Chelsea v Zenit St Petersburg (CL) Tues 14th Sep KO 20:00 BST

[chiefBlueCFC]

Lets get another goal and kill this off

[Valerie]

James is really dreadful tonight.

[evissy]

Have you noticed Chilwell has a tons of snot in his nose. He shoots that out as much as Jorginho is pointing at things. 

[Valerie]

1 minute ago, evissy said:

Have you noticed Chilwell has a tons of snot in his nose. He shoots that out as much as Jorginho is pointing at things. 

I wish you hadn't said that.

[evissy]

Just now, Valerie said:

I wish you hadn't said that.

Just reporting what I see 😁

[Valerie]

If we give this away, I'm going to be very upset.

[TarHeelCFC]

C’mon Chelsea!!

[chiefBlueCFC]

RUBEN!!! WELCOME BACK RLC

[PloKoon13]

Holy sh*t it's Ruben! Probably got just enough time to belt out a rendition of 'Lewisham Ballack'

Edited September 14, 2021 by PloKoon13

[Scott Harris]

Lukaku probably a bit greedy there.

[chiefBlueCFC]

3 points! Up the Chels!

[Valerie]

Underwhelming, but it's a win.

[mojo]

nervous

Kova MOTM

 

 

 

[Scott Harris]

Worst performance so far, but it's still a win.

[Deino]

Scrappy but the game was decided with quality of players. 

Kova turned his beast mode on

[sonic90]

I had a brain fart and didn't come back to watch the 2nd half wtf

[TarHeelCFC]

Great win by Chelsea! Lukaku showing quality against dogged defending. Also great to see ManUtd lose without the PL refs carrying them.

[General]

Three points in the bag, a very unmemorable performance, even Mase had a stinker, thank goodness for Big Rom bc some of the others don't seem to have learned any lessons from the last 2 seasons re finishing!

[Jangz]

Decided one was enough and stopped trying to score after that.. bad miss from Zenit.. 1-0 is a start.. let’s move on ..

[big blue]

Tough game. Loads of underperforming players, and it was difficult against that deep defence. 

However Lukaku is lethal. I thought he has great again, just a pity the supporting cast are not in form at the same time. Feels strange seeing a striker take half chances, after 3 years of Morata and Werner. 

Nice to start win a win. Bring on Spurs.

[mad_mac]

a rather turgid affair, lots of possession but little end product.  I feel that both James and Azpi delayed balls into the box far too often.  Also felt that Mount tried hard but could have looked up more.  Lukaku at the end could have squared it to RLC.

 

Anyway, 3 points, but obviously in second due to goal difference.  Take it and move on.  Up the Chels

[Guest Sindre]

Seemingly lots of players who's not in form. Mount, Ziyech and James in particular were very, very poor.

For Tottenham i'd probably go for the back three that finished the game with Azpi at wingback.

[charierre]

Striker makes the difference

Performance was all too similar to what we have seen previously against low block... we move the ball far too slowly and are more content with recirculating possession

Good cross from Azpi for the goal from a very familiar position

That run from Rudi got us going... be careful Toni you'll end up at the Pikeys

Important we started on the right note( I'm not keen on celebrating previous achievements before a match), getting out of the group with minimum fuss is what its all about

Tottenham you are next

Edited September 14, 2021 by charierre

[chelseablueboy]

No at our best but off to a win...

That'll do, bring on spuds...

[dansubrosa]

100% this would have finished 0-0 last season, what a difference Lukaku makes.