Fair!
To be honest, I'm taking a rather pragmatic approach to it. This was a freak result, just one of those things that happens every now and then. We went 3-0 down by a combination of poor marking, bad luck and an unsaveable freekick, and from there we were far too naive. Tried to push forward, impose ourselves on the game, and Chelsea absolutely ripped us to shreds on the counter. Then when we were about 5-0 down, we stopped trying to attack, our heads dropped and Chelsea had their tails up.
In short, we defended badly, were unlucky, then showed all the hallmarks of a young and inexperienced team. Hardly surprising, but it shouldn't be forgotten that this is our first defeat in 7. We weren't a bad team before our unbeaten run (contrary to the media's buffoonery) and we aren't a bad team now. Everything's still coming together. It wasn't so much a hiccup as choking momentarily, but we'll be fine.
But Chelsea today were fantastic. Really, really brilliant. Having Luiz and Lampard in midfield probably won't work against the big sides, but today we were overwhelmed and with the lack of proper opposition they absolutely bossed it.
You act like I didn't before.
Does someone have a Retardese-English translation for this?