Chelsea FC (The Blues) | Special Thread
Chelsea FC (The Blues) | Special Thread
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Juwaine
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A bad week for Mourinho8 August:-Chelsea held to a 2-2 draw by Swansea on the opening day of the season8 August:-Jose Mourinho describes his medical staff as "naive" after treating Eden Hazard late in the Swansea game12 August:-Mourinho urged to apologise to Dr Eva Carneiro for "publicly humiliating" her14 August:-He confirms Carneiro and head physio Jon Fearn will not be on the sidelines against Manchester City16 August:-Chelsea lose 3-0 to City, a result Mourinho describes as "fake"
Deluded or deflecting?
No-one should seriously question Jose Mourinho's judgement on football matters, but did he really believe for one second that City's 3-0 win was a "fake" result?
Did he actually think Chelsea deserved more? The truth of the matter is that a compelling case could be made for suggesting Chelsea got off lightly.
Forget a minor second-half rally. If it was not for some fine work from goalkeeper Asmir Begovic - in for the suspended Thibaut Courtois - and an uncharacteristic miss from the magnificent Sergio Aguero, Chelsea could have been five down.
Deluded or deflecting?
No-one should seriously question Jose Mourinho's judgement on football matters, but did he really believe for one second that City's 3-0 win was a "fake" result?
Did he actually think Chelsea deserved more? The truth of the matter is that a compelling case could be made for suggesting Chelsea got off lightly.
Forget a minor second-half rally. If it was not for some fine work from goalkeeper Asmir Begovic - in for the suspended Thibaut Courtois - and an uncharacteristic miss from the magnificent Sergio Aguero, Chelsea could have been five down.
Hahahaaaaa wazee wakungoja new season!
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Juwaine
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I was shocked to see how open Chelsea were in the first-half of-their defeat by Manchester City on Sunday.
For a team whose title success was built from the back last season, I had been surprised at how poor the Blues were defensively in-their opening-day draw with Swansea.
I was expecting a big improvement from them at Etihad Stadium but, if anything, in terms of the protection they offered their back-four and the back-four itself, they were actually even worse.
Fabregas offered nothing in defence or attack
When these two teams last met,-at Stamford Bridge in January,-Blues boss Jose Mourinho played Ramires in defensive midfield alongside Nemanja Matic and successfully killed the game.
Chelsea's starting XI vs Man City, with Cesc Fabregas alongside Nemanja Matic in defensive midfield
With Ramires back in the team, that is what I thought would happen this time too, with Chelsea set up to sit and defend and stay tight.
But that went out of the window after about 20 seconds when David Silva played in Sergio Aguero and cut Chelsea wide open.
It kept happening in the first 45 minutes, and part of the problem was that Cesc Fabregas was alongside Matic, not Ramires.
Fabregas did not look like he knew whether he was meant to be an attacking midfielder or a defensive one. He ended up being neither.
Because he was caught in two minds, he was not in position to help Matic when City came forward. Too many times they went at Chelsea straight down the middle through David Silva or Sergio. Aguero and it was too easy for them.
For a team whose title success was built from the back last season, I had been surprised at how poor the Blues were defensively in-their opening-day draw with Swansea.
I was expecting a big improvement from them at Etihad Stadium but, if anything, in terms of the protection they offered their back-four and the back-four itself, they were actually even worse.
Fabregas offered nothing in defence or attack
When these two teams last met,-at Stamford Bridge in January,-Blues boss Jose Mourinho played Ramires in defensive midfield alongside Nemanja Matic and successfully killed the game.
Chelsea's starting XI vs Man City, with Cesc Fabregas alongside Nemanja Matic in defensive midfield
With Ramires back in the team, that is what I thought would happen this time too, with Chelsea set up to sit and defend and stay tight.
But that went out of the window after about 20 seconds when David Silva played in Sergio Aguero and cut Chelsea wide open.
It kept happening in the first 45 minutes, and part of the problem was that Cesc Fabregas was alongside Matic, not Ramires.
Fabregas did not look like he knew whether he was meant to be an attacking midfielder or a defensive one. He ended up being neither.
Because he was caught in two minds, he was not in position to help Matic when City came forward. Too many times they went at Chelsea straight down the middle through David Silva or Sergio. Aguero and it was too easy for them.
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Mtoto nuksi wewe dah utani gani huu
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Chezeaaa man city weweee..
Pana chezeaa
Heheheeeee ndio nipo mjengoni hapa nashangaa mmekimbia jukwaaaaa.....waoga nyiee mnachunguliaa tuu...njooni bhana man city waahaondoka..
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