closed Chelsea 0-1 Manchester City

[ZAPHOD2319 3,867]

Chelsea vs Manchester City
PRE/POST-MATCH DISCUSSION, LIVE CHAT AND ANALYSIS

25th September, Saturday 2021
Stamford Bridge
12:30 Kick Off (UK time)

[NikkiCFC 7,560]

                                   Mendy

                          Chris Silva Rudiger

Azpi no idea who should be left out of Kova, Jorgi and Kante Alonso

                                  Havertz

                           Lukaku     Werner

Or play 3 5 2 with all 3 MFs but Kai out.

Laporte, Stones out probably Gundogan as well so Ake will play.

Chris and Azpi will cover Grealish very well. For the first time I dont fear City at all. We have their number. Lets see what will Pep do, he always changes something against us. Probably spent all summer thinking about us 😆

Only hate this kick off 12:30.

[Vesper 27,281]

9 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

For the first time I dont fear City at all. We have their number.

I am so not going there

😟

[Laylabelle 9,292]

Testy testy testy..hopefully we can start well from the first whistle.. 

[NikkiCFC 7,560]

City have Chelsea, PSG and Liverpool all away next 3 games. Probably toughest week in the history of football 😂

[MoroccanBlue 5,191]

Back 5 picks itself. Then Jorginho. Then it gets tricky. Tuchel has enough time to figure out the best solution. 352 or 343. 

[Magic Lamps 11,441]

If we win vs them for the 4th time in a row, it means we permanently got into their head and really would be title favourites.

This time I think, Pep will not come up with anything fancy tho.

He will play Jesus and Rodri where they belong. We will have to go through some serious shit this time to best them. Esp if Mendy is out.

It will be difficult to stretch and go in behind City tho with our current wing back pairing of Alonso and Azpi due to their lack of pace. I really hope Tt plays at least James.

mount was terrible again today and should not play

I would probably go for

----------------Mendy/Kepa-----------

-----Azpi---------Thiago---------Toni---

RJ---------Kante--------Kova------Alonso

-------Kai-------------------Timo--------

-------------------Rom-----------------------

will be interesting to see how Rom deals with their more skilled but physically inferior defenders.

 

[MoroccanBlue 5,191]

36 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

                                   Mendy

                          Chris Silva Rudiger

Azpi no idea who should be left out of Kova, Jorgi and Kante Alonso

                                  Havertz

                           Lukaku     Werner

Or play 3 5 2 with all 3 MFs but Kai out.

Laporte, Stones out probably Gundogan as well so Ake will play.

Chris and Azpi will cover Grealish very well. For the first time I dont fear City at all. We have their number. Lets see what will Pep do, he always changes something against us. Probably spent all summer thinking about us 😆

Only hate this kick off 12:30.

Think it’ll be a 352 with Lukaku and Kai up top. Back 5 remains the same. 
 

Although I wouldn’t be surprised if Mount is shoehorned in there somehow. Or if we continue with a 343. 
 

Decisions. 

[Vesper 27,281]

23 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

City have Chelsea, PSG and Liverpool all away next 3 games. Probably toughest week in the history of football 😂

in 11 days in May 2002, Neverkusen blew the Bundesliga title, The DFB-Pokal final, and the CL final

[MoroccanBlue 5,191]

Just now, Vesper said:

in 11 days in May 2002, Neverkusen blew the Bundesliga title, The DFB-Pokal final, and the CL final

Poor Ballack

[ZAPHOD2319 3,867]

6 minutes ago, Vesper said:

in 11 days in May 2002, Neverkusen blew the Bundesliga title, The DFB-Pokal final, and the CL final

That is painful.

[Vesper 27,281]

2 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

That is painful.

Oh, I forgot to add, the next month, in June 2002, some of their players blew the WC Final to Brasil, lol 

Ultimate horror stretch

 

Edited September 22, 2021 by Vesper

[Magic Lamps 11,441]

5 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Oh, I forgot to add, the next month, in June 2002, some of their players blew the WC Final to Brasil, lol 

Ultimate horror stretch

 

Tell me about it.

However, the only player who blew it was Oli kahn with that fumble (albeit he played with a broken thumb) but you can not really blame our terrible squad back then for blowing it, they were out of their depth. Just scraping past inferior teams like Paraguay, USA and SKorea on the way to the final. Our only real way to win that final would have been pens

As a small remedy, Ballack at least got German footballer of the year in 2002

 

[Nero 1,794]

I hate this 12:30 kick-off games.

[Milan 17,835]

We beat them at Wembley, at the Etihad and in Porto last season.

Time to do it at the Bridge too!

[ulvhedin 471]

12 hours ago, Magic Lamps said:

If we win vs them for the 4th time in a row, it means we permanently got into their head and really would be title favourites.

This time I think, Pep will not come up with anything fancy tho.

He will play Jesus and Rodri where they belong. We will have to go through some serious shit this time to best them. Esp if Mendy is out.

It will be difficult to stretch and go in behind City tho with our current wing back pairing of Alonso and Azpi due to their lack of pace. I really hope Tt plays at least James.

mount was terrible again today and should not play

I would probably go for

----------------Mendy/Kepa-----------

-----Azpi---------Thiago---------Toni---

RJ---------Kante--------Kova------Alonso

-------Kai-------------------Timo--------

-------------------Rom-----------------------

will be interesting to see how Rom deals with their more skilled but physically inferior defenders.

 

No way Jorgi will be left out, pretty sure our squad will be like:

----------------Mendy/Kepa-----------

-----AC---------Thiago---------Toni---

Azpi---------Jorgi--------Kova------Alonso

-------Kante-------------------???--------

-------------------Rom-----------------------

where ??? will be Mount, Havertz or Timo.

[Atomiswave 6,072]

 

[Magic Lamps 11,441]

8 hours ago, ulvhedin said:

No way Jorgi will be left out, pretty sure our squad will be like:

----------------Mendy/Kepa-----------

-----AC---------Thiago---------Toni---

Azpi---------Jorgi--------Kova------Alonso

-------Kante-------------------???--------

-------------------Rom-----------------------

where ??? will be Mount, Havertz or Timo.

So slow, no pace. City will have a field day with their high line

We need a fast player to unlock them. I hate playing with all three Jorginho, Alonso and Azpi.... so little speed to break their lines. Timo has to play whether we like it or not.