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Kante is getting a lot of votes, which is surprising because he was quite average yesterday. For example, click here and select Kante and Hazard to compare them and you'll see Eden scored on average four times better than Kante yesterday. I like Kante, don't get me wrong, but yesterday Eden had one of those magical 10/10 performances that no one else in the league can achieve

Why are some people so upset? We're winning the game, it's all good.

We did that in the last game against Swansea

West Ham are throwing everything at us early. High energy pressing. Just wait 30 minutes until they run out of steam.

Glad that Fabregas gets his shot at becoming a starter. It comes late, but it’s well deserved and the crucial part is yet to come. So I hope he will do well! It’s a weird new stadium West Ham moved into, by the way. There is this huge gap between the pitch and the ranks. It’s like playing somewhere in Italy and not in east London. And they can’t even fill it.

The poll is saying that 86% expect him to leave. I know we're predominantly after defenders and midfielders right now, but it's these orthogonal priorities on our part that allowed him to join Arsenal in the first place. With all the money made in the Oscar deal and the new Nike contract kicking in soon, we might be able to pull this one off despite the money that we'll pay for Koulibaly and whatever midfielder we'll go for.

Well said! City will play against Liverpool, Arsenal and (hopefully) United between now and when they play us in a months time. There is also a difficult away fixture in Monaco coming up for them. If they will still be 8 points behind us by the time we play them, I'll cry.

I am very excited for the new kits to be unveiled. Nike have a very talented team of designers and so it's safe to say that we will be spared with another disappointment like last summer.

Just watched that incredible move again, it was the classical Hazard, he ran past the Swansea guy like he wasn't there. Costa showed a lot of appreciation after he scored the goal

His scoring record is very impressive for a centre midfielder, isn't it? His nine goals are a feat. Nainggolan and Kante in one team does sound very intriguing.

This is a fantastic comment! I wonder if the same people are behind the Bonucci to Chelsea rumours, which would make a lot of sense with Conte leaving.

An extension is fine as long as it does not come with an increased salary. He was solid this season, but maybe not quite good enough to start regularly in the long term. I'd still like this position filled with someone else in the summer, to be honest. But again, Moses is a nice one to have in the squad, no doubt. He is probably among the best 10-15 players this season.

It's also important to note that Makelele won two league titles and an FA Cup with Chelsea. There were many very good games by Kante, but right now Makelele's legacy is still a bit bigger.

His last performance against Swansea was a very impressive one, but since pretty much every Chelsea player had that and because Hazard didn't score, some people will say it was rubbish. Everyone is entitled to voice an opinion.

Watched the highlights. Great game by Fabregas, he was very motivated and there was a lot of praise going his way. He did enough to earn another start in our next game, didn't he? But still, how was that not a 5-1?

It's fantastic that City vs United got postponed, by the way. The later it gets set the more pressure on them because City are also playing Liverpool later in March. We want them to be exhausted and feeling that they are too far behind when they come to the Bridge in the beginning of April.

I couldn't watch the game today, but from what I've heard Kante was again in seriously good form. I am really glad for him, he is a contender for POTY, terrific player. transfermarker.co.uk value him at £34m now which puts him level with Verratti. I think that's accurate, but having one such player is not an excuse to not go for another one

Enjoy the game! I was refreshing the Ticket Exchange for days looking for a ticket. It was impossible.

Abramovich summoned him to his yacht to have a word. In the presence of his two tigers, he made it clear that fun at training is "weak" and will not be tolerated.

@Ernie_blue 02/20/2017: "[Hazard] doesn't have the drive to push himself to the top". He has won the POTY in two countries, has been named Young Player of the Year several times, has won the Ligue 1 as well as the Premier League. He is on track to win it again while any consider him the best player in the Premier League. He earns 200k a week, is very popular and does not attract bad press or unwanted attention. What else does the poor man have to do to prove himself?

Does anyone know if it will be realistic to get a ticket with virtually no loyalty points (like 10 maybe)?

The next five league games are all very important. For City they are the games that will determine if they will still be 8 points behind us when they come to the Bridge on April 5th. If we manage to win all five, it will be 8 points at least

Guys, one question. If you went to an Arsenal forum and they were arguing among each other if Sanchez is even a very good player, you'd come back and make jokes about it, wouldn't you? Also, I love how stats don't matter at all for certain people here (*cough* @Ernie_blue), it's like Trump calling everything he doesn't like 'fake', like it doesn't exist. It's strange how this works for some people.

In the end it was 5-3 for City in what was a ridiculous game. A good result as @Adamrb says. City were on the verge of defeat for long periods, but then Monaco ran out of energy. Watch the highlights everyone, you won't regret it.

After Arsenal, City are now 1-2 behind. At home. To Monaco. EDIT: Excuse my disrespectful comment above. Monaco are actually battering them and it's surprising they only lead 3-2. Falcao scored a wondergoal, by the way.