What We Learned:
1) Luiz should be the next Chelsea Captain.
2) Juan Mata is the best option for the number 10 role.
3) Cesar Azpilicueta is the best RB in the league
4) We over-played at times.
5) Howard Webb needs to be consistent.
1) Luiz should be the next Chelsea Captain.
At times in his Chelsea career we’ve seen a mad player who needs to displine himself however over the last year the influence of Roberto Di Matteo and Rafa Benitez has helped him to develop and adapt to life in the premier league. Without question he’s drastically improved over the last year, and his transition into the CDM role has worked wonders for him personally and for the team. Today he was on fire winning tackles beating opponents in the air and on the 85th minute the credentials of a leader was present when he tested Webb’s resolve. He was adamant that the ball came off Ryan Giggs and he rooted key questioned Webb. This reminded me of the days of Chelsea legend Dennis Wise.
2) Juan Mata is the best option for the number 10 role.
Today Mata was instrumental in our attack, a maestro if you will. He constantly picked out players creating chances and opening United’s defence. Of course the goal capped off a magnificent performance which saw him rewarded with the man of the match award. The way he consistently picks up the ball and ignites a counter-attack has been instrumental in our menacing attacks. He’s also built an outstanding partnership with Hazard and their understanding was obviously absent today due to Hazard’s injury. Mata is a key to unlocking a whole host of opposition’s doors, and in my opinion he should have won PFA player of the year award.
3) Cesar Azpilicueta is the best RB in the league.
All season long Dave has maintained an high standard performance wise which has resulted in him earning praise from fans and pundits alike was yet again present today. It’s clear to see that he’s adapted to life in England well and that he has a brilliant understanding of the game. Time and time again he was tackling everything in his path and his offensive approach to the game has certainly improved. He was bombing down the pitch pumping balls into the match and creating chances. Without a doubt I think he’s the best RB in the league and with time he might establish himself as a world-class player.
4) We over-played at times.
Without question we culprits of over-playing today trying to copy Barcelona’s passing philosophy. We found ourselves in offensive positions on many occasions but we squanderd our chances by over-playing. One reason I think we were over-playing because Oscar ad Mata are similar to each other. Despite interchanging both seem to enjoy passing and creating opportunities for other team members and with the absence of Hazard a person who enjoys making individual plays , both seemed to cancel each other out. The only time that this changed in the game was when Rafa brought on Torres.
5) Howard Webb needs to be consistent.
The game was a tasty affair at times, and its no surprise considering the rivalry that exists between Chelsea and Man U. The game saw many tackles made but Webb only decided to punish a few of them. Regularly in the first half Chelsea players were falling to the floor following fierce challenges from United players. Yet in the second half he was penalising challenges that were almost indentical to ones that went un-punished in the first half.
Your thoughts? KTBFFH!
Good article
Thanks man 😉
I enjoyed like every other chelsea fun for the win. I noted that Torres was better compaired to Ba today..
Ofcourse we dd well today,but the subs did not bring any changes i think,bt well done all coz we’re in top 3
I still think that Cahill should be our future captain… other than that u r pretty much spot on.
Ba was not in form today, but that can be tolerated given he has not over done it and has been more out than in the squad. RVP didn’t had the best either.
How come u didn’t mention how Ba was a no show today? Ba’s link up play is too poor.
U didn’t talk abt how clueless Moses was in the attacking third. He was afraid to run @ defenders, was dt d coaches instruction too?
Lampard still got those ranges of passes in his arsenal.
We should be thankful that Webb ended the game the way he did. On another day against United,it could have been a bad day for Chelsea.
Other than that,I think it was a dull performance from the two sets of teams but I’m definitely greatful for the goal. Chelsea can assert more intensity so maybe if we could have that then it wouldn’t have been such a close score line. I know for a fact that chelsea is better and has a better squad than United but consistency eludes us. If the special one return,we could see the best ever Chelsea side in the next few seasons. Yes,even better than the team he won two league titles with.
HOWARD WEBB ONLY IMPROVED WHEN DAVID LUIZ SHOWED HIM THAT NOT EVERYONE IS STUPID. IF IT WAS AGAINST A WEAKER SIDE ALL HIS DECISIONS UP TO THAT POINT WOULD HAVE ALREADY CREATED THE DAMAGE IN UTD FAVOUR. I BELIEVE THATS WHERE THE SO CALLED UTD CONSISTENCY COMES FROM! BETTER SQUADS LIKE CHELSEA AND MAN CITY DONT HAVE THOSE CONSTANT BRAKES FROM THE REFS IF ANYTHING THEY OFTEN GET PUNISHED AGAINST THE SMALL TEAMS AND POINTS GET LOST THROUGH THE SEASON IN A WINNABLE GAMES. MAN UTD 20 TITLES DONT SURPRISE ME. THEY DONT DONT NEED TO BE THE BEST AS IT SHOWED THIS SEASON. DO YOU REMEMBER RONALDO DIVING AND STREACHING HIS LEG LOOKING FOR CONTACT? EVERYONE COULD SEE IT. HOW MANY GAMES THEY WON WITH THOSE FREE KICKS? GLAD LUIZ IS AROUND AND HES NOT A SLEEP LIKE MANY SEEM TO DO
Surprisingly, among Ba, Torres, RVP and Hernandez, Torres was the best performing striker of the match…. Who else here agrees?
I agree. he’s a very clever player even when not on form his movement is very inteligent. As soon he came on Juan Mata had a diving header from the central position, this was due to Torres DELIBERATELY stayed wide to drag the defender and create the gap where it matters… Torres is getting better and better and when he plays at his own level is better than all those strikers together lol
dave has been absolutely fantastic , only 2 bad games he had was one against souhthampton at home and fa cup semi loss to city
A Vital 3 points!
If Torres had played from the begining, there would certainly have been regarding him.
Yesterday Ba didnt played nice but u dont even mention that…thats a kind of bias, isn’t it??
David Luiz and Ramires were the only players exposing the bias cheater that Howard Webb is. Apart of Ramires tackle on Rooney that originated our goal all his mistakes were on Utds favour. David Luiz had to count on his face how many wrong decisions he’s had up to that point in Utds favour. IF ALL CHELSEA PLAYERS DONE THE SAME TOWARDS HIM HE COULDNT HAVE YELLOW CARDED THE ALL SQUAD AND HE WOULD HAVE FELT EXPOSED. BUT WHEN IS ONE OR TWO PLAYERS ONLY, HE GETS AWAY WITH BEEN A PLAYER DISSENT. HIS DECISIONS IMPROVED FROM THAT POINT. THE GIGGS BLATANT FOUL ON LUIZ GETTING IN THE UTD BOX UNEXPLICABLY NOT GIVEN SHOWED IS TRUE COLOURS
This is really interesting like
Thanks! 😀
i see people criticizing ba but i do feel he did his job. he did not make the great runs and he doesnt have good build up play like torres however he hold onto the ball and got some freekicks when the ball was thumped up yo him. he used his strengths and gave evans a hard time. i wouldnt say it was his best performance but he did his job.
KTBFFH!