Branislav Ivanovic

[Madmax 9,219]

The way Ivan's reputation as a defender never dissipates is akin to people still thinking Iniesta is some god. I love the guy but come on.

[LAB 1,030]

The way Ivan's reputation as a defender never dissipates is akin to people still thinking Iniesta is some god. I love the guy but come on.

#campaign to keep Iva in our starting eleven, make the league more interesting ???

[The Mak 4,459]

To be fair shit loads of players do it.

Great, not my point though. Not many players do it who are 6.2 and built like a tank. Would JT, Zouma, Matic or Mikel carry on the way he does? Would they hit the floor as quickly as Brana does when he gets tackled by players much smaller than him? Not a chance in hell.

The point is that labeling a prone diver as a 'warrior' is absolutely ridiculous.

[King11Didier 916]

Looks like he is not impressed

[The Skipper 20,609]

Fantastic today, hope he keeps this up (defensively).

[xPetrCechx 13,571]

saved our arses again...

[LAB 1,030]

MOTM, end of. I'm tired of giving it to flair players.

He defended well and scored the winner which was a screamer. What more can we ask? Hoping to return to his early form.

[Topico 165]

Post match interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jupFW-uEnc

[lucio 5,418]

Great, not my point though. Not many players do it who are 6.2 and built like a tank. Would JT, Zouma, Matic or Mikel carry on the way he does? Would they hit the floor as quickly as Brana does when he gets tackled by players much smaller than him? Not a chance in hell.

The point is that labeling a prone diver as a 'warrior' is absolutely ridiculous.

Would you not label your favourite player drogba a warrior then? (I'm not disagreeing , I don't like to see it either) ,

[BlueLion. 21,491]

He's visibly upped his game in the last couple of weeks. Have to admit that, despite my criticism of him earlier in the season, he really is starting to show a bit more consistency. Okay, he was terrible in the first half against City and especially careless in possession, but besides that 45 minutes he's been rock solid and a real menace from an offensive viewpoint. Fair play son.

[xPetrCechx 13,571]

Post match interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jupFW-uEnc

he's not happy with he's game... " i know what i have to do better "...

really iva?

I'm happy.

[The Mak 4,459]

Would you not label your favourite player drogba a warrior then? (I'm not disagreeing , I don't like to see it either) ,

Not necessarily, no. Especially if the definition is someone who just tanks through everything and just gets on with it. Didier is more of a leader than a warrior.

Besides, we ourselves booed Didier when he was diving in the early stages of his Chelsea career. The same needs to be done to Brana if he keeps at it (though he has gone quiet on that front since being criticised I'll admit).

[The Mak 4,459]

He's visibly upped his game in the last couple of week.

He was great today, but it was only the one game to be fair. I'm struggling to remember a recent game where he played as well as he did today. Hoping he can find some consistency now and stop giving me mini-heart attacks during every game.

[xPetrCechx 13,571]

Mourinho hails Ivanovic

http://www1.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/teams/chelsea/9704688/mourinho-hails-ivanovic

[Rom2013 446]

Post match interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jupFW-uEnc

One of the only players with the mentality of a true champion. We have some great players like Hazard (or Oscar, and many others) that in this moments we can't rely on them. We have that in Ivanovic.