Chelsea 3-0 Burnley

[Cameron 30]

Frank had a very sloppy opening half an hour in my opinion, whereas Ashley was excellent the entire game.

More like Ashley Cole put in a usual solid performance for the most, scored a great goal and that exceeds the performances of Lampard and Essien. Hardly.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

More like Ashley Cole put in a usual solid performance for the most, scored a great goal and that exceeds the performances of Lampard and Essien. Hardly.

Ashley Cole was absolutely superb defensively and going forward was a huge attacking outlet for us, especially in the second half. His goal capped off a tremendous display. I thought Essien was outstanding but Ashley Cole, for me, was our best performer on Saturday.

[Cameron 30]

Ashley Cole was absolutely superb defensively and going forward was a huge attacking outlet for us, especially in the second half. His goal capped off a tremendous display. I thought Essien was outstanding but Ashley Cole, for me, was our best performer on Saturday.

You don't need to fill your justification up with superlatives, but more so what he did. As far as I remember, Burnley's right midfielder hardly posed much of a threat, meaning he didn't have too much to do (agreed that he dealt with whatever was thrown), but that doesn't describe one of his superb defensive performances, because put simply, they weren't the attacking threat to give the defenders enough work, thanks to a couple guys in the midfield called Frank and Michael.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

As far as I remember, the whole of Burnley's team hardly posed much of a threat. And the way you're saying things would suggest that Frank and Essien held off tide after tide of Burnley attacks They offered so little going going forward; that Essien, the alleged holding midfielder, pushed forward alongside Lampard and Ballack. No single player had a lot of defending to do, because Burnley wanted to keep it tight in the first half and rarely ventured forward, before playing for time and damage limitation in the second half, allowing Cole to come forward more often than not.

[Alee. 182]

Great one Alex KIU

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Thanks for reading mate