1 minute ago, just said:

On well. Another 3 points without ever looking remotely comfortable.

Huh? We looked completely comfortable all game, brainfart from Rudiger aside.

Another day with night mode on - another win. Around 70% possession for most of the game, would have kept a clean sheet if not for an own goal by Rudi...

Road to top 4!

2	Manchester United	23	19	45
3	Leicester City	23	14	43
4	Liverpool	23	15	40
5	Chelsea	23	14	39

Huge save by Mendy. He is very comfortable and steady back there, as long as we don’t roll the ball into our home we met (ha ha).

I will certainly take the three points. Still wish we could put some teams away late, but at least the back line is steadier than early on the season.

Back in the battle for the Top Four!!

Come on you Chelsea!!

Just now, Munkworth said:

We’re fifth by virtue of a better GD. 

Before KO we were behind spurs by GD. Alot of teams on 14/15 around us when we was running away with it before in terms of GD

as I expected prior to the game this was always going to be tricky.

and we nearly cocked up, with rudiger being a fool. 
 

end of the day give me games like this with 3 points over beautiful football.

1 point behind top4 

Nearly shat myself on that last overhead

Great save from Mendy at the end. Again looking shakey with Christensen at the centre of the back 3 with no physical presence.

Happy for 3 points. Both teams gifted the other a goal but the run by Werner and the finish by Mount were the moments of quality that mattered.

Interesting that for all the carry on about Mount only playing because of Lampard favouritism, here he is getting picked by the new manager and winning us the game again. Maybe he's just a good hard-working player who doesn't need Twitter hype and a 50m pricetag?

17 minutes ago, Slojo said:

Dunno about Red but that's definitely a yellow, of course Kevin not so much a Friend didn't think so though the pathetic c**t that he is 

from the 2nd replay looked like it to me. not high but he could have take Kova’s foot out. have to watchit again though

1 minute ago, Malcolm9 said:

Huh? We looked completely comfortable all game, brainfart from Rudiger aside.

You think that was comfortable? Jesus. Looks like you're the only one!!

Big 3 points, but it was not great to watch, and if we got a sucker punch in stoppage time, i dont think we couldve complained, since we spent the whole second half, turning down openings in order to keep possession. Low risk football, is ultimately more risky when you dont look to finish teams off. 

On the positives, we are now very much back in the mix, and with another couple of very winnable fixtures on the horizon. 3 wins on the spin is fantastic, and we need to keep this going now. Mount and Werner both had good games today, and I thought Christiensen had a great game aswell. 

Inevitably we were going to see a dip in quality. Yet we won - I take it as a positive but work to be done. Interesting that against one of the most physical teams in the league, Christensen didn’t once get outmuscled. And ex-Silva is just by far our best CB on the ball. Cue howler next time he gets picked obvs.

Just now, Malta Blue said:

Before KO we were behind spurs by GD. Alot of teams on 14/15 around us when we was running away with it before in terms of GD

Now we’re ahead of Spurs via the joy of three points. 

Good 3 points, but a bit too squeaky for my liking. Don't think Tuchel got the starting XI right today, and the Kante for Werner substitution was a weird one. I think we'd be better off selling Kante ASAP while he still has some perceived value.

Alonso > Chilwell all day long in this formation.

Thought Mount, Kovacic and Werner were the stand outs today. Christensen tidy, Rudiger a mixed bag LOL. Some good stuff but you can't have brain farts like that one at this level. Great alertness from Mendy at the end !

MOTM Timo.

Sheffield did a good job of boxing out our midfield pivot, but it was harder than it should have been for us. Werner MOTM

1 minute ago, just said:

You think that was comfortable? Jesus. Looks like you're the only one!!

Yeah that was anything but comfortable. 

5 minutes ago, Valerie said:

Sometimes I have no idea why I'm watching Chelsea, it's taking years off my life.

 

Three points again though!

You can’t have many of them left!

I'll let Rudi score an own goal every match if defends like that after it.

Great away win, on a streak now which is just what the form doctor ordered.  Also breeds confidence yet strangely the curse of the Chelsea strikers continues, wasn’t as an imposing performance all the time but only a mistake got their goal. Had to suffer personally at the end though for a good long ten minutes if I was a smoker would been 1/2 a pack at least. Reckon bin dippers are there to be overtaken amazing what wins can do !

Just now, Munkworth said:

Now we’re ahead of Spurs via the joy of three points. 

But they have a game in hand. 

 

Leicester play Liverpool next and we play Newcastle followed by Southampton we should be in the Top 4 before we play Athleti if we remain on this trajectory 

Routine victory, which we tried our best to make hard work. 

Christensen had a decent game

Werner and Mount looked sharp

Rudiger brain fart gave them hope they really didn't deserve

How does Kevin Friend not see the challenge on Werner as a penalty without the aid of VAR?

Up to fifth there are harder challenges to come than the last four game mini revival and we will need to sharpen up in some areas of the pitch

 

The team seems happier...good to see those frozen out by Lampard getting a chance to show their worth...though Rudiger's OG was farcical...thought Christensen played well, and Werner may not have scored but he's contributing with a lot of assists...got some winnable games coming up which will help further bed in TT's game style...

Just now, Spiller86 said:

Great save from Mendy at the end. Again looking shakey with Christensen at the centre of the back 3 with no physical presence.

Happy for 3 points. Both teams gifted the other a goal but the run by Werner and the finish by Mount were the moments of quality that mattered.

Interesting that for all the carry on about Mount only playing because of Lampard favouritism, here he is getting picked by the new manager and winning us the game again. Maybe he's just a good hard-working player who doesn't need Twitter hype and a 50m pricetag?

Thought Christensen was solid and our best defender tonight.

 

f**king ridiculous to be sweating like that at the end. 

We've got to stop trying to pass the ball into the net. Look at what Sheffield did to us, lashed the ball in there and hope for a lucky bounce or decent strike, made us so nervous.

Please, please, please, someone, Thomas, Petr, anyone tell them to shoot. 

Other than that I'm very happy with the 3 points. 

1 minute ago, Malta Blue said:

But they have a game in hand. 

 

But they’re Spurs.