PloKoon13

Pathetic.

Very disappointing performance - he had a perfect opportunity to go in studs-up on Dele Alli and didn't take it.

As an incredibly petty individual I now consider myself an entrenched opponent of VAR and will be rooting for it to be scrapped at all levels.

VAR

I hope we give them a f**king kicking

We're looking for a Fabregas replacement right? Jorginho would be out of the first XI in about five seconds https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46769457

It was no Kezman vs Barca though

I think we're completely mad to let him go. You don't throw away a talent like his, I'd be inclined to use him like Conte did in his first season.

I think the general consensus over this game is somewhat over-critical. Granted, I wasn't exactly blown away, but a few mitigating thoughts: - We currently have two fit attackers to play in the front three roles. One of them is Morata. I might be inclined to give us a pass for a somewhat blunt attacking display... - It might be worth bearing in mind that we did actually score a perfectly legitimate winner which was incorrectly ruled out. Had the linesman made the right call we might be talking about an injury-hit Chelsea earning a plucky win, sign of champions, etc. - For all the complaints of sideways passing, lack of Plan B, (etc.) we spent most of the second half playing gung-ho, end-to-end football. Sarri also absolutely made the right call in bringing on Fabregas (although personally I would have been inclined to hook Jorginho rather than Barkley). - Hopefully we might see a little more appreciation for Willian given that we were almost incapable of keeping the ball in the final third and had to resort to long balls from the back four more often than not after he went off injured. Perhaps a little more understanding of what his role in the team actually is? How many times did we see somebody get isolated in the corner somewhere and precisely nobody showed up to receive a pass? - Kanté's attacking instincts are coming along very nicely. His natural intelligence saw him show for the ball in some dangerous positions, he also made a couple of Lampard-esque late runs into the box. Some of his dribbling looks lethal as well. If he can improve on his ball control we might have a true absurdity on our hands, especially given his natural ability to win the ball high up the pitch.

It was a bit concerning that, other than Hazard, Kanté was the player on the pitch with the best appreciation of how to exploit space between the lines.

Don't worry, you're far from alone in that on here! Welcome to the forum bud.

Morata - don't think he fell over once

"Well his arm is certainly in an offside position" Caused me to eff and blind at the screen and shout the word 'charlatan' quite a lot

This must be as end-to-end a half-hour of football as we've seen under Sarri. If this is going to continue, we may as well hook Jorginho for Fabregas. Much more up the latter's street.

Bloody hell... we're now down to three players to play in the three forward roles. One of them is out of position, one of the others is Morata! I imagine odds on a 0-0 draw just shortened dramatically...