The Brit

That’s a disgrace. Match of the day had a (rightful) pop at Salah last night but those two are even worse.

Hope the idiots who slag him off on social media have been silenced but I doubt it.

Came on here to say the same thing. Dave gets put in a headlock no pen...any Utd or Liverpool player goes over near a tall blade of grass automatic spot kick

Been asking for patience while new players got back to fitness etc and now we are starting to see good signs as they play every match. And following up what I said post Krasnodar, look what happens when neither Jorginho or Kovacic start...

I'm prepared to call a spade a spade whatever the consequences ?

Jorginho and Kovacic just aren't good enough. It's just an important an area to fix in the market as the back has been. Provide no physical presence in there and neither pass the ball well enough. Have their moments at times but they're not the kind of players you win titles or Champions Leagues with.

And has Willian done anything since that game? Remember all the hype about his performance and people saying chelsea made a mistake letting him go...they don’t know Willian as well as we do. Has a good game every now and then...that’s not worthy of three year deal on stupid money.

Chelsea had less of a pre-season than most due to cup final and cl tie (likes of Utd/city got to start later, chelsea didn’t). Also a dozen players had to isolate for a week or two due to covid scare. we played one friendly, check how many Liverpool (I include comm shield and super cup final) played. on top of that new signings and players like Pulisic had injuries. no-one had it as bad. these are not excuses. They’re facts. Pre-season is massive when new signings come in. Ours couldn’t have been any worse.

As I’ve said before, chelsea were always going to get off to a slow start. So to be just four points off top spot after six games is a real positive as far as I’m concerned. If we are still being inconsistent in a few months then it’s time to put Lampard under closer scrutiny. Anyone doing it now needs to give their head a wobble

From everything arsenal fans and media have said, I thought arteta was supposed to be the dogs bollox. Already lost three of the first six pl games

He is the only one to get a chance to play next to silva so far and look how he played tonight. We don’t know how Tomori, Christensen or Rudiger would look next to our best centre half yet. I don’t have it in for Zouma but I don’t think he’s an automatic pick or is worthy of comments like ‘he’s the best to play there’. Still hasn’t proved that after his last two games

He was the weakest link again today. I blame Christensen.

I’ll take that. Sevilla are a bloody good side, better than Valencia...but annoyed with our touch/passing at times. Werner disappeared in second half and we had no out ball. But far tighter at the back, bar Zouma. Important clean sheet ahead of Utd game

Tough game against good opposition. Anyone who thought this would be a stroll clearly underestimated Sevilla

I know what you’re getting at Because he didn’t face a physical forward but a bit simplistic to dismiss his performance because of the tactics city used. It was still Man City after all.

Not suggesting Christensen isn't blameless or doesn't suffer from inconsistency, silly mistakes. He showed what he can do against Man City in July but think the west ham game came soon after to undo all the positive vibes. I was very frustrated against Liverpool last month when he played really well for 44 minutes and then just fell asleep to not only let Mane get away, but did a ridiculous rugby tackle to get sent off. I do find though he gets blamed even when he's not been at fault. Take the Southampton game for example...Zouma fcuked up for all three goals - slow to react to havertz losing the ball and caught in totally wrong body position, bad back pass and then did criminal thing of not even bothering to sprint back to try and rescue situation, then weak header from the set piece straight to walcott...yet christensen's name was still being dragged into it.

I just can't see proper football fans paying to watch this crap. Just shows how football owners are so blinded by money, they don't realise what their supporters actually want. And besides, how can you improve on the entertainment the Premier League brings?! I'd rather watch Chelsea v Aston Villa every season than Chelsea v PSG.

I hear aforementioned top refereeing official is doing a wonderful job to this day

I'll never forget how the Cech (and Cudicini) injury was covered. It was portrayed as big bullies Chelsea picking on Reading. Even Jose moaning about the terrible medical practice in place at the stadium, which has since been improved everywhere as a result, was seen as Mourinho just moaning etc...Cech could have died FFS!

In fairness to the media, the death threats etc is on quite a few back pages. A bit of a surprise given their No 1 commandment of thou shalt not criticise Liverpool

police now investigating death threats/abuse made to pickford and richarlison...also seen pickford's partner has had threats too. Look forward to the front/back page headlines calling Liverpool fans a disgrace etc in the same way Chelsea's contingent of numpties are

Yep I understand that and I’m pissed off it keeps happening too. Southampton’s late equaliser was a kick in the teeth. But it is going to take patience and more than one window to repair the damage of years of poor investment. Lampard needs to improve too but that’s not Surprising given he’s only been a manager for just over two years. If it goes tits up we all know what will happen to Frank but it is too early to push the panic button

the level of outcry over pickford's tackle on van dijk is getting a bit mental now. yes it was a shocking tackle and a disgrace at that. but it's being treated like the first horrific challenge ever made on a footballer. As per usual, whenever the scousers are involved, things get blown out of all proportion. now you have journos/ex players calling for pickford to be banned as long as van dijk is out injured. Bonkers. And Danny Murphy had to cap it all off by saying on match of the day last night that Virgil - I was tonked 7-2 by Aston Villa a fortnight ago - Van Dijk is the best defender of all timmmmmmmme.

Can we give Lampard more than five PL games into his second season, when he's finally been able to buy some players after leading the club against expectations back into the Champions League, a bit of time FFS? Not blameless, not hapless either. Too many people focusing on all the negatives.

Couldn’t believe sky pundits post match discussing whether it was a keeper error...FFS can’t a great goal be scored these days without someone trying to ruin/diminish it by looking for someone to blame? everything looks easy to stop in super slow mo and fancy gadgets.