Matuidi is what Ramires should be. Boundless energy to cover ground whilst contributing effectively to the attacking play.

Jose's persistence with Ramires gets me confused about his idea for midfield play.

courtois was class tonight.....
this is beautifully poised now. 2nd leg would be a cracker. ibra was in the mood tonight!

Courtois is a kind of Boss.

nateevs:
Matuidi is what Ramires should be. Boundless energy to cover ground whilst contributing effectively to the attacking play.

Jose's persistence with Ramires gets me confused about his idea for midfield play.

ramires was good tonight.....
cesc was the weakest link. the only blemish ramires had was the penalty & a potential red card he could have gotten with that needless tackle.

great game!
none of our attackers did well enough to influence the game.

the defensive flaw in the center was that Ibra kept on winning almost every header.

We hv rami to thank for stabilizing d midfield a bit today. I hardly saw magic in dat midfield. Fab was super useless in this game. Nice save at the end by courtois. When next we play dis guys I expect willian to play in the midfield. With him on luiz we could have won this match. Cahill wit both assist today. One for cfc n psg. E b like say we gats convert Iva to winger or somtin bcuz defending hard d guy dieeeee. Hazard Kpele,enuff ice for plenty tackles u got today.

Zebub:


Fabregas has not had a great in the few games he's been in the hole this season. His better outings have all come from deep.

How someone with 'superior knowledge' of midfield play expects someone playing in such an advanced position to control proceedings is foolhardy. Fabregas, the possession master is there now, but has done zilch.

True that.

Let's take this stalemate home anyway.

Although we could have done better to protect that lead.

nateevs:
Matuidi is what Ramires should be. Boundless energy to cover ground whilst contributing effectively to the attacking play.

Jose's persistence with Ramires gets me confused about his idea for midfield play.

Beht Oga Ibime talk say Matuidi is just another Ramires

mourinho:- "5 players didn't train since the everton game."

no wonder costa, cahill, fabregas were leggy all game.

Flops of the game for me: Ramires, Fabregas, Azpi (wasnt his usual self) and what is it with matic and trying to be messi everytime,at times,touch and go might help his team ,more than him trying to go through 5 players unsuccesfully.

A rampant Bayern that ran out 8-0 winners against Hamburg getting just a shot on target - definitely something you don't see everyday.

Goal.com rating though, those guys take something we are yet to discover

AirborneLacer:


Beht Oga Ibime talk say Matuidi is just another Ramires

I disagree

Nice game we could have done better sha, Phew thank God i got off easy from my mum

Mourinho forgot Cesc racked up all these stats with Barca too. Big game oya score or assist.

Noah13:
A rampant Bayern that ran out 8-0 winners against Hamburg getting just a shot on target - definitely something you don't see everyday.

no thanks to schweinsteiger losing that goal. It like bayern players forgot they were in ukraine

Only if Zouma was paired with JT
he'd have denied IBRA and Cavani a few headers
dude can challenge a giraffe in a heading competition

Branislav Ivanovic has now scored more Champions League goals than any other defender since 2009.

This guy is meant for the big occasions and is definitely one of our best acquisitions ever.

He turns 31 on sunday.

#Legend

I can see some morons already insulting cesc, like seriously a guy with flu played a game of such intensity.... We really need to dispose d plastics.......... Those people are the same that bash courtois every game and today they just keep quiet like nothing happened..... Disgusting

AirborneLacer:


Beht Oga Ibime talk say Matuidi is just another Ramires

He is. You no see as him been dey lose ball when we wipe them for SB last season. Oga Nateevs just always thinks the grass is greener on the other side.

JigsawKillah:
Only if Zouma was paired with JT
he'd have denied IBRA and Cavani a few headers
dude can challenge a giraffe in a heading competition

The goal was actually Terrys fault not Garri Cahill.

Still think Zouma is better suited to PSG. The way Zlatan disgraced Cahill and scored 4 goals in England vs Sweden and the way Harry Kane was allowed to hold the ball up vs Spurs indicates that Garri Cahill is not aggressive enough to take the ball off strikers who like to play with back to goal.

bigkesh:
I can see some morons already insulting cesc, like seriously a guy with flu played a game of such intensity.... We really need to dispose d plastics.......... Those people are the same that bash courtois every game and today they just keep quiet like nothing happened..... Disgusting

Why answer a nitwit feeling funky over one game? When ninjas want to make a point over one game, just pull up Fabregas record over the last 7 seasons in that position, then pull up the pretenders. Remind me of ninjas calling Lampards name anyhow when Chelsea lose one game.

Meanwhile, Paul Scholes took a social media beating on the night

Hadn't heard Paul Scholes utter a single word in 20 years, now he won't shut up! — Ongar Spurs (@OngarSpurs) February 17, 2015

Imagine a commentating partnership of Micheal Owen and Paul Scholes?? BANTER — Ash Mills (@AshMills92) February 17, 2015

Paul Scholes very naive as a pundit. 1-1 is a terrific result — Matt Booth (@Boovboy) February 17, 2015

Paul Scholes has the personality of a tree — Luke (Iukeee) February 17, 2015

Listening to Paul Scholes & Roy Keane talk about the Champions League's like listening to my nana talk about knitting #YAWN #stampcollectors — FRiZZ (@Frizzl_Ma_Nizzl) February 17, 2015

Paul Scholes gets paid to describe the very basic things that happened, in the dullest possible way — Neil Romforder (@NeilBrooksAFC) February 17, 2015 February 17, 2015

Seriously ITV got scammed by the clueless manyoo trinity.

If not for football, some men woulda been jobless by now

Ibime:


The goal was actually Terrys fault not Garri Cahill.

Still think Zouma is better suited to PSG. The way Zlatan disgraced Cahill and scored 4 goals in England vs Sweden and the way Harry Kane was allowed to hold the ball up vs Spurs indicates that Garri Cahill is not aggressive enough to take the ball off strikers who like to play with back to goal.

it was cahill's fault.
terry saw ibra lingering behind azpi & he thought it would be a mismatch. cahill saw the flight of the ball & he shoulda timed his jump better to head clear. i hate defenders who let ball hover over their head - this is 2015. such mistakes should not be happening at the top level.

100% cahill's fault.

coogar:


it was cahill's fault.
terry saw ibra lingering behind azpi & he thought it would be a mismatch. cahill saw the flight of the ball & he shoulda timed his jump better to head clear. i hate defenders who let ball hovers over their head - this is 2015. such mistakes should not be happening at the top level.

100% cahill's fault.

Wetin concern Terry with Ibra when Azpi is marking him?

Terry was marking Cavani, then let him go to go worry about someone who is already marked? What you call that, too clever by half.

Ibime:


Wetin concern Terry with Ibra when Azpi is marking him?

Terry was marking Cavani, then let him go to go worry about someone who is already marked? What you call that, too clever by half.

that's the point.....
azpi can't mark ibra aerially. terry had one eye on the mismatch behind him & drifted slightly towards that part of the pitch.

cahill saw the cross from almost 20 yards away and yet still failed to time his header to clear the ball. heading is about timing & positioning. that ball was an inch over his head - it means he didn't time his header at all.....he jumped too early & missed the ball completely.

Ibime:


He is. You no see as him been dey lose ball when we wipe them for SB last season. Oga Nateevs just always thinks the grass is greener on the other side.

I think the lad's game has improved massively.

This guy delivers accurate passes and has got vision.

Bar the equalled workrate, he's by many miles better than Ramires.

coogar:


that's the point.....
azpi can't mark ibra aerially. terry had one eye on the mismatch behind him & drifted slightly towards that part.

cahill saw the cross from almost 20 yards away and yet still failed to time his header to clear the ball. heading is about timing & positioning. that ball was an inch over his head - it means he didn't time his header at all.....he jumped too early & missed the ball completely.

Abeg leave story. If you dey play ball, your guy leave his man to go worry about a marked man (regardless of the mismatch) and the man you are marking scores, your teammates go let you know how far. You dey watch TV for armchair dey misyarn. Go try that one for Hackney Marshes.

Wow. It seems the team did well in securing an away draw. This is only the 2nd game in which CFC was out-possessed: 55-45%.

Looking forward to the highlights and the return leg.

AirborneLacer:


I think the lad's game has improved massively.

This guy delivers accurate passes and has got vision.

Bar the equalled workrate, he's by many miles better than Ramires.

He's marginally better than Ramires due to slightly better decision making in the final third and crossing. Talk about playing footie in the middle third of the pitch, he and Ramires are twins. Trust me, if he comes to Stamford Bridge, Nateevs would be the first to call for his head after 5 games. His touch, passing and central midfield play leaves a lot to be desired. Go watch Naija vs France for World Cup how Mikel and Onazi put foot foot on the ball while he was running round like headless chicken and losing the ball until a late rally by Pogba turned the game.

Ibime:


Abeg leave story. If you dey play ball, your guy leave his man to go worry about a marked man (regardless of the mismatch) and the man you are marking scores, your teammates go let you know how far. You dey watch TV for armchair dey misyarn. Go try that one for Hackney Marshes.

so who was cahill marking?
cahill should be marking cavani. cahill was on the side where the cross was made. how did the ball fly past him?




ivanovic was covering the near post already, terry had to give some protection to the back post. cahill's task was to clear that ball & he failed massively.

Ibime it was Cahill's fault
he mistimed his jump
the ball shouldn't have passed him