This team was unrecognisable from the turgid one of the past couple of months.
The effort was total, the commitment impressive, the attack was sharper and the team ran at every opportunity. It looked like Sarri ball had been dispatched with, and players were freed to play the way they do best.
There was one slacker though, Jorghino , who ambled around behind the play, made little attempt at defending and contributed his usual zero to attack. What this bludger is doing in the team is beyond me .Kovacic was an obvious replacement and his energy and effort might have made a big difference.
My mate Barkley ran until he dropped, if only his skill matched his effort, instead his end result was sadly nil.
Ratings.
Kepa ?????? No doubt more to come here.
Dave a whole lot better, and got forward as of old.
Rudiger, had a big game and never stopped
Luiz also put in and made some great through balls for the forwards.
Emerson was excellent, full of running and very sound in defence most of the game
Jorghino is an oxygen thief. His patty cake penalty sums up the man, weak, insipid and lazy.
Kante again one of if not our best
Barkley 10 out of 10 for effort, just doesn't have what it takes to be a top player.
Willian did really well
Pedro was excellent
Hazard looked really up and put in a top class performance.
RLC showed skill, flair and power. He has to start before Barkley.
CHO lively, and worried the defenders. Needed a bit more time on the pitch.
Higuan looks more and more like a larger, slower, balder version of Morata. Did nothing but had little time.
Sarri set us up weirdly, but credit for letting players off the hook, if he did !!!!!
Needs to think long and hard about a significant penalty for Kepa, who was disgraceful.
The effort was total, the commitment impressive, the attack was sharper and the team ran at every opportunity. It looked like Sarri ball had been dispatched with, and players were freed to play the way they do best.
There was one slacker though, Jorghino , who ambled around behind the play, made little attempt at defending and contributed his usual zero to attack. What this bludger is doing in the team is beyond me .Kovacic was an obvious replacement and his energy and effort might have made a big difference.
My mate Barkley ran until he dropped, if only his skill matched his effort, instead his end result was sadly nil.
Ratings.
Kepa ?????? No doubt more to come here.
Dave a whole lot better, and got forward as of old.
Rudiger, had a big game and never stopped
Luiz also put in and made some great through balls for the forwards.
Emerson was excellent, full of running and very sound in defence most of the game
Jorghino is an oxygen thief. His patty cake penalty sums up the man, weak, insipid and lazy.
Kante again one of if not our best
Barkley 10 out of 10 for effort, just doesn't have what it takes to be a top player.
Willian did really well
Pedro was excellent
Hazard looked really up and put in a top class performance.
RLC showed skill, flair and power. He has to start before Barkley.
CHO lively, and worried the defenders. Needed a bit more time on the pitch.
Higuan looks more and more like a larger, slower, balder version of Morata. Did nothing but had little time.
Sarri set us up weirdly, but credit for letting players off the hook, if he did !!!!!
Needs to think long and hard about a significant penalty for Kepa, who was disgraceful.
I liked the Man City chant “just like Manchester your city is blue”. They were singing that outside Wembley.
