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Sarri did achieve the objective of qualifying for the CL. That's all that he was asked for by both fans and the board. Just like it doesn't matter that we won CL on penalties or in any other way - we WON, in the same way it doesn't matter how other teams did - we finished third. To sack him now would be a lunacy, he deserves full pre season and one more chance to prove his full potential. Also I think in the recent years Guardiola, Zizou and other top top managers are avoiding Chelsea because of our board/owner - sacking a manager who was achieved his objective would not help. Knowing Roman the sack would not be a surprise though.

Giroud/Higuain is interesting - Olivier has been great in EL in the first part of the season, but then somehow stopped performing. Whereas Gonzalo seems to be growing into the gaming in the last few matches. Also, Zappa was quite good since coming in recently.

Enough RCL debate! What happened, happened and we must now focus on the Arsenal game.

Conte benched Luiz and we saw what happened.

The issue is that benching Luiz can be toxic to the whole squad.

True, I thought Velverde lacked cojones to play N.Semedo, which would have been the right decision.

Garth Crooks (https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/48171718) "Ruben Loftus-Cheek: This is a lad I thought was better off staying at Crystal Palace on loan, playing every week and continuing his international development as a consequence of playing regularly. However the player decided to return to Chelsea - or more to the point, the club insisted he returned. Immediately his game time dropped, he lost all the momentum he gained from his time at Palace and he struggled to be the star his performances suggest he might be. It's time Ruben Loftus-Cheek made some serious decisions about his career at Chelsea. The lad can play, as was clearly evident against Watford." What an absolute garbage of a comment! Poor journalism! The narrative of "Chelsea doesn't play youngsters" is silly bearing in mind how much RLC and CHO have played this season.

was it their B team?

This is truly the best football kit I have ever seen so far ever! The idea to draw those black lines like the stands from our standium is fantastic! The intro video as well: #IT'S A CHELSEA THING

RCL - he's poor defensively, he gave the ball away so much in the first half and lacked concentration. people only remember good moments!

Thats true - however he’s still very bad at defending. Always half a second late to close the space or tackle

He did look quite disappointed a few times after Higuain messed things up.

Exactly! Just square it to Hazard!

True. also I think lot of players are not sure if they are gonna be in the team next season and not even trying too hard.

Absolutely shocking tactics in the second half. Getting crosses in all half against one of the best sides in the league when it comes to physicality and headers and with no players able to head in our own team.