Chelsea 1:0 Manchester United

hbgreg · Apr 18, 2015

First Half Ratings:

De Gea - 4
Valencia - 6.5
Smalling - 6
McNair - 6
Shaw - 6
Rooney - 7
Herrera - 7
Fellaini - 5
Mata - 4
Young - 7
Falcao - LEAVE THE PITCH.

Red Dreams · Apr 18, 2015

We will be back into this.

Man-United · Apr 18, 2015

Bring on RvP for Falcao, keep the rest.

Spoony · Apr 18, 2015

United have lacked quality in the final third, shame considering we've dominated them.

Ødegaard · Apr 18, 2015

Raoul said:
Good half. We deserve more.

Agreed.
There will be daft posts about how bad we were. With the exception of their goal we were in control the whole half.
Good goal, has to be said.

Flying_Heckfish · Apr 18, 2015

As expected really. Without Carrick we aren't disciplined enough.

We can still win but I'd like to see Young take on Ivanovic a bit more

Baxter · Apr 18, 2015

All the play. And 1 chance. Poor.

evra · Apr 18, 2015

Anustart89 said:
Jammy feckers. Mourinho's such a negative manager, yet manages to sneak these results all the time.

Sums up his career really, we've been the better side but given them the lead.

pierrethesnack · Apr 18, 2015

Not able to watch the game

How is ROoney doing in midfield???

Winrar · Apr 18, 2015

looks like we've played into Mourinho's hands so far, letting us have all the possession and hitting back on the counter.

Kostur · Apr 18, 2015

Yea well, get Falcao off as he's useless as predicted and put either RVP on or move Rooney up front with ADM either getting on the wing and Mata moving central or moving ADM into Rooney's position.

Painfully predictable from Jose though.

Mali_Zeus · Apr 18, 2015

We were good for the most part but the final ball has been shite tbh.

Mystry · Apr 18, 2015

So we've been good, dominated the ball but are 1-0 down. Fecking irritating.

We can get back into it but we need to make more of our set pieces. The service has been crap so far.

Attila · Apr 18, 2015

Di Maria time hopefully

prarek · Apr 18, 2015

Happy with the lads so far tbh. Couldn't have done much about the goal. Credit to Chelsea. They had one shot and made it count.

Raw · Apr 18, 2015

Great half from us but Chelsea unsurprisingly sucker punched us.

We're not creating enough chances, all the slick passing and moving doesn't mean shit if you can't stick in a good cross.

BringNaniBack · Apr 18, 2015

Señor said:
Shaw has reverted back to form. Very disappointing going forward.

When has he ever done anything good? The guy is literally the most overrated player ever and its now starting to get on my nerves.

amolbhatia50k · Apr 18, 2015

Annihilate Now! said:
It's never a foul, Terry got all of the ball and Falcao wasn't strong enough

It looked like he went through him. One of those challenges you get in your favour 99 times out of 100. I'd like to see a replay though.

Adisa · Apr 18, 2015

Dean is screwing us.

Striker10 · Apr 18, 2015

the width is shocking. Seriously, just cross the ****ing ball. All this turning back is stupid. We've all the ball and creating nothing. Need to be more positive in the second half.

100 · Apr 18, 2015

This thread lol, following recent performances and the injuries I thought people would be content with how we're playing.

space · Apr 18, 2015

We are playing some nice football, wish Rooney had scored, and feck Chelsea, sitting back, ugh.. wish Falcao hadn't given it away, actually thought Falcao did alright till then

ForlansHair · Apr 18, 2015

I actually think has gone about as well as can be expected. I thought we'd get pumped having seen that team. If Carrick or Blind were fit we'd be at least level in this.

RDCR07 · Apr 18, 2015

devil in me said:
ADM for Falcao at half time. Rooney up top and Angel in the middle.

That wont work. ADM is too light. Fellaini needs to drop back then. If ADM and Herrera are playing in midfield, they need someone like Carrick playing behind them. They cant be the last line of defensive before the back 4.

SalfordRed1960 · Apr 18, 2015

Chorley1974 said:
Agree, it's a joke.

Snap. He has fitted in OK, doing reasonable runs. We have just slowed the pace down in the last 15 mins which suits Chelsea.

If Di Maria comes on it may be at the expense of Fellani, as Zouma has him in his pocket.

Amar__ · Apr 18, 2015

We played well in the first half, but we need to be better in the final third. I'd bring di Maria at half time for Young/Mata.

JonDahl · Apr 18, 2015

Don't deserve to be behind to these cnuts.

Rado_N · Apr 18, 2015

fecking annoying, all over them for 35 minutes then that.

feck you Moureen.

Orton · Apr 18, 2015

carlosp said:
No he hasn't. Rooney against City usually had two players on him. Falcao isn't even literally marked because Chelsea know he isn't Rooney.

Except Rooney's chance at the start wouldn't have happened if the defenders weren't marking Falcao.

Mciahel Goodman · Apr 18, 2015

Very good first half from us, went as most expected. Unlucky to be losing, but that's what Mourinho's Chelsea is all about. We need to make chances, not easy to break this Chelsea side down though, so I think Di Maria and maybe Van Pesie are our best bets. We need a moment of individual brilliance to unlock their defence, most likely to come from Di Maria.

PSingh · Apr 18, 2015

Di Maria could be vital to unlocking this Chelsea defence. Crosses into the box won't work against them.

mitchmouse · Apr 18, 2015

I've said it before... but DDG was not brave enough for their goal (and maybe even beaten too easily inside near post). Goes with feet when keepers of old would have gone with head and hands. Looking forward to see whether falcao was fouled at the beginning of the move

Mrs Smoker · Apr 18, 2015

I thought we were quite good. Shame about the unlucky goal. Falcao has to shoo off such challenges.

SqueakyWeasel · Apr 18, 2015

Needham said:
Hazard looks like an evil gnome.

Trizy · Apr 18, 2015

Señor said:
Shaw has reverted back to form. Very disappointing going forward.

Chelsea today have set up to stop play down the left side, how is that Shaw's fault?

DevilRed · Apr 18, 2015

Really good half but chelski have shown why they are champions elect. Great counter attacking football and took advantage of our one mistake the whole half.

Was poor from falcao but I guess he is never going to get the call from the referee against JT lionheart. Just has not been his season and he is struggling against the chelski back four (although who wouldn't?).

We've got lots of possession and some cutting edge but we are finding it difficult to break them open. They clearly do have the best defensive set up in the league and we're not even putting in any decent crosses to test them.

BringNaniBack · Apr 18, 2015

Decent half from us but Falcao and Shaw utterly useless as always. Get Di Maria on for Falcao please.

Lay · Apr 18, 2015

We can't cross. We get in so many promising positions but hit a cross that hits the first man. Its incredibly frustrating.

Ish · Apr 18, 2015

Moriarty said:
Time to start playing short corners. We're getting nothing from long ones.

Yep, it's really stupid to try the same thing over and over. If you're going to hit it that close to their keeper, you need more pace on it.

JinnerJamie · Apr 18, 2015

Wounded, for about 37 mins Chelsea could get the ball but such is that we didn't create anything to go with all that possession.

OGkush · Apr 18, 2015

we played well, but not well enough. they scored from basicaly the 1 chance they got. We shouldn't be leaving stamford bridge with nothing, not with the way we're playing. a couple of tweaks here and there and we might even win this still. it's far from over.

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