seem to miss those very often.

No its realy not like that.

I thought we played well, I only pointed out that our defending wasnt bad despite people saying it (except for the free kick situations).

Also just because Tammy missed the sitter, that doesnt mean we didnt attack well. Id say Tammy was actualy very dangerous through the game, he just didnt score. 

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

Mourinho continues to show what a snake he is, a man who only looks after his own interests. I remember him being critical of Lampard as well during one of our earlier matches on Sky.

When he was basically insinuating that Lampard will play kids as an "excuse" to avoid the pressure of the job. Fuck him and his shitty opinion , too bad some think its genuine criticism. One will think an ex-Chelsea manager will show more solidarity to one of his best ever ex-players and a club he supposedly loves. Lampard has received more praise from Klopp than Mourinho

[Tomo 21,751]

4 minutes ago, MrExcalibur100 said:

Mourinho continues to show what a snake he is, a man who only looks after his own interests. I remember him being critical of Lampard as well during one of our earlier matches on Sky.

When he was basically insinuating that Lampard will play kids as an "excuse" to avoid the pressure of the job. Fuck him and his shitty opinion , too bad some think its genuine criticism. One will think an ex-Chelsea manager will show more solidarity to one of his best ever ex-players and a club he supposedly loves. Lampard has received more praise from Klopp than Mourinho

It must have absolutely destroyed him that Lampard was given the Chelsea job while he was available. I would wager that hurt him even more than Conte's title win here.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

1 minute ago, Tomo said:

It must have absolutely destroyed him that Lampard was given the Chelsea job while he was available. I would wager that hurt him even more than Conte's title win here.

I remember he was crying like a bitch when Lampard's derby thoroughly outplayed his United team at Old Trafford. Literally crying. The man has no shame and still behaves like a 12 year old.

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1 hour ago, BlueLyon said:

No its realy not like that.

I thought we played well, I only pointed out that our defending wasnt bad despite people saying it (except for the free kick situations).

Also just because Tammy missed the sitter, that doesnt mean we didnt attack well. Id say Tammy was actualy very dangerous through the game, he just didnt score. 

Fair enough. Disagree on tammy though... not even about the miss, but his overall play was really nonexistent.

id say his first 30min were a liability as he missed every pass and touch he attempted. I’d still not have subbed him and certainly not for bats as he improved a bit from those initial 30mins.

but no he wasn’t good enough.

[Johnnyeye 7,511]

5 hours ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Furious about the result but not the performance. Henderson is a Grade A cunt.

what a wanker that guy is.

[Johnnyeye 7,511]

if i see Oliver in front of me i will kick his teeth in, i swear to God. Wank of a referee

[MoroccanBlue 5,385]

1 hour ago, Robchels said:

Fair enough. Disagree on tammy though... not even about the miss, but his overall play was really nonexistent.

id say his first 30min were a liability as he missed every pass and touch he attempted. I’d still not have subbed him and certainly not for bats as he improved a bit from those initial 30mins.

but no he wasn’t good enough.

His movement dragged VVD away that allowed Kante to find space for his goal. So it kind of was existent. 

You’re being too critical. He had Two CB’s in prime form, one being the best on the planet, man marking him without any other support given Willian nor Mount made direct runs that would draw out defenders. 

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2 hours ago, MrExcalibur100 said:

Mourinho continues to show what a snake he is, a man who only looks after his own interests. I remember him being critical of Lampard as well during one of our earlier matches on Sky.

When he was basically insinuating that Lampard will play kids as an "excuse" to avoid the pressure of the job. Fuck him and his shitty opinion , too bad some think its genuine criticism. One will think an ex-Chelsea manager will show more solidarity to one of his best ever ex-players and a club he supposedly loves. Lampard has received more praise from Klopp than Mourinho

It is Jose, he will make jab at people. You can't believe everything he said. 

But I like Jose as analyst, in fact I like most of current / ex current manager as analyst, they give you better insight on the game rather than ex player or old manager who keep talking about desire, fundamental. 

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7 hours ago, Robchels said:

As good a game Jorginho and kova had, the first goal was on them. Fabinho? Just runs past both with easy and then gets fouled by Andreas as a last resort. 

Like frank said after the game, details win games.

Jorginho is bad at transition defense and water is wet. 

I honestly want frank to try kante as holder

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2 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said:

His movement dragged VVD away that allowed Kante to find space for his goal. So it kind of was existent. 

You’re being too critical. He had Two CB’s in prime form, one being the best on the planet, man marking him without any other support given Willian nor Mount made direct runs that would draw out defenders. 

Wow that’s a very very low bar you are setting there.  anyone can make runs that draw the attention of defenders. 

It’s second poor performance in a row. It happens, but my main problem was with his initial 30 mins like I said. That can really ruin a game in a cascading effect. I don’t expect him to score in every game, but I expect him to make easy passes and hold the ball a bit better when we are under pressure - same applies to mount.

[Jase 43,479]

5 hours ago, Tomo said:

It must have absolutely destroyed him that Lampard was given the Chelsea job while he was available. I would wager that hurt him even more than Conte's title win here.

He's delusional if he thought we would hire him for the third time after what happened previously. 

But on the other hand, how many believed he would have returned anyway with the transfer ban and having to rely on young players? He was making excuses when talking about the academy during his second time here on Sky yesterday. 

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7 hours ago, MrExcalibur100 said:

Mourinho continues to show what a snake he is, a man who only looks after his own interests. I remember him being critical of Lampard as well during one of our earlier matches on Sky.

When he was basically insinuating that Lampard will play kids as an "excuse" to avoid the pressure of the job. Fuck him and his shitty opinion , too bad some think its genuine criticism. One will think an ex-Chelsea manager will show more solidarity to one of his best ever ex-players and a club he supposedly loves. Lampard has received more praise from Klopp than Mourinho

Spot on mate... That's my argument despite nagging injuries and the transfer ban yet we gave Liverpool run for their money while people were expecting we will be trashed... Thanks to Oliver been Liverpool in disguise....Yet Mourinho with his slippy mouth criticizing destructively not even constructive criticism....

[coolhead23 1,147]

We should have got a point atleast from this game ... Had our share of bad luck or bad days or forgot our shooting boots

On a positive note, team chemistry is really going up ... And Kante's goal was a stunner!!! 

[Strike 7,516]

14 hours ago, Vesper said:

Why the fuck did we drop £58m on Pulisic if we are not even going to use him when Willian is clearly a disasterclass almost every time he steps foot on the pitch?

IF he cannot beat out that walking turd with an afro then why the fuck did we drop almost 60 million quid on him, ESPECIALLY with the bans coming? Marketing??? That is what I said when we signed him, but ffs, it was half said in jest. Thank fuck CHO is soon back.

The injuries to Christensen and Emerson left Lampard without an alternative