3 minutes ago, evissy said:

They scored 5 in 180 minutes. Earned if anything.

true... Vinicious, Benzema, MOdric.. absolute class play by them... our injuries caught up with his must say,, and the ref didnt give us much entire night..

Just now, Term_X said:

Kante disaster class.

Funny how when players are fasting, they either get really good.. or really bad no inbetween.

Kante's game is based on his high energy and running. Benzema doesn't run that much because his positioning has always been world class

1 minute ago, Jangz said:

RLC was a liability at WB.. should have bought on Azpi much earlier.. and Kante was running on empty should have subbed him earlier too.. 

for the Benzema goal he lost out on a header to Marcelo who is about a foot shorter than him 

Anyone else think Kante when he is not.om form can be a real reliability on the ball? Tonight he kept giving it away.

2 minutes ago, Term_X said:

Kante disaster class.

Funny how when players are fasting, they either get really good.. or really bad no inbetween.

Kante was immense tonight . But ultimately 2 mistakes that cost us the tie

Just now, SFL82 said:

for the Benzema goal he lost out on a header to Marcelo who is about a foot shorter than him 

he didnt create much and lacked tactical awareness to defend.. strange one this..

Thought we were fantastic tonight proud of the boys. Sadly a disgraceful decision to rule out Alonso’s goal and a few mistakes ruined our chances.

Just now, Jackbuchanan said:

Anyone else think Kante when he is not.om form can be a real reliability on the ball? Tonight he kept giving it away.

He also won it back about 400 tines

1 minute ago, Deino said:

Kante's game is based on his high energy and running. Benzema doesn't run that much because his positioning has always been world class

Mate, come on.. he was error prone the entire game. Rudiger looked like he was going to rip his head off at one point, this was his worst performance in a Chelsea shirt.

Just now, dan_cfc said:

Thought we were fantastic tonight proud of the boys. Sadly a disgraceful decision to rule out Alonso’s goal and a few mistakes ruined our chances.

How was it a disgraceful decision?

I understand if you think it is a disgraceful rule,  but the decision was 100% correct

Just now, nonotnowjim said:

Kante was immense tonight . But ultimately 2 mistakes that cost us the tie

i think he was out by then and tired.. should have been subbed earlier.. the moment Cama came on changed the game.. 

1 minute ago, TheSage said:

Or hit the ball hard enough for Loftus-Cheek, or if Pulisic wasn't sh*t and took one of his chances. So annoying to go out after playing so well.

He doesn't need to hit the ball at all. At that point, Madrid was hunting for the ball aggressively, it would have been so much easier to draw the foul

Kai, Lukaku, Jorginho, Pulisic all had good chances to score. It is what it is

Proud of the team tonight! Hard to take it having been 3-0 up with 15 minutes to go, but we made fatal errors and were punished by two world class players in Modric and Benzema. We should have scored a few more, but ultimately we haven’t got the same killing instinct that Benzema shows. Bring on Palace on Sunday! Hopefully the players don’t feel leggy after tonight.

Absolutely gutted but what a performance we put in. Poor officiating and a couple of mistakes did us over in the end.

6 minutes ago, charierre said:

WE WERE MAGNIFICENT TONIGHT 

Unlucky Blues 

That was a great game of football, it wasn’t to be

We were. So gutting to go out after playing so well. Phenomenal game but a real sickener.

Kante with the ball has always been sketchy, but this with-the-ball performance was his WOAT. Cost us and the game is the story of Kante and how poor he was, this was all on Kante. 

Edited April 12, 20224 yr by Term_X

Never thought I'd say this often but Kante is costing us games more than winning them for us these days. He's a class act but the our of character mistakes, pulling out of tackles or the chase...... maybe its just all the injuries. 

Gutted but we’ve scored 4 at Bernanbeu. Who thought we could do that?

Brilliant performance but sadly Mendy mistake cost us, and all the missed chances.

Starting 11, incredible. Bench, sh*tE.

Disappointed but proud 

Rüdiger and James were incredible today

and Werner should start, taking him off for pulisic was a mistake 

There will be a time to properly dissect tonight and last week but what I will say is that was one hell of a game of football. Thoroughly proud of the club tonight despite the eventual outcome. Edge of the seat stuff from start to finish and that's what European football is all about. 

1 minute ago, Term_X said:

Mate, come on.. he was error prone the entire game. Rudiger looked like he was going to rip his head off at one point, this was his worst performance in a Chelsea shirt.

I never said he played well. All I said is Kante's game is based on high energy and running so him fasting was a negative for sure. Benzema's style of play didn't need as much energy so the extra focus from fasting made him more conservative in terms of energy expenditure so he was extra sharp for any loose balls so fasting for him was a positive. 

He’s a humble guy so the media WON”T SAY A WORD about it… but tonight, was all on Kante, we’re out out because of this man, let’s not be ALL diplomatic and try and avoid this fact.

Huge performance and unlucky not to go through in the end. I personally wouldn't have taken Werner off, and Saul needed to come on earlier for Kante.

Pulisic should have done far better with his chances, then Courtois kept them in it saving Kai's header down low.

Edited April 12, 20224 yr by Malcolm9

And of course it helps when the players that come off the bench add something. It's almost as if all the subs took something away from us rather than add something. Such a shame we have spent so much but the team is packed with mediocre players. 

Chelsea dominated this game unfortunately a mistake by Kante and then what can you say an unbelievable pass by Modric to give them life. Chelsea did look gassed in the extra time