11:45 PST on NBCSN. We got smoked last time we played Arse away. I know they got a few injuries, so perhaps we can do a bit better.
Good time to play them. Hope we can get an early goal and keep tight at the back. They are missing a lot of players but always raise their game. Both teams will be tired.
For once, I don't have a meeting going on. Here's your Chelsea team! 👊Courtois, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Cahill (c), Moses, Kante, Bakayoko, Fabregas, Alonso, Hazard, Morata. #ARSCHE pic.twitter.com/fyp3R1X7vN— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) January 3, 2018
Sanchez running at Cahill scares the living shit out of me. This would have been a better game for Rudy. Far more mobile/athletic and with the 5 man midflied plenty of help/support.
Totally agree Rudy is starting to show his worth and Cahill his age. If Cahill sticks to what he knows best, blocking and tackling he would be OK but he seems to think he can play football and he can't
Motrta!!!! counting the last game that is 4 real good chances he has missed now. He does not have any ideas when he finds himself one on one with the keeper
Bakayoko is playing terribly, especially from a defensive standpoint. He is continuously out of position and it seems teammates are actually reactant to pass him the ball.
repeatedly, we have hazard and Morata sprinting forward on the break, and then no option but to lay it off. all of our counters are getting held up. i guess maybe that's the trade off with the 3-5-2, because with the 3-4-3 we'd have that third option on the break.