Chelsea v Liverpool - Match Thread
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I think it could have been, but Chelsea seemed very timid and scared to attack (other than punts relying on Werner's pace), whereas we looked comfortable and hadn't gone through the gears.
He just seems so spoiled now. I mean yeah he grew up as footballers son and had a few things handed to him, but when something goes a against him he throws his toys out of his pram.
Tooooooooory
Their counter attacks scared me a bit.
That's because Werner is good. His pace could have caused problems, but end product wasn't there at all today
Yeah, they're are going to be dangerous when Pulisic gets back.
Oh definitely. If pulisic played yesterday i would have shit myself every time James got the ball, as he's a slightly less good Trent.
Thankfully, Werner isn't as good as him.
Werner do look like a player who has a somewhat of a fragile mentality. If you bully him or give him a hard tackle it might see him fade a bit out of the game.
Its early obviously and he is an excellent player but it will be interesting to see how he fares in the tough games coming up.
Its early obviously and he is an excellent player but it will be interesting to see how he fares in the tough games coming up.
He's not buying Rice to play him in midfield though. The story goes he wants to convert Rice into a centre back. But shhhhh don't tell Fwank it's a bad idea, let him continue with this project. We've got under his skin and it's pissing him off
I think we should be very afraid of this new Everton team. Well not exactly the team, but their new-ish manager.
Ancelotti know us very well. We have a long history against him, starting in 1984 when Roma lost against us in the European cup final.
Then there's the two CL finals (2005, 2007).
Torres vs Chelsea saga. Then he joins them.
We had a lot of trouble against his Napoli team recently.
My point is, this man adapts.
Makes you wonder why the hell Man U hires Ole when this guy is around?
He's a diving cunt. He even feigned injury in a duel with Thiago when he clearly won the ball. I'm gonna try to find a clip.
He should have been one of the first names on their list post Ferguson.
Sets his team up well, works great with big name players and is proven at top clubs for over 2 decades. Fortunately they’ve treated us to Moyes, Mourinho, Van Gaal and OGS. Long may their current management recruitment style continue.
Yeah. Had it have stayed 11 v 11 the opportunities were there for them on the counter.
In his playing career, not being John Terry probably made him look sounder than he is. He's definitely been a dick since he started managing at very least but was probably always the case.
What I really love about Mane's second is the way he faked blocking left and fooled Kepa into the pass (which was still ludicrously stupid) before pouncing.
We can expect Thiago spraying the ball around with impunity & us finding glorious new ways to break teams & players.
He tried to play like Mourinho, only with less tactical nous so didn't target key areas properly, which imo is just Roy Hodgson with much better players.
Solid shape, block everything centrally so you can't have long shots at the shit keeper, force players out wide & then try to counter quickly.
There was no real press on our defence, if that would have been Mourinho he'd have had that solid defence but his attackers would have all been pressing constantly & he'd have bypassed midfield entirely.
Lampard just hasn't got the experience to do the tactical work he needs to do.
Solid shape, block everything centrally so you can't have long shots at the shit keeper, force players out wide & then try to counter quickly.
There was no real press on our defence, if that would have been Mourinho he'd have had that solid defence but his attackers would have all been pressing constantly & he'd have bypassed midfield entirely.
Lampard just hasn't got the experience to do the tactical work he needs to do.
Were we watching the same match ? As BBC & Sky said ... we were totally dominant and it was just a matter of time regardless of 10 or 11 players. Stats bear this out. They had one shot in the first half.
I think that was the major issue, but Fabinho read two of their counters really well, whereas Gomez might have dived in or got caught. Robbo was easily bypassed for one chance too.
That said, I thought we dominated them in the first half, without really posing the threat we did in the second half. In the second half we clearly upped a gear from the off and obviously Thiago was a big difference. Milner did well too in causing them a bit more problems with his movement, he was a lot more penetrative than Gini and much more difficult to pick up. It helps having someone else covering the fullbacks and running the channels.
I don't remember us having many clear cut chances in the first half.
We didn't far as I remember.
After bobby's effort was blocks (after kepa chasing down Salah), I don't remember much.
We looked like we could create, but don't remember actually testing them
Yep, pretty much what I saw.
They tried to play from the back for the entire 90 mins even when they were 2-0 down and one man short. LOL
200Mil. Playing at home (albeit no plastic fans to cheer them on). And they thought hitting us on the break would be the way to undo us. LOL
Someone’s bound to make a mistake playing that way, especially when you’re up against the champions of pressing. Poor Kepa.
And yet they didn’t want to change their tactics.
Lamps must be playing too much Football Manager.
200Mil. Playing at home (albeit no plastic fans to cheer them on). And they thought hitting us on the break would be the way to undo us. LOL
Someone’s bound to make a mistake playing that way, especially when you’re up against the champions of pressing. Poor Kepa.
And yet they didn’t want to change their tactics.
Lamps must be playing too much Football Manager.
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