Hes the one who pulled Fabregas neck while he try to restrain Kelechi Iheanacho ? Clearly seen 0:19

Hmmm memang deserved it.

"Well" is too much. To me our defender perform ok and a bit of luck i must say. Like kdb miss, aguero miss header etc. That is the lucky part. Plus alonso side being bombard. Clearly they knew that was the weak side.

Overall still ok but 1st half clearly mc better. 2nd half I thought it going to be the same when mc keep on attacking but after costa goal, clearly that is conte plan which to absorb attack and counter. After 2nd goal pep already lose it by throwing more attacker. I bet conte smiling from the inside when he saw pep sub gonna make his plan perfect

Btw did hazard kiss the batch after score the goal?

Alonso need to step up his defensive skills big time.

Wah like chelsea vs spurs last season all over again

http://www.fullmatchesandshows.com/

"We talk about players defending the shirt, the passion, and defending each other as team-mates," Neville said. "If one of your team-mates has been wronged in a tackle, you expect your team-mates to steam in and get about them.

"I'm hearing constantly about players that don't care, about a lack of loyalty, a lack of fight, a lack of passion. Well you've seen some.
"Maybe it was started by a moment from a reckless challenge by Aguero - which I didn't like - but we talk about the old clashes almost like folklore now.

"They are almost revered, 'Do you remember the battle in the tunnel between Arsenal and Man Utd?'

"Actually these moments go to make football great, because there are enough ordinary games out there in the world of football."

from GN

That certainly was not why Fernandinho was red carded. Everyone was dragging everyone away in hopes of breaking up a fight in that scuffle. There was no malicious intent at that point. And two wrongs certainly does not make a right as if it is justification to a retaliation slap.

If that's all you can see and then feel free justifying your feeling good with confirmative bias.

Fernandinho was an idiot for his overreaction to the slap but Fabregas is no saint either.

In a brawl and fight like this players who pushing it over the edge usually the one who will get the red card. You (ref) cant simply use normal in game reaction to control the situation because all players involved were very physical. Mitcy heavy pull on Feenandinho, Chalobah push on Aguero and a few more interactions were usually will be red carded in normal game time. That is why Cesc and Chalobah only yellow. The fact that they were punished with yellow meaning that the ref was aware and dealt with it accordingly.

Lol fernandinho so tiled up like a loose canon there...

Totally deserve a red...

Whether fabregas intent to stroke up the heat or not doesnt matter though as hes the one who kept hes cool and let fernandinho shove him by the throat repeatedly...

If somebody grabbed my neck I also will be pissed off

This post has been edited by epsonstylux: Dec 4 2016, 11:04 AM

Cesc got the booking.

David Luiz's leg during post match interview
hope he is ok

U heard that right, costa was the peacemaker last night. Very hard to believe .

Against a side like City of course a bit of luck is needed but still Chelsea controlled them quite well given the game was so open by both sides. You can't have all 11 at the back and call it a perfect defense and a good game. Was a good balance yesterday, very exciting game. And the defence played well despite the attacking intent, despite Cahill and Luiz, that's what I mean. You don't have world class defenders yet, so can't really expect a perfect defence. And yet look at what Conte formed.
It's all part of Conte's plan, that can be agreed. Seen him play this type of game before. Someone should make a Contejustasplanned.jpg

Never said it wasn't. Was merely replying to the person who said Fabregas' slap was justified because Fernandinho placed his hand behind Fabregas' neck when trying to breakup the scuffle. It is not a justification, simple as that, hence he was yellow carded as well.

If you were to watching the video carefully again you will see that Fernandinho didn't really "grab" onto his neck. He place his left hand behind his neck and right hand on the right of Fabragas' torso and pushed his body to breakup the scuffle. When Fabregas turned around and saw Fernandinho pushing him that's when he slaps Fernandinho which triggered a massive overreaction. Fernandinho never was punished for the supposed "neck grabbing", it was for his overreaction by shoving Fabregas over the advertising boards.

Bila nak habis topic cesc fernandinho ni

cant really say that bro...half chances was a plenty for city to be 2-0, 3-0 up against us as our defenders struggle to coop with city fast attacker....in the middle it looks as if only kante is available to cover ground as fab dont have the stamina to play like matic did...

Unlucky for city as they didnt finish up their chances and the game quickly turn as chelsea strikers get back into the game by being more clinical

That's why I say despite the players. If it was any other manager, Chelsea easily whupped already. But Conte is really good at organizing defences, City had their chances but unable to finish partly because of that.
If you replace the core with the calibre of world class defenders, they won't even get a sniff. And that is with Silva and Kun. When you played us, Lukaku and Delofeu didn't find a way through whole match. Damn tough defence. I think you guys seriously underestimate your defence.