PBP: PL Matchweek 6: Chelsea v. Liverpool

Pulisic to start, please.

I say we give Ross Barkley a Liverpool shirt, figure he'd end up passing to us if he isn't wearing our shirt.

 

Well there was the super cup and we did quite well against the bin-dippers then. But this is the league and there are no easy games. Realistically we are expected to lose. A draw would be a fine result. I hope we can keep their scoring down even with our defence weakened - Emerson? Kante? Rudiger? I would play four at the back, because what is the point of Zouma anyways? Tomori and Christensen should be fine. I am somewhat disappointed with Arrizabalaga of late. He should be doing better. He is the most expensive goalkeeper in footballing history. We may still have some injuries to significant and key players. Mount? I would like to see Captain Amerika play and maybe score another goal against Liverpool except this time VAR says it is goal. I really have always had issues with the inconsistency of Pedro, you just never know which Pedro is going to show up.

 

We put in an excellent performance against them in the super cup. Our team can play quite well on their day, the consistency just isn't there. Thus, I am not counting us out at all here.

Kante back will be ********ing HUUUUGE for us. Absolutely massive.

Really hope to see Pul get the start here. Pedro and Willy are so uninspiring.

c'mon Chels

 

good news Mason scores goals innit.


https://www.bbc.com/sport/av/football/49761820

 

Batten the hatches, man the walls, STAT
pul not starting

kepa AC Tom EM
Kante JOrg
Willian Tammy Mount


like if all healthy enuf

 

Confirmed teams
Chelsea: Kepa, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Tomori, Emerson, Jorginho, Kovacic, Kante, Mount, Abraham, Willian

Substitutes: Caballero, Alonso, Barkley, Pedro, Zouma, Pulisic, Batshuayi

Liverpool: Adrian, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Fabinho, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Salah, Firmino, Mane

Substitutes: Kelleher, Milner, Gomez, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Lallana, Shaqiri, Brewster

 

after today we start a run of 6 winnable games til City, those matches
are where the top 4 can be won

 

We will probably struggle in attack. I would have preferred Pulisic but guess Willian had a good game last time around.

 

The one thing about Willian is he usually, and he will against scouse, puts in a full shift+, tracking back and off the ball movement and defensively which does not always get noticed and his experience, speed probably get him the nod to protect Az on the right where Pul who also has those attributes in the making but prefers left it seems and Mount going to get the nod there in today's system.

and right now Will is stronger on the ball, that is what Pul needs to work on as part of getting used to this League,think we will see a good bit of him in next stretch of matches

 

Mmm I would really, much rather see Pul than mount or willy.

 

Welp

 

Man that was a well rehearsed free kick. And executed to perfection.

 

beautiful strike of ball,

 

Holding Liverpool to so few chances is pretty good. Not creating much ourselves is not. What a chance for Tammy though!
Our occasional attempts to play it out from deep against Liverpool’s press are a really bad idea.

 

Tammy how did you miss that?

 

Strikers miss - it happens. I’m much more encouraged that he got the chance against van Dijk in the first place.

 

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

 

******** vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvar

 

L m a o

 

No goal. Very tight, but correct.

 

Sigh

 

Two set pieces goals and a VAR call against us. Absolutely brutal!

 

A stray foot with his back turned warranted that call? ******** these refs, ******** VAR, ******** this game. This shit is proving to be ruinous.