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Joking aside, Kante & Morata are huge misses, and you ran into Crystal Palace at the wrong time; right after an Int break when they've had weeks with Roy to plan and prepare + deprogramme De Boer's work. They hit you hard yesterday.
Is that an excuse to lose to Crystal Palace? No. But all things considered, the meltdowns I've seen are way O.T.T
Is that an excuse to lose to Crystal Palace? No. But all things considered, the meltdowns I've seen are way O.T.T
He's a very good player, but for all the jibes pointed at Matic for being inconsistent, Bakayoko has been the far more inconsistent of the two
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Unless he has a Fabinho, Matic, Kante next to him. He simply isn’t good enough to control or dominate a game alone.
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One of our best players on the pitch.
Hah. 0 tackles won the entire game, dominated by Bakayoko.
But I thought we replaced Matic with Drinkwater??
At least add some context to your meaningless stat. Matic is a percentages player, rarely commits to a rash challenge; it's one of his best qualities. In fact, in this particular moment of the game, doing exactly that saved us conceding:
If he commits to Hazard, Hazard slips it to Morata, 2-0, curtains.
Ended up a tame shot from Hazard, seen all the way from De Gea. All thanks to Matic's terrific positioning/covering, and the intelligence to know not to commit to a tackle. Stats need context.
But if we are playing the "lets choose a stat to help my case" game...
- Only 2 players in the entire Chelsea 11 had more passes than Matic, interestingly, none of which Bakayoko (Fabregas and Alonso by just 1), and only one in the United team (Valencia).
- Nemanja had the second most touches of all 22 players on the pitch, only Cesc, Chelsea's go-to-playmaker, had more.
- Barring defenders, Matic had as many interceptions as anyone in the Chelsea side.
- 4 successful aerial duels, only Fellaini, our target man for the equalizer, had more.
Also interesting how you say Bakayoko dominated Matic, even though it was Matic v Kante & Herrera v Bakayoko for large parts. Both played the left side of their midfield partner.
But whatever fits your narrative.
Congrats on the victory, but don't talk ****. Not saying he was amazing, but he was probably the pick of the red shirts out there, and definitely wasn't "dominated by Bakayoko".
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What the heck was Bakayoko doing there?
How is it Jose's fault? He's a completely different player now. Even Chelsea fans weren't bothered about him leaving, heck, I think a one or two of you on here had a little snigger at the the fact Liverpool brought him back to England.
You could always thank Jose for signing Cesc, who came on and changed the game?
