Well the fact remains, no matter the tactics, Chelsea had a weakened defence and we couldn't break it down. It's part of football. Come on Crystal Palace!
11 straight wins, we can't complain too much. But, on the day Chelsea won it. It's smart football, they deserved it as they were far the better "TEAM" on the day. Chelsea
Seasons target was always CL football. So job done. Title challenge is a bonus (although it doesn't feel like it after today)
Credit to chelsea. They came with a plan and executed it perfectly But the one player we could have done with today? Yevhen Konoplyanka. Chelsea invited us to shoot from distance throughout the game because we don't really have anyone that can. Thats why Konoplyanka could be and could have been a good signing
To be fair, I can't think of a team who could find a way through 9 defenders and a goalkeeper. Bayern couldn't 2 years ago. Ugly football, you know your team is **** when Stoke play more attractive football.
We deserved no less, no one made runs in the middle for nearly the entire match, we had to go over the top but everyone was static waiting for the ball into feet. Other than that we played well, bossed the game but ultimately the lack of energy and movement up front made us very easy to defend against. Just hope this doesn't have an adverse effect on our remaining performances. #forcecitytowineverygame
Yeah, thats what we need to remember. I don't see us beating Palace next weekend, so personally I hope city go on to win it.
Just a note, neither Liverpool, or Athletico Madrid, two of the best attacks in the world could get passed Chelsea's back 4 [9] and that deserves credit.
Hahaha bitter as..... Poetic that the moment that changed the game and possibly the fate of the title race, was a mistake from that bobbled headed egotist
They won it because Gerrard slipped. Otherwise this was a draw all day long. They defended well and took their opportunities. Can't argue with that
Weakend defence? Apart from Kalas they had 3 full internationals. 2 who have won the Premiership (Cole & Ivanovich) and where 1st choice at the start of the season, the other who was part of the EL winning team and has been first choice all season (Azpilicueta). Then infront of that had 3 holding midfielders. Was always going to be a struggle to get through them but had we not gifted them a goal I reckon we'd have won. Chelsea didn't cause us any problems going forward. Very proud of my team.
Well.... I was right about it not ending 0-1 This doesn't change much in regards to the game plan. We needed to keep winning to keep city at bay anyways. Unfortunately it's out of our hands now but let's hope for a city slip somewhere.
Today the lack of experience told. Fair play to Chelsea they parked the bus solid. I'm not going to blame anybody. We won as a team, we lost as a team. BUt the Fat Lady hasn't sung so it's on to palace and WE GO AGAIN.
