few season ago, we alway get blamed we win because parking park at the net, after tis 2 season, dunno will they say we kept scoring untill bus"t" their net?

cannot agree more, chelsea looked so soft..and their defenders are beasts..once you get the ball..3 to 4 players will come to close down..their def look more solid..

too strong..citys defend....shud really take off anelka instead ....he keeps wana dribbling..haih...keep losing ball..
and josh shud come in earlier...sEriously!

I wouldn't want to call 7 as a jinx. This is the first time a Midfielder taking up the number after Mutu and I really hope Ramires can prove to us the number 7 is not jinx. Who cares if Arsenal, Liverpool or Tottenham drop points. I only care if that team lose, if you know which team I meant.

McEachran on the other hand, he didn't get much touch tonight but he did show some promising movements. I think I can firmly say that he will be getting involve into first team football much more compare with other youngsters. If you guys notice, first half we didn't do well in the middle. We have to rely on our wingers to deliver the ball into the box, which really made me frustrated because we still couldn't find Lampard's replacement. He's creativity is irreplaceable. But when McEachran came out, our middle force can go around a little bit (Around 80th +- minutes). Maybe I perasan lah but I really think McEachran is the kind of player who can make a difference. Sturridge on the other hand, I think he needs more time to train himself up. He's not ready for big game like this. Too much pressure on him playing against his old club and he have to replace Drogba.

Ivanovic did a decent job against City. He did recover the ball, backtrack and do what he suppose to do. I think CA will continue using him as our RB as long as Bosingwa come back from injury. Ferreira have much more to prove that he is as good as he was couple seasons ago.

Yup, I agree with Belphegor. We miss the creativity of Lampard and ramires didn't perform well. It wasn't my intention to blame him but this is the reality. In previous game including the one against City, he was not lively. He doesn't even run into spaces where people can pick him up for passes.

I don't expect him to runs channel because that is the job of a striker or winger. But for midfielders, you need to be at a place where your team mate can 'float' the ball aka to provide options. If there are replays of the games, I recommend you guys to see his movement.

Hopefully Josh can get more first team action. Maybe use Ramires until 60th minute and replace with Josh. We want a win-win situation where Ramires got his time to adapt to EPL style AND we also want Josh to step up as Lampard replacement.

KTBFFH!

chelsea fans here is way better than liv's thread. btw, i think chelsea did a great job. ramirez need build for his physical. u all definately miss lampard alot.

city play defensive style, very good in closing down so anelka n drogba no space to move, n midfield been control by them