Today's football.

[davek]

EVERYONE WILL LOOK AT TONIGHT AND REALISE THAT'S HOW YOU PLAY THIS CITY SIDE, DEFEND DEEP, WAIT FOR YOUR CHANCE AND HIT BALLS IN BEHIND ON THE COUNTER.

Front three for Chelsea worked their bollocks off. City never had a chance to build any rhythm from the back.

 

[toffeejack]

Not buying it one bit. The only place he's overachieved at is Porto, everywhere else he's gone to one of the most expensive squads in the league. Let's calm down, his team which is only second in spending to City is still third in the league.

he's one of the best in the world - he's not going to be constantly at teams like porto is he?

done the double over city this season - doubt anybody else will do that - not even in europe.

 

[bicycleheader]

It did annoy me how some papers were painting this game as "Mourinho's greatest test", as if he hadnt successfully mind-thingied Guardiola.

He mindthingied nothing. One title, a Copa and a couple of wins doesn't amount to much compared to the 5-0 and trophies won by Barca in his time there.

Very good win for him tonight though!

 

[Baines' left foot]

Matic is massive!

 

[AdamEFC]

Bloody hell, didn't realize Matic was that big.

 

[bicycleheader]

i thought at the end he was getting greedy and trying too much

I reckon Jose probably wanted to shoot Hazard and Luis near the end for giving the ball away unnecessarily!

 

[Del]

He mindthingied nothing. One title, a Copa and a couple of wins doesn't amount to much compared to the 5-0 and trophies won by Barca in his time there.

Very good win for him tonight though!

Going to the Nou Camp with his Inter side and knocking them out on the way to winning the Champions League beats anything Pep has done

 

[Furey1878]

???????????

They could have scored 5 or 6 mate.

Not convinced, they had a lot of good chances.

Chelsea hit the post and bar about 3 or 4 times....they played really well imo.......

I probably should have stressed, I only watched the last 15 mins

 

[toffeejack]

it was a red all day every day of the week

bottled it big time.

not every decision a ref gets wrong is a bottle job.

 

[Walken]

I want to volley that tombstone teethed blert carralar right in the grid

 

[Steve0]

I'd expect City to win their remaining home game, given how much they've spent that's no big deal. However, away from home they've got to go to Arsenal, Liverpool, United, Everton, Southampton and a newly well drilled Palace side.

Five of their last 8 games are away from home. This could count against them, especially if they manage to get further in the cup competitions.

I;m sticking with Arsenal, they've got a tricky run from now until the end of MArch but with the fixture list so congested at this time of year you'd expect all the top teams to be dropping points.

If they're still top in a month's time then it's pretty much in the bag imo. Massive game this weekend.

 

[Jags..class]

EVERYONE WILL LOOK AT TONIGHT AND REALISE THAT'S HOW YOU PLAY THIS CITY SIDE, DEFEND DEEP, WAIT FOR YOUR CHANCE AND HIT BALLS IN BEHIND ON THE COUNTER.

Its a bit more then that, Toure and Silva was marked out of the game, that no easy feat.

 

[bicycleheader]

Going to the Nou Camp with his Inter side and knocking them out on the way to winning the Champions League beats anything Pep has done

Thats a hell of a stretch Del. That was a decent Inter team that was an incorrect offside away from possibly going out. The first leg performance was very very good by Chelsea. Mourinho got it spot on.

I personally don't think that one success was as good as the truckload of success Pep had, sorry. The 5-0 vs Madrid was as good as gets at the highest level. The 6-2 wasn't so bad either.

 

[Jags..class]

Jose not got his reputation for nothing, he showed tonight why he a winner AGAIN. Cannot believe Man u didn't even fight for him, well Moyes was the chosen one.

 

[Del]

Thats a hell of a stretch Del. That was a decent Inter team that was an incorrect offside away from going out. The first leg performance was very very good by Chelsea. Mourinho got it spot on.

I personally don't think that one success was as good as the truckload of success Pep had, sorry. The 5-0 vs Madrid was as good as gets at the highest level. The 6-2 wasn't so bad either.

Winning a treble with that Inter side which includes the CL and beating a Barca side that were the best in Europe is the better feat imo