Ramires

[LAB 1,030]

No complaints, didn't do much wrong at the things we know he does well.

[Jase 43,479]

Like Mourinho said, OUR RAMIRES IS BACK!!!

[Zone 290]

passenger today...

You must' have been watching a different game. He was brilliant and did his job perfect while Matic was marauding forward. Misplaced a couple of passes but harassed Evertons midfield and had a few key interceptions which started our counters.

Great game by ramires. Nice to have him back. Fought like a bulldog just a shame that he got a needless yellow.

[DH1988 1,193]

Echo the above, great energy, combined well with Matic I thought.

Got booked, thats our Ramires.

[Special Juan 27,099]

I think it was a night that nigh on everyone did really well. We were pushed to the wire and the closeness of the game itself will be scrutinized and attention taken away from some really solid performances.

[Weckerz 3,781]

Is there anything this guy does well except run? He's such a non-player for us, I don't get how some people rate him so much.

Easily the worst player on the pitch together with Costa.

[Mário César 811]

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[WNDS 502]

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Could (and probably should) have been a penalty. It was absolutely ridiculous of Ramires to make that type of off-the-ball challenge in our own box. We were very lucky that his recklessness didn't cost us the draw.

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

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Another brain fart from Ramires. He is so lucky to have escaped with it, ref had a clear view on it. Penalty all day long.

Sums up that ref's night though. Poor referee. No red card for Verrati, no penalty for Pastore and he kept that yellow card in his pocket like it was made from gold.

[LAM09 6,543]

Did very little all night. His better twin (Matuidi) stole the show.

[Sheva. 5,373]

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He always has a crazy moment in him. Especially at the worst possible times.

[kalouda 23]

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I don't know what is wrong with this guy. He makes ridiculous decisions. Like he has no brain or something..

[NiclasCFC 2,582]

I don't know what is wrong with this guy. He makes ridiculous decisions. Like he has no brain or something..

Just like you when picking your name

[The Skipper 20,593]

Anelkalouda > Mazacar

[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

Ramires has regressed under Mourinho, before Mourinho Ramires was one of our better players even though he might have been frustrating at times he still was good at what he did, he scored goals, set up assists defended well you name it, for the last 2 seasons at least he has lost most of his best attributes which made him our player's player of the year in 2012 if I am correct

[Eden Hazardous 17]

He may not be an ideal for the line-up , but he is a wonderful substitute which every team has to have. So is James Milner at City. And I like the way he plays, although sometimes he really does unreasonable things.

[didierforever 7,349]

people have got to be fucking kidding me. after brilliant performances against pool and city, he had one average one yesterday and people are at his throat again. whats worse is that he did do his job. his workrate was brilliant as usual. defensively he was quite good. psg had nothing in the first half except for when costa and cesc kept losing the ball continously in dangerous positions. psg had nothing through the center of the mid cos we were solid there. it was JT and GC's lack of handling of psg's aerial prowess that cost us a win.

here are the stats for yesterday

ramires had 3 tackles, 3 clearances, 1 blocked shot, 50 passes (86%), 0 key passes

matic had 3 tackles, 1 clearance, 1 blocked shot, 85 passes (93%), 0 key passes

cesc had 2 tackles,0 clearances, 0 blocked shot, 51 passes (80%), 0 key passes.

we were set up to not lose. he was in the team to give us defensive stability and he did. people saying that all he can do is run should look at the way we were set up and what was expected off us.

[The Chels 2,502]

psg had nothing through the center of the mid cos we were solid there. it was JT and GC's lack of handling of psg's aerial prowess that cost us a win.

You're right that they didn't manage to create many attacks through our middle, partly down to Ramires playing there instead of Cesc but I think it was largely because they lacked quality there and didn't have anyone to play between the lines.

I have to disagree with your second point. It was quite clear that PSG had the beating of us in the air very early on (and that they were doing little through the middle) but Jose still refused to press or double up on their wingers. Instead he invited crosses by getting our FBs to drop into the box and our widemen to defend the wings alone. The outcome was inevitable. Terry and Cahill weren't having their best games but there was little they could do to change things. Mourinho, however, could have made tactical changes to minimise the problem but didn't (he arguably aggravated the situation) and so he must shoulder a bigger part of the blame IMO.