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Chelsea vs Manchester United (PL) 18/04/2015 KO: 17:30 GMT

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Are you high? Where did I call you racist? I said don't generalise Manchester United fans because some knobhead did something stupid; just like I didn't like it when opposition fans generalised Chelsea supporters after a bunch of bellends were racist in Paris.

 

Not sure where meth comes into it either.

 

i may of had a shandy but whatever, lost in translation, after all, I AM THE ONE WHO KNOCKS

 

ill get me coat

Just got home...Happy days...great classic Jose performance...Zouma, hazard, JT/Cahill immense...just caught highlights on motd and surprise surprise, Phil Neville is being bitter twat...just makes the win all the more satisfying

its utd crying becuz we did them doggy style

Jose said it himself afterwards...it was the exact game he had prepared for and everything went according to plan...all the pressure was on Utd to win, there was no need for us to chase...if it had been 0-0, that would have been fine, but win was a nice bonus...expect very similar tactics next week

Are you high? Where did I call you racist? I said don't generalise Manchester United fans because some knobhead did something stupid; just like I didn't like it when opposition fans generalised Chelsea supporters after a bunch of bellends were racist in Paris.

 

Not sure where meth comes into it either.

 

Think that must be his tipple of choice.

I'm surprised people think that the only reason we had so much possession was because you let us. Whilst that was partly the case and you were set up to allow that, we had 60% possession against City and 60% against Liverpool, two teams who tend to dominate possession. So it was us playing to our style and you pretty much were forced to accept that. 

 

What you did well was get the goal and the remain resolute in defence as we tired. Without trying to sound bitter in anyway, you got the win so therefore deserved it, we had a lot of decent chances to get goals and our striker (Falcao) did not deliver. He has to be out in the Summer, he has definitely lost it.

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I'm surprised people think that the only reason we had so much possession was because you let us. Whilst that was partly the case and you were set up to allow that, we had 60% possession against City and 60% against Liverpool, two teams who tend to dominate possession. So it was us playing to our style and you pretty much were forced to accept that. 

 

What you did well was get the goal and the remain resolute in defence as we tired. Without trying to sound bitter in anyway, you got the win so therefore deserved it, we had a lot of decent chances to get goals and our striker (Falcao) did not deliver. He has to be out in the Summer, he has definitely lost it.

I thought Rooney was off his usual form and seemed rattled.

So it was us playing to our style and you pretty much were forced to accept that.

 

Wouldn't go as far to say we were forced to accept it. Given Zouma's selection it would seem the plan was to allow United to have as much possession as they like.

I thought Rooney was off his usual form and seemed rattled.

 

Yeah, he was decent enough in the first half, but is clearly not a CM. He plays CM like a poor man's Gerrard. Lots of Hollywood passing, very little else. On his day he is a world class striker though and I'd personally have played him up top with Di Maria starting at CM with Herrera and Fellaini. But then again I'd have started James Wilson over Falcao as ST.

 

 

Wouldn't go as far to say we were forced to accept it. Given Zouma's selection it would seem the plan was to allow United to have as much possession as they like.

 

You definitely did not have the intention to dominate possession, but I disagree that it was some kind of tactical masterclass. Even if you had wanted to dominate the ball, I doubt you would have been able to. I think at the end of the day you took your chances and we did not. Neither team had an abundance of chances anyway, though that was partly because the game was suffocated after you scored.

Edited by Brixtac

I'm surprised people think that the only reason we had so much possession was because you let us. Whilst that was partly the case and you were set up to allow that, we had 60% possession against City and 60% against Liverpool, two teams who tend to dominate possession. So it was us playing to our style and you pretty much were forced to accept that.

What you did well was get the goal and the remain resolute in defence as we tired. Without trying to sound bitter in anyway, you got the win so therefore deserved it, we had a lot of decent chances to get goals and our striker (Falcao) did not deliver. He has to be out in the Summer, he has definitely lost it.

We played you like a fiddle.

Jose knows how to win games and is the master of out thinking every other manager in world football.

Make no mistake, we let United have the ball in knowing they could do feck all with it.

Zouma made me feel a bit tense when he received the ball facing our goal as he wasn't always aware of what was around him but can't fault the guy. Played his role that the manager gave him and made a great tackle in the second half that stood out in my mind. But overall we did what we do best and played with a plan. Admittedly if we had lost this game then a few of us would have blamed the negativity that one could perceive by looking at the starting xi but when it works like it did today then it is a hard fought tactical win.

Just got home...Happy days...great classic Jose performance...Zouma, hazard, JT/Cahill immense...just caught highlights on motd and surprise surprise, Phil Neville is being bitter twat...just makes the win all the more satisfying

 

Phil Neville having a little dig at our style made me think that he was a bit of a hypocrite. He has played for Man United teams over the years that have played a similar style. I suppose it's only wrong when Chelsea do it. It's like people have forgot that for half of the season we were more entertaining to watch than any side in the premier league.

 

Mourinho is just making sure we get over the finishing line. I'd rather we do that than risk playing open football and f**k it all up like Liverpool did last season.

Edited by Scott Harris

Phil Neville having a little dig at our style made me think that he was a bit of a hypocrite. He has played for Man United teams over the years that have played a similar style. I suppose it's only wrong when Chelsea do it. It's like people have forgot that for half of the season we were more entertaining to watch than any side in the premier league.

 

Mourinho is just making sure we get over the finishing line. I'd rather we do that than risk playing open football and f**k it all up like Liverpool did last season.

It's amazing the how two brothers can be poles apart in terms of talent as players and intelligence as pundits...gary got all the good genes from Neville Neville that's for sure

for all the criticism of our approach, and I admit it's been not all that pretty to watch some weeks, we still have the best goal difference in the league 

 

i think we'd all like us to play like Real Madrid but the game in England doesn't allow for that, sometimes you just have to grind it out

 

i'm sure we will strengthen again in the summer, hopefully Jose will be looking for fresh attacking options to balance out our reliance on Hazard

 

we'll have to come up something new for next season not only to pose a fresh problem for our rivals in the Premier League but to have a serious tilt at the Champions League too

We are clearly best side in England, but we need to strengthen significantly to compete with best in Europe...

on another note, obviously delighted we won today, but after the event, can recognise how sad it is to see falcao a shadow of the striker he once was...always sad to see a player robbed of his best cos of a serious injury, we have seen it ourselves with Essien for example...falcao was such an awesome forward, but can see him going same way as sheva and Torres now and never getting back to what he was

I love you Chelsea! I love you Hazard!

 

I thought it was a good all round performance. Tight defence and looked for the counter.

 

Our impeccable home record and against United. Amazing stuff.

 

Well now, two more wins and we can celebrate. 

 

Well done team! And also to our supporters in having the confidence in our boys.

All done bar the shouting now ladies and gents.

 

Top result. We set out for it and saw it through, the stuff of champions.

 

We will lift that holy grail, it is just a matter of when it mathematically happens.

 

Last weekend City fell away, now United, in a game they had to win, have gone with that loss. It was just as hard a hammer blow to Arsenal. 10 points behind, 18 left for both sides to play for. Even if they can beat us next weekend I cannot see the points swing back in their favour.

 

Jose will see us home. Time to put Cech back in the side so he can get a winners medal.

 

Well done Jose and the lads!

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