Chelsea 2-0 Dortmund (Aggregate 2-1)

[OneMoSalah 8,810]

Another result to paper over the cracks. Not convincing throughout the whole game bar the odd 10-15 minute spells, luckily Dortmund were pretty tame going forward. Lets see what happens v Leicester now. A step in the right direction result wise but performances still leave a lot to be desired as their patchy in terms of consistency.

Also can we stop the “why isnt he playing Mudryk/he will ruin Mudryk” I mean cmon to fuck, he done fuck all for 3 games in a row which he started. It’s absolutely criminal you’d think he was Messi by how you lot are going ok about him. If theres one thing Potter has gotten right is using him sparingly because he’s not shown anywhere near enough in the previous games.

And even then, it could be just because of what the squad is. I mean we are in this position with a lot of players because of the club so its going to play on the manager. Boehly wouldnt loan Pulisic in the summer despite Tuchel’s insistence he wasn’t part of his plans (TB believed to gave vetoed it for “marketing reasons” of having US mens team world cup “star player” as part of the squad obviously hoping he and they would do well) then we fucked up getting rid of Ziyech. Not the managers fault he has 7362 attackers to pick from.

Edited March 7, 2023 by OneMoSalah

[milka 3,362]

first big win for Potter at the club  well deserved 

[Milan 17,878]

With a bit of luck in the draw and with Thiago and Kante back for the quarters, you just never know. Come on boys, thank you for performing the way you did tonight.

[YorkshireBlue 3,148]

7 minutes ago, TheHulk said:

Dortmund sucks and had half the team injured, happy we qualified but sad this guy bought himself some more time to further ruin players like Mudryk.

Even on a night like tonight, you just can't help yourself can you.

[DH1988 1,331]

Before we tucked the second away, no team is living against that type of passing and pressing. Our issue is mentality and experience, once we took the position of being in the lead, we shit ourselves.

[Vesper 29,202]

23 minutes ago, YorkshireBlue said:

It was lol on Reece 

no I have a huge delay, I was talking about that bullshit with Reyna diving and Gallagher getting a foul which stopped a 2 or 3 on 1 counter

[Vesper 29,202]

21 minutes ago, Costa19 said:

So Pulisic ahead of Mudryk now.. rofl 

and Pulisic was horrid

the only Chels player who was shit

[cosmicway 1,333]

Just now, Vesper said:

and Pulisic was horrid

the only Chels player who was shit

True.

[cosmicway 1,333]

Cucu was brilliant though.

[Vesper 29,202]

23 minutes ago, DDA said:

One of the worse ref performances I've seen in a long time and we watch the Prem week in and week out.

 

 

and that goon wall Sule bodychecking our lads like 5 times, as if was a hockey game, and no call on any

[NikkiCFC 8,081]

Best performance in season and a half. Players played like possessed. So much determination and fighting spirit. Everyone was great. Some reactionary fans need to slow down a little bit. Giving up already on Cucurella, KK, Fofana, Sterling... Come on... Kepa, Havertz and Gallagher also have so much to say in the future for this club. 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,542]

 

[Vesper 29,202]

23 minutes ago, Strike said:

I’ll take the pen and the retake. Both were dodgy 

it was a clear handball

not a dodgy call

and the encroaching player cleared the missed pen, so also a legit call

[DH1988 1,331]

How you can moan about Puli over Mud is crazy in a massive European night, Mud was trying and failing every trick and flick in the book, no surprise he went for Puli for the experience.. Even if he was terrible, can't nitpick every decision, we won and beat Dortmund, we have injuries, so do they, enjoy it, smile maybe.

[nyikolajevics 2,603]

I think going through Today is very important for the team. If we failed Today, then we had 13 PL matches left from the season with not a whole lot to fight for.

 

Now, players should be show their best faces in order to be selected for big European games.

 

Let's see drawing next week. Just not City please.. 4 games this season already enough.. 

[Vesper 29,202]

19 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

Go on. Make another article about how Bellingham dominated this fixture and won it all for Dortmund, with his feet tied together.

their best player by far was Emre Can

[cosmicway 1,333]

1 minute ago, nyikolajevics said:

I think going through Today is very important for the team. If we failed Today, then we had 13 PL matches left from the season with not a whole lot to fight for.

 

Now, players should be show their best faces in order to be selected for big European games.

 

Let's see drawing next week. Just not City please.. 4 games this season already enough.. 

I 'd like to see Spurs.

[Vesper 29,202]

20 minutes ago, nyikolajevics said:

We are through!!!! Well done everybody Today!

 

We have a few weeks until next round, if we get lucky draw(Milan/Spurs Inter/Porto, Benfica) we'll have good chance to go for final 4.

 

Hats off to Cucurella Today. And Fofana once again great.

and KK was solid again

he finally is finding his feet

he is solid in that middle CB Thiago spot