19QOS19 Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Deserved tbh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Was away to comment about Chelsea not really supporting the counters. They dont need to [emoji23] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim McLean's Ghost Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Ederson a bit lucky there. A foul would have been a red. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Would be hilarious to see Pep, in his best chance yet, f**k it up on the European stage yet again. Not surprising in the slightest, but hilarious. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Kilmarnockesque defence from Citeh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Chelsea probably shaded that half. If I was Pep I'd be pushing Sterling through the middle, dropping KDB into the middle and Foden out wide. Ideally though, if be putting Aguero on. Edit : right at that, Havertz has the freedom of the whole half. [emoji38]I thought Chelsea started the better (much better) but then City got control. Thought Chelsea were looking a bit toothless and a bit under pressure in the last 10 minutes - but that goal changes everything. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieKTID Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Lovely pass from Mount. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David W Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Remember when everyone thought Mason Mount was only in the team because of Lampard? He's been tremendous in this half. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 The bald fraud. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Chelsea could do so much better than werner. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 I think Chelsea deserve to be up. Werner hasn't been great, but at least he's working the Man City backline and pulling them around a bit, and getting in the box. Man City don't have a focal point and everything is in front of the Chelsea backline. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Lovely pass from Mount. Remember when everyone thought Mason Mount was only in the team because of Lampard? He's been tremendous in this half.He's one of those English players that has been hyped massively, and therefore a lot of folk up here have went so far the other way.But him and foden are both top class players, and they're only going to get better (said with an ominous tone). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senorsoupe Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 That was a great bit of control from Havertz, Chelsea deserve their lead 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 I think Chelsea deserve to be up. Werner hasn't been great, but at least he's working the Man City backline and pulling them around a bit, and getting in the box. Man City don't have a focal point and everything is in front of the Chelsea backline.The midfielder as a "false 9" shite reeks of trying to look like a clever manager, rather than trying to put a team on the park to win a football match. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggy Snake Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 3 minutes ago, pandarilla said: Chelsea could do so much better than werner. Werner is an all round quality player. He might miss some chances but when you get players around him he creates a lot, both through direct assists and his movement. Even at the goal tonight, when the ball first goes out wide it's Werner who's in the centre of the pitch. His run outside drags a defender with him and creates the space for Havertz. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMMjag Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Guardiola has fucked up massively with that starting line-up and leaving out Fernandinho/Rodri. You can understand that he wants to avoid getting bogged down like in the Fa Cup semi, but Chelsea are walking through that midfield on the counter and if they had even a modest upgrade on Werner, they'd be 2 or 3 ahead. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 2 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: 4 minutes ago, GAD said: I think Chelsea deserve to be up. Werner hasn't been great, but at least he's working the Man City backline and pulling them around a bit, and getting in the box. Man City don't have a focal point and everything is in front of the Chelsea backline. The midfielder as a "false 9" shite reeks of trying to look like a clever manager, rather than trying to put a team on the park to win a football match. Yeah, I mean obviously big successful teams have used it to win competitions, but sometimes, like today, it looks really blunt when nobody seems to be taking the responsibility to be the "9". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Ederson a bit lucky there. A foul would have been a red.Not sure if it would have been. He even got something on the ball so would have received a yellow I'd imagine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Yeah, I mean obviously big successful teams have used it to win competitions, but sometimes, like today, it looks really blunt when nobody seems to be taking the responsibility to be the "9".When you have shit hot attacking players they can obviously bail you out, but I think in general you win in spite of playing that system, not because of it. No team playing that system would be made worse by putting a top quality striker in up front instead of this nonsense.Pep absolutely loves doing these weird things in the hope it looks like a masterclass though, so I love seeing them go wrong. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_bully_wee Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Hearing reports that yer da has logged in to pieandbovril.com to explain why false nines are the pseudo-intellectual manager's choice of striker 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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