Mark Kelly

I'm conflicted , we don't want any injuries and to be honest this is the least desirable cup we could be up for but on the other hand some players need to find their mojo again so in line with what I mentioned after the Spurs game I think we have to play Havertz , Mount and James to help them get their form back but don't want to risk Lukaku so, is there a point in playing Havertz and Mount behind Werner who offers an entirely different approach to Lukaku? Difficult one .

He really does seem to be an ace tactician , two games running ,he's looked at how we were being penned in and tweaked things at half time and transformed our game Also I saw some footage of him embracing Kepa after the game , he really looks like he cares about the players and helps to really motivate them , Kepa has really looked far more confident recently and I think that's in part due to Tuchel treating him like a valued squad member .

I know, it's ridiculous .

I don't think the first half was as bad as some were saying , we kept them at arm's length throughout , I think the performance of Havertz and Mount were more of a concern , both were , to be frank , awful . I am of the opinion that both Mount and James need to have a long hard think about things as I can see them playing less and less unless they up the quality of their final ball , I for one was pleased to see Azpillicueta at right back having been unimpressed with James this season . Havertz is an enigma , when he's on his game he floats majestic through the match but when he's off the pace he looks awful , the last two appearances were the latter . It may be a hang over from the flu on top of already getting covid previously but it really isn't good enough. Defensively we were superb today and a bit more composure and we could easily have scored more considering Lukaku barely had a chance . Kepa was very good too which was fantastic to see but my MOTM was Alonso who had a great game.

We've been fantastic this half , absolutely fantastic.

Kante! Blimey! 0-2 , Kovacic winning the ball back was brilliant there .

Great header from Silva , 0-1 , excellent.

I mentioned that last time out , don't play him then is the answer I suspect.

Take off Havertz , bring on , anyone really , Betinelli couldn't be any worse up front than Havertz has been .

I agree , but in a way we can hardly be blamed when goals are at a premium for this squad .

He plays football like he's just woken from a coma , rarely appears to know what's going on and has no strength or coordination.

Play to the whistle ? Not Chelsea , we win the ball the ref plays on and we then slow right down waiting for the ref to stop the game . Genuinely shocking from Alonso.

Carbon neutral game , the team coaches fuelled by bio fuels and the commentary team by hot air .

The last trip on Ronaldo was a cast iron penalty , god knows how they reason that one away . It's a tool of result manipulation more than anything else at the moment . Still , Mark Noble , MOTM. Lol.

Son in and Kepa ? A recipe for disaster.