Chelsea FC vs Man Utd FC is scheduled for a 4:30pm GMT kick-off on Sunday, February 28, 2021. The match will be held behind closed doors at Stamford Bridge due to coronavirus restriction. Thiago Silva is the only injury absentee for Chelsea, the Brazilian currently out with a muscle strain. Paul Pogba will be the most high-profile omission for United as he continues his recovery from a thigh problem, while Edinson Cavani has been struggling with a niggle. This is a very big game for tuchel and Chelsea.
Be wary of giving them too much credit. A recent draw with West Brom and a loss to Sheffield says they're still fully capable of being awful. We've been the more consistent side of late. I tend to like our chances but who the ******** knows. 2-0 to the Blues
This would be a statement win, make no mistake. We have struggled against Utd in the league, winless in the last 6 against them (a couple of cup wins sprinkled in) and half of those are losses, including this fixture last season. Will need to be very focused for this one especially in our own box.
TT has a personal grudge against United for knocking him and psg out of CL 2 years ago. Hope he fires up the team.
I don't feel confident, but there again I didn't feel confident against Madrid, we've really struggled against teams that are ahead of us for a couple of seasons now, that must be it. It's become a bit of a mental block (for me at least!). Sorry for being a pessimistic b*stard! :-/
Wonder who gets the nod at striker. A Giroud/Werner combo could be interesting. But again.. we are back in the Tammy/Giroud cycle. Neither really our #1.
3-4-2-1 16Mendy 28Azpilicueta 4Christensen 2Rüdiger 20Hudson-Odoi 7Kanté 17Kovacic 21Chilwell 22Ziyech 19Mount 18Giroud SUBS 1Arrizabalaga 3Alonso 5Jorginho 10Pulisic 11Werner 15Zouma 24James 29Havertz 33Emerson
Man Utd 4-2-3-1 Vs. Chelsea 3-4-2-1 1de Ger 29Wan-Bissaka 2Lindelöf 5Maguire 39McTominay 17Fred 11Greenwood 18Bruno Fernandes 21James 10Rashford
Can't complain to much about that selection, slight initial surprise about Ziyech, but on reflection he can supply the balls that OG can get to.
Chillwell back in the side. I can only imagine it is that he has greater pace and defensive ability than Alonso. Kante over Jorghino, because as we know Jorg has no pace. Tammy not on the bench. Wener and Pulisic to be used late in the game because of their pace. Speed will be key in this one,
I like the line-up. Surprised Pulisic can’t find his way into the side, but happy to see Ziyech get a go.
Yes I had Chillwell and Kante in my selection for their defence. Also had OG as I think that he can trouble United's centre Halfs I don't think we loose much in attack leaving out Jorginho, Kante passes as well as he does, which is not a great compliment
Nice move there from the vision by mount to play it across the pitch to the link up with cho and dave. More of that needed in a scrappy match.
Ziyech looks like a player who hasn't been getting a lot of minutes with his teammates lately. Not sure they are on the same book, let alone the same page.
Has he ever really been anything more than the guy who gets the ball and immediately tries to hit some crazy pass though?
When he started out I thought he was a give and go type of player who would run at them (and have the crazy ball in his locker). Now he seems unwilling to look beyond the crazy pass. Even off the ball he isn't working hard enough to make himself an option. Need to feed GQ more!