f**king get in, man I wish timo had took his chances and we had put 6 or 7 past those w**kers 

2 minutes ago, Jangz said:

Really? I thought of the midfield trio

.. Havertz was the one struggling 

Spot on. Mount as usual was everywhere and played well. The ball for Werner in the second half was incredible. Crucially he also actually did his job defensively which Havertz did not. Part of our issue first half was Kante having to pull across behind Havertz to cover leaving space in the centre.

Good move from Frank to bring Kovacic on when he did. Gave us more defensive stability to see the game out.

We know that COVID has longer term effects in terms of fatigue so I think it will take a while for Havertz to be back to full flight.

Man, this team is on a roll. Good to see.

The xG Philosophy on Twitter: "Chelsea (4.35) 3-1 (0.97) Leeds" / Twitter

Edited December 5, 20205 yr by PraetorianGuard

1 minute ago, Scott Harris said:

They both were. Leeds were winning the battle in midfield and Mount and Havertz were giving it away too much. The only difference was that Mount was more invovled in the game, but he was still playing as poor at the time.

Mount had the benefit of having Werner closer to him, while at some moments during the first half there was nobody to support Havertz on the right flank. They both improved in the second half though and Mount got another assist from the corner.

Men of the Match

 

We are the first team to out run LEEDS this season, by 6 f**king kilometers . The boys put in the work and got the result

Edited December 5, 20205 yr by The Don Antonio

5 minutes ago, Munkworth said:

I’m going to report any future anti-beard propaganda to the relevant authorities.  

Who is that, @Mod Stark? 

Asking for a friend, who is preparing a bribe.

Just now, mojo said:

Men of the Match

 

T.Silva was great, both in defense and in passing. James too. Hard to choose only 1.

Apparently we outran our opponents tslks about our desire also how driven this lot is.. Thiago is the key to us ..hope there is nothing to his knock..

Good to grind out a win against one of these newly promoted small clubs. Leeds really hate us so that was fun but they’re no different to Fulham or QPR. Bit of a rivalry but we don’t really care. 3-1 flattered them. 

1 minute ago, Valerie said:

Who is that, @Mod Stark? 

Asking for a friend, who is preparing a bribe.

This guy....

What a sweet sweet victory, up the Chels!!!

1 minute ago, Sindre said:

Great win. We keep the run going!

Werners finishing is starting to worry me a littlebit and Havertz continue to disappoint which is unfortunate. Thought Kovacic showed he's very superior to Havertz in midfield currently when they switched. Really think Kovacic needs to be in the XI going forward and think that will be the case as well.

 

Totally agree. Kai has his work cut out displacing Kova as far as I’m concerned. As for the throughball to put Werner through, I’d point out to the “no end product... poor decision making “ etc crowd that he plays balls like that every match, but of course they only get noticed when there’s a goal on the end of them. 

I'm worried a bit about Silva, though, and a lot about Ziyech.

leeds away record when scoring first 25 wins 0 loses... Before tonight. LOL

1 minute ago, Munkworth said:

This guy....

I thought that was @Mod Stark?

Rob greens feet look massive

Long time Leeds fan here. I've hated Chelsea for nigh on 50 years.

Have to hand it to your team today. Clearly the better side, particularly in the second half. Outclassed us on the wings and we had no answer for your set pieces. We were lucky not to concede more on the corners. First time I have ever seen anyone run us into the ground. Match fitness is an advantage we have enjoyed in every game under Bielsa until today. Just way too much time spent chasing the ball.

Well done. You will absolutely challenge for the title this year. You beat us in ways Citeh and Liverpool could not.

12 minutes ago, Slojo said:

Doesn't take away the fact that he's missing sitters. 

Happy with his performacnes for sure, but you can't keep missing chances like that. 

Yes you are right. But we are winning.  Missing sitters hurt so much more when we are dropping points. 

Edited December 5, 20205 yr by Browerkid

Silva, Kante, James, three players in contention for MOTM. I'm going to go Silva though, completely rock solid but on top of that provided excellent attacking opportunities with his passing alone. 

1 minute ago, Dean said:

Totally agree. Kai has his work cut out displacing Kova as far as I’m concerned. As for the throughball to put Werner through, I’d point out to the “no end product... poor decision making “ etc crowd that he plays balls like that every match, but of course they only get noticed when there’s a goal on the end of them. 

Kai was involved in our first goal, he also made an assist against Sevilla so don't count him off just because he lost the ball once or twice in the first half, he was actually playing deeper than Mount tonight and still managed to make a decent run, game was opened up because leeds were behind it's all about tactics.

37 minutes ago, Andy2461 said:

My god people having a right go at timo. He is being played out of position by frank. You can’t blame him 

So being played out of position is what's causing him to miss sitters every game?

Our next 5 league games are Everton, Wolves, Wet Spam, Le Arse and Villa. All very winnable 

10 minutes ago, PraetorianGuard said:

Man, this team is on a roll. Good to see.

The xG Philosophy on Twitter: "Chelsea (4.35) 3-1 (0.97) Leeds" / Twitter

I was really curious about the xG for this game given how many chances we missed

3 minutes ago, Spiller86 said:

I thought that was @Mod Stark?

It is @Mod Stark The Chelsea tattoo is hidden by the....hair, but it is our great leader.