closed Liverpool 5-3 Chelsea

[Jase 43,479]

2 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said:

United have gone off the boil a bit and I can see the Leicester game being a tight game.

The situation with United is hilarious. Solskjaer has played, I think, pretty much the same XI for a good number of consecutive games this month and he's now moaning about them feeling fatigue.  

[Superblue 6,372]

3 minutes ago, Jason said:

The situation with United is hilarious. Solskjaer has played, I think, pretty much the same XI for a good number of consecutive games this month and he's now moaning about them feeling fatigue.  

I was quietly confident before the United game to be honest. Whilst we blow hot and cold seemingly at the throw of a dice, you could see the steady decline of United's performances before playing us, against Southampton and Palace. I didn't watch them today but heard they were woeful. 

United fans have chirped up in recent weeks but their overall squad depth is really poor and beyond the first 13-14 players they've barely got anything else.

[Blue Armour 4,336]

I couldn't watch this match, and going into it, was honestly not expecting anything interesting in terms of a result ---- (the real interesting end result was Utd vs W Ham), but having said that, WHAT A MATCH!

Really proud of our young guns, Pulisic and CHO trying their best to make a comeback,against the title winning Liverpool, and very nearly creating a classic like our 4-4 draw at the Bridge in the CL. Shame that Arsenal reject had to come along to scupper that plan, but whatever.

Our objective lies before us.

Kepa's form is a big worry. I thought he had turned a corner after he was dropped for Wily, before the lockdown, but ever since season restart, he has been terrible again. Granted the defenders don't make things easy, but he offers very little in terms of being a final line of defense.. At this point, we're only using him as the last man and nothing more. He's not even dominant or vocal enough during set pieces, which is why there is so much confusion in our side whenever we concede a free kick. The big issue with trying to replace Kepa with star quality, is that its another multi million investment and a waste of what we spent to secure him. We might need to look at nicking cheaper, but surely better performing alternatives, such as Schmeichel or Marinez by promising them first team action. 

[shrenshah 186]

After all the knee jerk reactions...

 

If we just think positively, we were playing the champions of England

Had the ref not given the foul for the 2nd goal or had Puli scored the chance he missed, we would not have conceded the 5th goal on the counter and would have ended up with a draw or a win

Just down to pure luck I guess. At 3-0 I was deflated but after the full match I am a bit positive for next season with few individual performances.

Also we have a whole lot of signings on the way to make us champions probably the season after next.

 

Nail biting finish now at Wolves, just hoping Manutd do us a favour

 

[mshnd06 11]

Full disclosure, I'm a Leeds supporter and an American.  As the latter, I browse these forums because of Pulisic.  I can't speak for all Americans, but I know I'm not alone in being a tad touchy on the topic of Pulisic.  Some of us are very insecure in our football fandom, we've never had nice things before and still fear this might be a mirage.  Pulisic has had trouble with consistency and appears to be made of glass.  Our fears could still prove warranted.  I think that's why some of us complain about Lampard's personnel decisions and conjure things like his anti-yank bias.  This run has been fun, though, and I wish you well as long as you aren't playing Leeds.  Thanks for tolerating tag-a-long spectators like myself.

[coolhead23 1,146]

Couldnt see the complete match ... just the first 30 odd minutes and then the highlights now. 

Same old issue at the back ... felt we could have avoided or prevented half of their goals. 

But WOW, even with 4-1 the team didnt gave up hope and seems till a point we could have actually got something. Full marks on commitment. Pulisic is on a roll. His momentum needs to continues into the next season too. 

Better players would upgrade our back line strategy... atleast they would make less mistakes which means less goals conceded. 

Hopeful for Sunday!!! 

 

[bigbluewillie 1,868]

My observations.

Totally humiliating.

Fucking clueless.

Told me mate i was frightful we were gonna get hammered, he said no chance.

What really has pissed me off was that this was all about getting the trophy, they were never were never going to lose this and collect the EPL title, and why the fuck at this stage of the season, fucking fireworks going off outside the ground, this game should have been played without the presentation, that should've been at the end of season with a special ceremony to let them have it all to themselves so all the red scouse cunts can enjoy it and not rest of us to have to suffer it...THIS WAS TOTAL BOLLOCKS.

This fucking love affair that the FA and the FL have with Manure and these red scouse cunts, is gut wrenching, we were on a loser from the start.

And what about the commentator and all the punditry all fucking ex-scouse, not a single Chelsea representation,  now let them tell me it wasn't rigged.

[Special Juan 27,541]

I wonder what sanctions will be on the ref from last night about the great tackle made by Kovacic on that diving cunt Mane?

Oh that's right none, not a fucking jot will be done. I'm still fucking fuming about that tackle.....despicable reffing once again.

[OneMoSalah 8,810]

10 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

I wonder what sanctions will be on the ref from last night about the great tackle made by Kovacic on that diving cunt Mane?

Oh that's right none, not a fucking jot will be done. I'm still fucking fuming about that tackle.....despicable reffing once again.

Yeah even with VAR it was pathetic. Like seriously. I seen it on the tele first time and thought nah no foul. And Im sitting floating about on a shitheap in the middle of the sea with dodgy tv signal so if I can see it from here first time with the signal dodgy as fuck and freezing up, how can somebody who is paid to referee the game and is basically 3-5m away not?

And even then they have VAR and a room of 4 or 5 people reviewing shit on monitors, how can they not get it right? Its not as if they’ve got Stevie Wonder in there, maybe Steven Gerrard but No mention of it bar from Frank and Klopp I think, typical.

That 2nd goal really killed our positive start and it was undeserved for Liverpool. Changed the whole momentum of the match imo.

[Superblue 6,372]

4 hours ago, mshnd06 said:

Full disclosure, I'm a Leeds supporter and an American.  As the latter, I browse these forums because of Pulisic.  I can't speak for all Americans, but I know I'm not alone in being a tad touchy on the topic of Pulisic.  Some of us are very insecure in our football fandom, we've never had nice things before and still fear this might be a mirage.  Pulisic has had trouble with consistency and appears to be made of glass.  Our fears could still prove warranted.  I think that's why some of us complain about Lampard's personnel decisions and conjure things like his anti-yank bias.  This run has been fun, though, and I wish you well as long as you aren't playing Leeds.  Thanks for tolerating tag-a-long spectators like myself.

I personally welcome supporters of other clubs to this forum as long as they're not here for the wind up. Sometimes it's good to get opinions about players and teams that are perhaps far less biased than our own support base so please don't feel like you're unwelcome here as a non-Chelsea fan.

I think things were at boiling point last night (it gets harder by the game as a Chelsea fan to put up with our defensive and goalkeeping shortcomings) so everybody was a bit touchy.

On the topic of Pulisic, we can only assume what we have heard from Lampard is true, in that he is or has been carrying an injury recently. To be honest I think he had looked a bit tired against Sheffield United and Norwich and Lampard was right to leave him out against United if he wasn't fully fit because he is becoming a big player for us, but he does have a history of injury problems and staying fit for long periods. I think if he wasn't fit to play the whole game last night it was actually the right thing to do by using him as an impact sub against a tiring defence rather than starting him to be honest. A lot of people on the forum were worried we'd burn him out during this period by playing him every game, so unfortunately we can't have it both ways. He will hopefully be fresher and overcome any niggling injuries for the Wolves and Arsenal games which come down to how successful our season will be viewed.

I think if he kicks on again next season and can stay fit for large parts of the season, he has the makings of developing into a world class player which is huge for both Chelsea and America.

[Special Juan 27,541]

17 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

Yeah even with VAR it was pathetic. Like seriously. I seen it on the tele first time and thought nah no foul. And Im sitting floating about on a shitheap in the middle of the sea with dodgy tv signal so if I can see it from here first time with the signal dodgy as fuck and freezing up, how can somebody who is paid to referee the game and is basically 3-5m away not?

And even then they have VAR and a room of 4 or 5 people reviewing shit on monitors, how can they not get it right? Its not as if they’ve got Stevie Wonder in there, maybe Steven Gerrard but No mention of it bar from Frank and Klopp I think, typical.

That 2nd goal really killed our positive start and it was undeserved for Liverpool. Changed the whole momentum of the match imo.

The ref killed our momentum, I wonder if the blind cunt went up on stage to celebrate with the shoplifting twats.

[Superblue 6,372]

28 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

I wonder what sanctions will be on the ref from last night about the great tackle made by Kovacic on that diving cunt Mane?

Oh that's right none, not a fucking jot will be done. I'm still fucking fuming about that tackle.....despicable reffing once again.

I don't understand why VAR can't review the free kick to check that it was the correct decision.

You don't want every free kick reviewed, and I'd even not want free kicks reviewed that are crossed in and somebody headers in, because otherwise it becomes ridiculous and VAR is already slowing the game down and sucking the life from things.

But VAR is here and here to stay so in my opinion if someone scores a direct free kick from a 'non' free kick, I don't see why this can't be reviewed in the same way as a penalty.

[Special Juan 27,541]

2 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said:

I don't understand why VAR can't review the free kick to check that it was the correct decision.

You don't want every free kick reviewed, and I'd even not want free kicks reviewed that are crossed in and somebody headers in, because otherwise it becomes ridiculous and VAR is already slowing the game down and sucking the life from things.

But VAR is here and here to stay so in my opinion if someone scores a direct free kick from a 'non' free kick, I don't see why this can't be reviewed in the same way as a penalty.

That was a clear and obvious error from the ref, end of story, no questions asked and not even debatable.

He has given it based on Mane chucking himself to the floor like a fucking tit.

[ulsterchelsea 3,221]

Love Frank getting into them here. Personal favourite is telling klopp "you fuck off as well" lol

[ulsterchelsea 3,221]

2 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

That was a clear and obvious error from the ref, end of story, no questions asked and not even debatable.

He has given it based on Mane chucking himself to the floor like a fucking tit.

I don't even question var anymore. It's a farce and the incompetents running it are not worth taking about. 

[Special Juan 27,541]

5 minutes ago, ulsterchelsea said:

Love Frank getting into them here. Personal favourite is telling klopp "you fuck off as well" lol

I'd love to punch that German tosser right in the face, I fucking hate Klopp

[Special Juan 27,541]

1 minute ago, Mana said:

That disgusting dive by Mane and VAR isn’t why we lost the game.

Who said it was?

[ulsterchelsea 3,221]

25 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

I'd love to punch that German tosser right in the face, I fucking hate Klopp

Calm down Frank.... Patronising twat! That would infuriate me more