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sleekdot:
Shebi dem give Mourinho the same money at Man Utd na sack letter follow

All the 3 rich clubs he coached sacked him

Since Pep got to City he has only spent 70M more than Chelsea,

In the 3 seasons can we sum the EPL points by Chelsea and City and compare?

oga, you don't sum the points, you sum the trophies.

For me, it is not wise to place bet on any team in the UCL by this time. Forms of teams change a lot before February that the knockout stage will start. If anything, the English teams lose a lot of form by that time due to the busy match schedule and the lack of Christmas break. Chelsea's case last season is an example. By this time last season, Chelsea looked like a team that could beat any team, but by February things changed. For me, I can't place this kind of bet by this time. Remember also that there is a transfer windows between this period.

Hazard has now been directly involved in more Premier League goals this season (17 in 16 apps) than he was in the whole of last season (16 in 34 apps). He is the first Chelsea player to assist a goal in four consecutive Premier League games since September 2014, when Cesc Fabregas did so.




Chelsea fans, can we forget about amala sports for a moment and give our thought on why the above is like that. what changed? Why?

Lana1:
Na so we see am. ApariSports na Full time job my guy.

Once Nihilist goes on coffee break, Ibime go take over. As Ibime dey clock out, Airmark go quietly slip in. When Airmark don go on leave, Greatihex go report for duty. When his shift end, the tag team twins Popizaino and Afolabi go sign in.
Sometimes sef dem dey invite Larride and Leyqute as guest speakers.
Afrodoc na the company doctor wey dey manage sickbay in the inevitability that one of the employees falls sick from the never ending arguments.

no be small thing

lordfalcao:
sarri has never gone into the game to set up against pep that way.

During the first few minutes of first half we we're playing a high defense, pushing them back to there half. But they were marking us with much energy causing us to be caught in some bad positions..

The second half we clearly played what sarri game was about. Because we where making passes holding the ball and drawing them out from the back through passes between kepa and the defenders..


When you play against guardiolar be assured you will dominated and off cause some compromise. Not same for Chelsea but for every top team facing guardiolar...

The team doesn't have it as a whole to match City bomber to bomber, how many teams can sef? You can see that the game you mentioned sarri lost it very well..

i think you are confused. Your second paragraph can attest to that.



Has sarri ever played the way he played on saturday before?

City may have played some wonderful football at times, particularly in the first half, but Chelsea's performance was built on intelligent pressing and it was a day on which the usually tactically dogmatic Maurizio Sarri changed his tactics to impressive effect.
Chelsea knew they that would not control possession against City so he instructed his players to sit deep and try to hit Guardiola's team on the break whenever they could.
Cesar Azpilicueta celebrated his new contract by putting Leroy Sane in his pocket for 90 minutes, while Luiz was Chelsea's most threatening player offensively, as his long raking passes out of the back consistently caused City's defence problems.
For Hazard, Willian and Pedro, it was a night of discipline rather than daring, as they pressed brilliantly; the perfect riposte to the flak they received over their defensive work during the dismal 3-1 defeat by Tottenham at Wembley two weeks ago.
Essentially, 'Sarriball' was put on hold for one evening, with the 59-year-old Italian having learned lessons from his Napoli side going toe-to-toe with Guardiola and getting beaten both times due to the superior talent at his rival's disposal.
It was more akin to 'Conteball' in the first half, as Chelsea did what Antonio Conte often tried to get them to do during his tenure, when they regularly "suffered without the ball" against sides such as Barcelona.
The end result was a glorious one for Chelsea but a devastating one for Man City, with Liverpool having already taken top spot from them on the back of their emphatic win over Bournemouth. City's unbeaten record, their air of invincibility are also gone too.
Be under no illusions, though, over a 38-game season Man City will pick up more points than Chelsea but at least Sarri's side have shown the rest of the Premier League that Guardiola's wonderful side can be beaten.
And they should be grateful for that.







Lordfalcao, this is from goal. com

lordfalcao:
do you expect the team to win possession against Man City? Or dominate? How many teams has actually won possession or dominated the game against guardiolar

sarri played against pep with napoli and with chelsea in august, he never setup to play the way he setup yesterday

Eruditor:
The Kante hype train is on.

David Luiz was the MOTM and deservedly so.

After him should be Pedro.

my friend go and face your club. You know nothing

Afolabi6046:
Not much confidence on the ball from Chelsea, so much for Sarriball.
Ben, London
City are continually turning the ball over in Chelsea's half, Chelsea will surely concede if that situation stays the same.
Tony Lamberhurst


I find these comments disgraceful, we hired an attacking coach na not another Kunta Kunte

i told you people that the pressure from chelsea football club can make any manager to dumb his philosophy

Nobody should ever insult Kante on this board again.
Kante for motm

raumdeuter:
Defence led by Luiz or parapo defence of

Azpi, Cahill Luiz Moses and Alonso protected by Matic and Kante. 7 defensive players

see the rubbish you are typing because it concerns luiz.

raumdeuter:
This is Ederson making no save

do you know that a defence led by luiz did something like this against everton last two seasons?

PlainJAY:
We are underdogs going into today's match.

I think we have a fair chance of causing an upset if we start with a front three of

Hazard. Giroud. Pedro.

Ps: I'm not saying we will dominate with that front 3, it's the final result that matters.

Giroud? We need someone that can run behind the defenders. Morata should start.


It is unfortunate that we just have to choose between the devil and the deep blue sea.

iamrosheed:
I don't think sarri is talking about Alonso taking set pieces, he is talking about defending set pieces. Alonso is tall Emerson is not that tall

emerson is not short for a leftback. That is the truth. He has no excuse

SPORTEPL: Sarri reveals why Emerson Palmieri has not played for Chelsea this seasonPublished on December 7, 2018 By Don Silas

Chelsea boss, Maurizio Sarri has disclosed why defender, Emerson Palmieri has not featured for the Blues this season.


Sarri is yet to give Palmieri his first Premier League appearance this campaign.

The 59-year-old said that playing Emerson at the left-back could cause his team ‘problems’ at set-pieces.


Asked if Emerson is considered as a viable alternative to left-back, Marcos Alonso, Sarri was quoted by Metro UK as saying: “Of course, Emerson is a good option.

“I have to also consider some details, for example without Alonso, we could have problems in set pieces, so I have to consider everything.”








What nonsense is this man saying?

http://www.goal.com/story/the-innovators-Guardiola-Sarri/index.html


As usual

airmark:
Wow, this is remarkable.
I pray we find quick solution to him, before we miss ucl next season again.

i pray so.

airmark:
I posted this in April 2017, while Morata was still in Madrid. I should have sent this as a prayer request and not to post it here to those ignorants arguing with me. Now its reeks assailing my nose.

I am very sorry to have ever argued with you about morata.

nihilistjnr:
Hmm you may be right. Can you help me check please.

Maybe Greatihex will know sha.

know what?

Afolabi6046:
Raumdeuter get time for this world sha How many years have you been fruitlessly dragging Hazard on this Nairaland?

as in ehh... FRUITLESSLY.

Chelseafan1:
Expect that apari to still be mentioning Hazard here anytime his team loses wherever he goes.

He's obsessed.

if so, then only deliverance can help.

Imagine this loser of a coach playing Kante out of position and still saying rubbish

popizaino:
Yea true but it's going to be level below and not as enticing as this present level with hazard.

i would like the man to go, so that we Can have some peace of mind on this thread.

Ibime:
Fa fa fa foul!

Alonso is in the top 2 most technical DM of all time. In World Cup 2010, Alonso was averaging 120 passes per game, and 100 for Bayern. I have never seen midfielder reach 120 passes over a sequence of games in all my years following passing stats, not even Xavi.

I watched Alonso live in stadium playing for Bayern, not under canopy and saw how he dominated possession against Yaya Toure and co even though Bayern had only 10 men. Although he did make defensive error in that game sha.

Fernandinho used to be an AM in Brazil before converting to DM. He is technically very good, don't be confused by his work ethic

Kante is good on the ball for a normal manager, but not to play DM in an ultra-possession team like Sarri or Pep team.

your last paragraph is just the truth.

popizaino:
Most people now think he offers us nothing except twerking all thanks to raumdeuter forming their opinion.

okay.

It is better that he is sold, so that we will really know our level as a club

EvilMetahuman:
two english teams technically out.
despite the fact that totteham won


oga

liverpool can still qualify by winning napoli with at least three goals margin

iamJ:
World best van flop


Meanwhile, back to Chelsea I want sarri to succeed, I enjoy watching Chelsea play nowadays more than I have ever did, so if he will break some hearts for it to work, he has my blessings

Kante will have to go, he doesn't offer anything going forward, swap him and money for a top player, good deal

Hazard has to go, tired of hearing, I spoke, the club knows my mind, oga bounce Biko, your nonsense done too much

Morata has to get out, mehn god forbid me dance Torres dance again, you know how many times I thought Torres is back to form and he ended up breaking my heart, I hear say lukaku is a bench warmer now

Azpilecueta oga time to go biko, you and luiz, una done try but abeg doh, we have to move sarri ball to the permanent site


And finally make the board nack sarri 5 years deal, I swear I don't fear losing coaches B4 but I fear for sarri, Madrid will need a coach this summer and sarri fits the bill

chai, oga, you no know cfc. So we should sell all this players for a manager that won't last more than 3 seasons?

And who told you that Madrid can sign losers

TalabiAudu:
Drop Kante.
Abi Sarri wan run mad.

I still dey look this Sarri.
He wan see our real agbero shekpe fans.

Who go drop Kante?

that is the cause of Chelsea's inconsistency in recent years.

Changing of manager every 2-3 years.

Small time now, Kante go begin chop bench. Next thing, he starts losing form and his no longer happy, fans will start calling Kante names for playing rubbish any time he is given a chance.
What is the cause? Match rustiness.
Before you know it, he wants to leave. He leaves.
The following season, a new coach comes and start asking why a coach should allow/sanction the sale of such player.

The Next thing you know, the new coach starts selling and requesting for his own type of players and the cycle continues

popizaino:
Great news.

how

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11668/11565948/eden-hazard-to-miss-chelseas-europa-league-match-against-paok



Hazard injured again.