Branislav Ivanovic

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Jose :

"They gave everything. Ivanovic's boot should be put in the lobby of the Academy, so the kids can see a boot completely full of blood. His foot with the big cut and lots of stitches cannot go there, but the boot, which is white, is full of red blood and should go to the Academy, but thats just one example. They gave absolutely everything."

[Jase 43,479]

Credit to Ivanovic for popping up with another big goal when we really needed it. But that shouldn't take away another poor defensive showing from him though. Went AWOL for that Moreno opportunity and had Courtois not denied him, we would probably be having a different topic of conversation right now.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Jose was not kidding:

[DH1988 1,263]

Warrior

[iseah100 5,612]

Aerial threat.

[Belgiannutt 3,201]

Defensive liability.

Deserves credit for the goal but what the hell was he thinking on that Moreno chance ?

Just ran out of the the defensive line to go press a player that didn't even have the ball. :confused:

[Stats 7,030]

Nice when our players recieve credit from our rival team's legend.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/9684590/premier-league-robert-pires-thinks-branislav-ivanovic-might-be-best-defender-in-europe

[yuvala 2,167]

He's something special.. but his defending is horrific at times.

Never closes down the wide man, lets players cross with ease, never to be found in the right place in situations like the Moreno one.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Saturday will be his 300th Chelsea game!

[CFC888 219]

That story about the bloodied foot is awesome, what a warrior! Makes me question why he feels the need to dive onto the floor all the time...

[akandeel13 34]

One of our most consistent players this season. He will continue to be contovecial though under the Mourinho 4-2-3-1 system.

[Madmax 9,219]

Nice when our players recieve credit from our rival team's legend.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/9684590/premier-league-robert-pires-thinks-branislav-ivanovic-might-be-best-defender-in-europe

Don't blame Pires at all. He was in Goa for the best part of 2 months; must have smoked some really good stuff.

[yuvala 2,167]

Had a really bad game apart from his pass to Hazard,

Lost the ball in dangerous poisitions a few times.

[Jase 43,479]

Ivanovic must have appointed Aguero as the captain in his Fantasy League team. Gave the ball to him like 2-3 times in dangerous areas in the first half.

[Parky 739]

Had a really bad game apart from his pass to Hazard,

Lost the ball in dangerous poisitions a few times.

Exactly what I thought. He was way off today.

[Fulham Broadway 16,710]

Absolute diamond, Serbian warlord, but looks battered needs some quality R & R

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

John Terry reveals Branislav Ivanovic told doctor to 'glue' a hole in his foot as defender refused to be substituted

• Branislav Ivanovic had a bloodied foot in Chelsea's Capital One Cup semi-final second leg against Liverpool but did not want to come off
• 'At half-time he had a hole in his foot, his sock and his boot were full of blood and most players would have come off, but not him,' said John Terry
• Terry: 'He said: "Glue it doc, I'm staying on. We can sort it after the game." Then he scores the winner. He's a great player, a big character'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2934755/Chelsea-1-1-Manchester-City-MATCH-ZONE-John-Terry-reveals-Branislav-Ivanovic-told-doctor-glue-hole-foot.html

You may cursed and hate him about his performance, but you cannot denied that this man is a true warrior.

[Fulham Broadway 16,710]

“It was really painful during the game, a lot of swelling, like any wound, but it’s all right, it’s just a wound, it’s open. I didn’t have stitches because they didn’t want to close the wound because of the inflammation."

Warlord.