Its not fair to put so much pressure on a 21 year old IMO. Expecting him to be our only creative force throughout the season.
BR made an error bringing Smith on. He's a young lad so not going to criticise him but he's not looked good enough to come into this game when chasing and play out of position.
Difference between the foul from Henderson on Hazard and the foul on Suarez by Eto'o? One was outside the box on Chelsea player, the other inside the box on Liverpool player. Identical tackles though
This result is more disappointing that the city result due to the inability to control the game in any sense. We have been dragged into a scrappy game which Chelsea are far better at.
Oscar booked for a 2 footed tackle now. ref clearly hasn't seen it but decided to book him just because of the reaction afterwards
Mweh, his age shouldn't mean he loses the ability to do the simple. Giving the ball away all game (not the only one) is not something you expect from a guy who expects to be first 11. Relying on him as our only creative option is a separate issue which you're right about.
cheated again by the officials. well both Chelsea and City have needed help to beat us, we are heading in the right direction at least. fa need to explain this bollocks though.
Well, we didn't create an awful lot so on that basis we probably didn't deserve to win the game but when 1 player should be off after 2 minutes, then scores and then gives away a blatant pen which isn't given you can feel a bit hard done by. Maybe now we're at home against all the big teams in the 2nd half of the season we'll get all those dodgy home decisions as well
Not nearly as good a performance as against city but we've been let down by officials so incompetent that you can't understand how it's not deliberate. Cost us at the very least 2 points.
