Chelsea v Man.Utd player ratings

[Tomo 21,733]

Petr Cech 7 Got all his desicions spot on could not to nowt with the goal.

Branislav Ivanovic 6 did ok but was troubled by Nani at time

David Luiz 7 got caught out a couple of times but very good for his full SW6 debut, look like he is taking over Carvalho's role in scoring regually against Utd as well.

John Terry 7 Good performance from the captain led from the back.

Ashely Cole 6 solid but unspectacular.

Micheal Essien 8 MOTM for me i thought he was outstanding, looks like he has finally escaped from where his twin brother hid him.

Ramires 7 bit sloppy a couple of times in the 1st half but he will be a huge big game player for us in years to come.

Frank Lampard 7 Slowly but surely we are getting our Frank back.

Florent Malouda 7 again better worthy of a 7 lets hope he improves from here on in.

Nicolas Anelka 6 Couple of neat touches but was quite quiet tonight.

Fernando Torres 7 getting there as soon as he scored his 1st there fly in

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Didier Drogba 7

Yuri Zhirkov 7

Jose Bosingwa 6

back in the top 4 time to stay there for good.

[JoulJoul 20]

Petr Cech 7

Branislav Ivanovic 6

David Luiz 8

John Terry 7

Ashely Cole 6

Micheal Essien 8

Ramires 8

Frank Lampard 8

Florent Malouda 7

Nicolas Anelka 6

Fernando Torres 3 - (50m? Oh, This is serious???)

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Didier Drogba 7

Yuri Zhirkov 7

Jose Bosingwa 5

[St Abramovich 175]

Petr Cech 7

Branislav Ivanovic 6

David Luiz 8

John Terry 7

Ashely Cole 6

Micheal Essien 8

Ramires 8

Frank Lampard 8

Florent Malouda 7

Nicolas Anelka 6

Fernando Torres 3 - (50m? Oh, This is serious???)

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Didier Drogba 7

Yuri Zhirkov 7

Jose Bosingwa 5

Why do you hate Torres?

When he starts scoring you'll eat your words!

[JoulJoul 20]

Why do you hate Torres?

When he starts scoring you'll eat your words!

he is overrating imo, look for ramires, cost much less and is much better!

[Tortilla9 390]

Why do you hate Torres?

When he starts scoring you'll eat your words!

That $50M is hanging over his head and I love Torres. Blackpool to open his scoring account.

[DYC. 7,542]

Cech - 6

Ivanovic - 6

Luiz - 8

Terry - 7

Cole - 6.5

Ramires - 7

Essien - 7

Lampard - 6

Malouda - 2

Anelka - 4.5

Torres - 6

Drogba - 6

Zhirkov - 7

Bosingwa - N/A

[wa-poke 0]

Cech - 7

Ivanovic - 6.5

Terry - 7

Luiz - 8

A. Cole - 6.5

Essien - 7

Ramires 7

Lampard - 6

Torres - 6.5

Anelka - 5

Malouda - 3

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Drogba - 7

Zhirkov - 7

Bosingwa - N/A

[Shane 2,275]

Cech - 7

Ivanovic - 7

Terry - 7

Luiz - 8

Cole - 6

Ramires - 7

Essien - 7

Lampard - 8

Malouda - 4

Torres - 7

Anelka - 5

Drogba - 7

Zhirkov - 7

Bosingwa - 7

[dodojojo 510]

Couldn't watch the game until the 65th minute. Happy for the win of course, but the BBC and Guardian texts of Torres was pretty scathing. Was he that bad?

From the final 1/3 of the game I did see him getting very frustrated.

[HRiver 1,512]

he is overrating imo, look for ramires, cost much less and is much better!

When have you started watching football, may I ask?

Cech - 7

Ivanovic - 6

Luiz - 8

Terry - 7

Cole - 6.5

Essien - 7

Ramires - 7

Lampard - 7

Malouda - 6.5

Anelka - 6

Torres - 7

[Cosmin 2,484]

Cech - 7

Ivanovic - 7

Luiz - 9

Terry - 7

Cole - 6.5

Ramires - 8

Essien - 7

Lampard - 6

Malouda - 4

Anelka - 6

Torres - 7

Drogba - 7

Zhirkov - 7.5

Bosingwa - N/A

[zolayes 14,489]

he is overrating imo, look for ramires, cost much less and is much better!

for your education ,,,ramires is a midfielder ,,torres a striker ,,,cech a keeper ,,,carlo a coach....we dont have a pitcher or linebacker

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Cech - 8 (good save from Rafael kept us in)

Ivanovic - 7 (as always, he made his presence known and gave Nani good sport. Was a bit sloppy)

Luiz - 8 (Lucky not to be sent off! But he scored that spectacular to keep us in it!)

Terry - 8 (Solid as always)

Cole - 7 (Quiet night for him, other than the 'shoot' calls)

Essien - 8 (showed signs of the old Bison, good energy and creativity)

Lampard - 7 (Average)

Malouda- 5 (Wasted some very good chances)

Ramires - 7 (Mr consistency.)

Torres - 5 (Still feeling his way in, but he showed good movement and link-up play. Kept the defence occupied & Vidic on his toes)

Anelka - 5 (Hardly saw him)

Bosingwa - N/A

Drogba - 6 (Came on and did his job)

Zhirkov - 7 (Won the penalty and supported Ashley Cole well)

[madalista 30]

for your education ,,,ramires is a midfielder ,,torres a striker ,,,cech a keeper ,,,carlo a coach....we dont have a pitcher or linebacker

or a wide reciever for that matter

[Tortilla9 390]

Couldn't watch the game until the 65th minute. Happy for the win of course, but the BBC and Guardian texts of Torres was pretty scathing. Was he that bad?

From the final 1/3 of the game I did see him getting very frustrated.

Guardian, BBC, Telegraph seem to have a bias toward Liverpool. He's no longer a Liverpool darling but the expensive toy of the Russian billionaire. The only people wanting him to succeed will be Chelsea and Spanish fans.

[dodojojo 510]

Guardian, BBC, Telegraph seem to have a bias toward Liverpool. He's no longer a Liverpool darling but the expensive toy of the Russian billionaire. The only people wanting him to succeed will be Chelsea and Spanish fans.

So how he did play? And I've asked a couple of times already....where are good places to DL Chelsea games? Have read he had a goal disallowed early on?

[calculatingInfinity 1,443]

Cech 7 Not his goal and did what he had to do through the match without doing anything crazy out of the ordinary.

Ivanovic 5 Nani was playing a bit too much around with him in his side and he missed a couple of really big chances

Luiz 8 He had a few brain farts but I can't help but love him even when he is caught pushing, he was easily more dangerous than Anelka, Torres and Drogba.

Terry 6 Had some really bad passes and seems too arrogant in his defending.

Ashely 7 Was decent forward and really good in the defense.

Essien 8 Worked hard, had a couple of stupid ball loses but also won it a lot.

Ramires 8 Same thing as Essien really.

Lampard 6 Wasn't a big danger offensive and wasn't that great defensively.

Malouda 4 - just overall really bad.

Anelka 4 Barely saw him all match.

Torres 4 Seems way too obsessed with going himself and trying to score and failing terrible each time. You could see the potential but he didn't deliver at all.

Zhirkov 8 Got the penalty and was close to scoring.

Drogba 7 came on and wasted time very very well.

[Tortilla9 390]

So how he did play? And I've asked a couple of times already....where are good places to DL Chelsea games? Have read he had a goal disallowed early on?

Some said good movement, not a lot of service, kept Vidic on his toes.

Some said slow, uninterested, out of form.

I'm watching the game on DVR in a couple of hours. I'll give you my biased Torres opinion.