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Really don't think Kante deserves much criticism,he had to cover for Matic in the midfield and was on of the better players out there. Kante had 6 tackles,2 interceptions,3 clearances and the best pass accuracy while having the third most. Matic had 0 tackles,1 interception and 1 clearance and half the passes. Fabregas made more tackles and passes than him in 30 mins. Really felt the team played with 10 men from the start.

Still really disappointed we lost the final,especially since it was against Arsenal too.I know the club overachieved this season if 12 months ago getting top 4 next season was the target,but its really sad to go in a final and lose it.They might have had the clearer chances but football is not about who has the best chances,its about who scores them.Saying that,Anthony Taylor is such a twat,he has no problem seeing Moses dive while,in a similar position,overruling the correct decision from the linesman for their goal just like he did when he awarded Stoke that non-existent penalty in the away fixture. Was really wishing for Conte to sub out Matic and Moses since the first half where we managed to leave the score difference at only one goal.Matic had a really bad game today,if the WhoScored stats are 100% accurate,didn't manage to have a single tackle or aerial duel won and had the worst pass success and amount in the midfield,making Kante have to cover for him until Fabregas came on and defended and created more than he did in 60 minutes.While Moses was also losing possession easily in the attack and didn't have any answer for Sanchez or Welbeck. In contract Cahill really did his best to keep the score respectable and was the MotM for me,leading by example. If anything I hope the loss really motivates the board (if they somehow still were not sure about it) they need bring in several upgrades for the squad this summer since people have started to figure out how to counter what we have now and some players, while having a really good season overall,showed their limits which will be punished,especially in the CL.And not 2015 type signings,but similiar to the 2014 ones and what City are doing now.

As someone who believed that the club should have kept Mourinho and started selling and buying a few new players in the winter transfer,I don't see the need to put the blame entirely on Hiddink for our what happened in the past couple of months.Saying that,the attacking did improve somewhat since Mourinho left (also the reason why we had more draws than loses),but the defense and midfield is as bad as it was 6 months ago. Imo the players and the board are at least 90% to blame for what's happening.You can't go from being 1st in the premier league the entire season (literally) last year to losing at home to Bournemouth and finishing in mid table below west ham,stoke and probably watford too considering we have tottenham,liverpool and leicester in the next 5 matches who are all looking for points,while our players have just thrown the towel and are waiting for the season to finish,since there is no way to get in the relagation zone or top 6 and there isn't that much difference in fishing 8th or 16th for them. I hope this summer the club stops buying random players that had one good season in whatever one/two team leagues and that they get rid of the people that don't care about winning and are here just to collect a paycheck. Otherwise we might find ourselves in another season like if the players get fed up with Conte and he gets the Mourinho treatment.

A bittersweet win in my opinion,i am glad some of the players started playing well again,in particular Ivanovic,Oscar and Pedro,but it's sad they didn't care to put anything of this level until they got what they wanted. I also think some of the players need a bit of booing to either get them back in shape or make them leave,which i'd rather them do that,instead of playing badly every week and still being paid like they are.Especially now since the pressure is on them,as there is no one else to blame if anything goes bad. Hope the form continues tho and we get top 4,which could be their way of showing that Mourinho was the one wrong and it was the right decision to let them play their game.

Really gutted after reading this and i hope he won't return to the premier league (unless it's for chelsea).I remember him saying he won't go to a rival of a team he managed,so Inter or maybe Porto i hope are his target. But i still believe he earned the right to have one (very) bad season and would have wanted him to try and fix the squad in January or in the summer next season and then sack him if things were still bad,unless the club was in real danger of relegation with it being mathematically impossible to get top 10-12.Then nobody could say the club didn't give him any chances and shown that Abramovich wasn't an impatient owner anymore to scare other managers away. Albeit i couldn't of seen anyone else make it to December this way. Anway,now that he got sacked,the we need to focus on the next set of problems,which are the players.There are quite a few unrespectful and underperforming players that need to go imo,so let's see if Emenalo deserves his paycheck or if he should also be sacked.Side note,i don't get why he kept smiling while talking about why the club sacked the best manager we have ever had.

Sadly it just shows how important Drogba and Cech were last season,the team morale gets so low after we concede and nobody plays well anymore.Although we didn't really do much after Ramires' goal except defend and counter attack,which reminded me a little of how matches like this went during the first season with Mourinho(second spell),the only thing different is the result.. Meanwhile today we got a motivated Liverpool team that fought till the end.Not to say that they played very well,they also got lucky with one or two deflected goals and maybe a red card,but what stuck to mind was how they all went back to defend and attack in seconds while we only had like 4 players running to defend while the others just walked and looked,showing little to no motivation or maybe tiredness,considering it was the same team that played vs Stoke 4 days ago except Azpilicueta. Hopefully the next run of games will get the team's morale up until the winter transfer,which should also be planned carefully,"rushed" transfers such as Salah and Cuadrado will only make things worse.

This are the goals stats for the Premier League so far,really nice from Oscar,also a notable mention would be Ramires with only 3 games started and 9 as a sub.

I really don't get why people hate on Drogba so much,he is still a club legend and is no worse than what Eto'o was last season.If anything,is Jose's fault for playing him in front of Remy,since i don't think it is Drogba the one that chooses who plays and doesn't.

Would really like to see that team next match,since the result doesn't matter at all.Although maybe Salah instead of Hazard or Schurrle and Mikel instead of Matic (since it might well be his last season here too)

True,despite the really bad performances this season against teams like Norwich,we still did a lot better than last year when we lost the Community Shield,Super Cup,Club World Cup,failed to get past the Champions League group stages and finished 14 points below United and only scored like 5 more goals than we did this season. Although i guess most people (myself included) hoped Mourinho will also bring a proper striker for this season,but oh well..

Congrats to Cahill,Cech and Eden,all three of them deserve it really. Tho i would of liked to see Terry instead of Kompany,Ramsey/Silva instead of Lallana/Gerrard and Azpilicueta instead of Shaw.

Really wonder how the season would of had went if we started Ba more instead of Torres.. I mean,he does have the best goal per min ratio out of our 3 strikers,but he is also the worst when it comes to dribbling and not the best passer either.

Really good match and i am happy with the way we played,went for a draw and got out with a 0-2 win,really fantastic. It's also funnier with all their fans whining about "anti-football" and all that bullsh*t when they fail to score against a very good defense.Which is what happened to us in a lot of matches as well,but there was no "anti-football" play there.

GK: Cech/Courtois RB:Azpilicueta CB:Cahill CB:Terry LB:???(maybe Shaw) CM:Matic CM:???(probably still Ramires) RAM:Schurrle/Salah CAM:Oscar/Willian LAM:Hazard ST:Lukaku/Costa

Since we are already hated,will it really matter if the reason is genuine or not? Most of them don't really seem to care anyway.