closed Southampton 1-1 Chelsea

[Jase 43,479]

Tuchel once again reiterated that Mendy is the No.1 keeper and deserves to be the No.1. Said the position is not one to mess about and it's important to have a clarity over the main choice. 

[killer1257 3,282]

I would rest some players like Kovacic for the CL match against Atletico, even though he is our only creative player in our midfield. 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,799]

There are two words that give me pause about this match. Anthony Taylor.

[milka 3,390]

Olivier Giroud set to lead the Chelsea attack at Southampton.

Win = 1 point behind Leicester and Man.Utd 

Edited February 19, 2021 by milka

[King Kante 1,643]

Owing to the AM game (followed by Utd) I am going to post three lines ups here to try and give my selection some reasoning: 

Soton 

Mendy

Zouma AC Rudi

CHO Kante Jorgi Chilwell

Ziyech Mount

Giroud 

AM

Mendy

Dave AC Rudi 

James Kova Jorgi Alonso

Mount Harvetz

Werner 

Utd 

Mendy

Dave AC Zouma 

James Kova Kante Alonso

CHO Werner/Mount

Giroud

*AC dropped if Silva is back for AM. Could possibly play as the LCB in the Utd game. 

[Jase 43,479]

 

[James 5,286]

Mendy back in goal! 👏🏽

[killer1257 3,282]

1 minute ago, Jason said:

 

Very defensive line up. Hope Kovacic has a good day because he is the only one that can play some nice, creative passes

[Hutcho 8,443]

Nice team. Come on Chelsea! 

[Strike 7,474]

Is Chilwell injured?

[Azul 1,615]

This is a sign of a top class coach. He knows that Jorginho is not press-resistant so he chose to go with Kante and Kovacic. I'm pleased with the line-up, the only thing I don't like is Tammy starting.

[Pizy 18,848]

Ugh. I haven’t liked the look of a single XI that TT has put out so far. But we keep winning.

Man, I feel terrible for Ziyech and Chilwell. Ziyech has shown sign after sign that he is extremely dangerous and with a consistent run of games could be such a key danger man for us the rest of the season. But can’t get a sniff now. Can’t understand it.

And Chilly was one of our best players under Frank and now can’t get a game either.