Another defeat to Arsenal but not the worst performance. Who was our best player? Who needs to improve?

paulwardfish3w ago

To be honest I would have loved a point we deserved it as we played the gunners with no midfield. We will improve no e d and by January when we can sort our midfield out I think we will have a great team until then I hope he plays young Watson alongside casado when he returns from injury.

richbusiness15ap3w ago

We are desperate for a top midfielder when Casiado out we're very vulnerable, too many ball players and not enough ball winners.

kveljasevic3w ago

1. Whomever decides on Chelsea trades should lose their job. Who trades a top player without having a replacement in the bag 100% 2. They did nothing to improve our back line. Another reason to I fire all of them 3. Coach needs to realize that he does not have the team to play the same way he did in Germany. We need any player I see Willian !!!

solidrock0073w ago

Emi Martinez has shown us why we ended up in 10th position last year. I still don't know how we kept faith in Sanchez for so long! I think our major problem against Arsenal simply was because there was no capable replacement for Caicedo and the fact that referees always allow for controversial moments in favour of Arsenal in this derby series.

lgonz874953w ago

I said it a few times already. Sanchez wasn't the problem. It's the way the team play defense as a team.

allanrayw3w ago

I think Valentino baco needs to be hardened off as early as possible just like skelly is playing first fiddle for arsenal rather than using james in the midfield

steveokonya63w ago

Alonso should change his formation system especially the defence formation from 3 to 4,and also trust the midfielders he has other than deploying defenders in midfield.

olusegunjoshua193w ago

Fofana, Hato,& Rogers in the left axis gave Arsenal hedge in the midfield. Barco needs to be giving necessary chance too. Alonso should be patient in building this young team as it too Aretha over 5yrs to build present team. If Chelsea has played with hunger in the 1st half results would have been different anyway.

terseermbanongun0103w ago

It was a good performances but also lacroix needs to improve too

roslileili36223w ago

I think we tried our best with this new Alonso system but for sure we can do much better ..I can accept the defeate to this arsenal team..we felt much frustrated because of hyppe the pundits and journalist giving false hopes. They are the defending champs what do we expect??at least we scored against them and they are also worried in the beginning...

fraserhardie593w ago

Sky presenter so biased ! Carragher's comments on Emi not being world class unfair as he misses more things than Emi, including allegedly his tax return !

biggercreations3w ago

Going forward, Coach Alonso shld return James to his right full position. He should better his selection in the midfield- I suggest: lavia, barco, gusto, palmer and chavarria (left wing back). I don't know what Alonso sees in Wesley but as I saw him, I told my son that Chelsea will lose the match.

michaelejemi3w ago

The Chelsea goalie gave Arsenal their first goal. Emi Martinez failed Chelsea in the loss. Chelsea relaxed immediately after scoring the first goal, this is exactly what happened to Arsenal against Paris saint German in the eufa champions League final. This Chelsea squad has to be goals hungry. Most importantly, the Chelsea defense has to be strengthened too

imran.shah83w ago

We played well but the ref ruined the game stopping it and favoring arsenal

joelasinguza3783w ago

The game wasn't that much worst I hope our guys will keep improving especially the defenders

silver9560713w ago

Unfortunately Lavia is simply not up to the task and is no Caicedo - James is trying but is still learning the position - as a result we are simply relying on long balls avoiding playing through the lack of midfield and our inability to win the ball in this area results in our deep defending which is simply inviting teams to come forward, give Barco a go!

frankkeller200013w ago

I think Alonso should learn to trust the midfielders that he has available than fixing in a right back or left back in the midfield because if you watch the last goal jame was just too slow to track back to cover the run of ordegard if it were to be caicedo or a pure midfielder am sure they’re going to track back and cover that run.

cristiannnica3w ago

Soft goal given away but so did Arsenal. Horrible way to go about football from Arsenal, dirty players, almost every single one of them. Could've been a red card whan Martinez was kicked in the head.

davidprior3w ago

Don't think Martinez was at his best, Sanchez would have been slaughtered had he let in the first one

davidprior3w ago

Yet another defeat, ably helped by the referee but also by us, two sloppy goals and although better than before against them, they were still miles better

philchristie19553w ago

Overall thsoughtp qwwei looked good but again unable to retain the vall enough to ccrueateu more chances. Don't like Fofana as he seems a lupability bxvuwutt thought Laviya had a good game again

kaewall3w ago

Defence a major concern too many cannot defend two poor goals yet again 😭

dfrenchman3w ago

We defended for most part of the game. Estavoa should have come on sooner. He could have made a difference. We rely on the front three but did it make a difference cause Arsenal kept them out of the game.

alrj9983w ago

I thought we played ok the Ref might as well had a Arsenal shirt on agree the defence needs sorting but overall we were unlucky not to take a point.

oluranti05073w ago

I believe in the squad. They can do great things. Alonso should not shy away of changing the style of play when you need to score by introducing attacking players and remove one centre back. The midfield was just the main reason of losing the match. Lacroix needs more work to do, he has not been special since his arrival. Alonso and the board stabbed us.

robertsidwell93w ago

We wasn't good enough. Arsenal out classed us. Passing control and running. The only player that showed up was neto sorry lads but the truth

likeisaid19563w ago

Not the worst defeat. I think there is some mental issues with beating them. But we'll get there. We have a great coach and it is going straight up from here

gangheehai3w ago

Fofana always A jinx to chelsea lack of urgency always like to pass back instead of moving forward.chelsea need to be fast & focus

aduyofred703w ago

Alonso need to strt utilizing other creative talents like estavo and others it list 20 to 30 minutes instead of bringing late minutes when we needed equalizer why not remove pedro bring another fresh striker or creative midfielder, the lost is eye opener for our coach this is OMBAMVA from parl of Africa die harder mighty Chelsea fc fun.

ummsarah823w ago

Striking and defence needs to be IMPROVED. However, refereeing was a huge question mark!

markmarston4w ago

That was just attack vs defence… no ambition shown by Chelsea at all. Shame to see

ronniemcmahon664w ago

I said fofana will cost us,and back to normal from him,as long as he plays we will lose

aryansurajc4w ago

Martinez given a bit too much I think

aaditya.krishnamurthy4w ago

I’m not seeing what Martinez did to earn a 9. He stopped some shots but realistically I can’t sanction him getting a 9 after letting 2 goals in

james.brooke4w ago

Some generous ratings here lads!

jordan.harris4w ago

Thought Neto looked bright. I do wish Rogers had decked Rice after that cowardly challenge. That would have been 10/10

adnan.riaz4w ago

Pretty high rating for Martinez. 😬

olaleyeyemi19824w ago

why keeping esteveo on bench so long🙈we really missed him...alonso should work on it pls 💯✔️

jonathan.gorrie4w ago

Martinez has to do better. Do wonder if Chelsea signed him too late in his career. Appreciate he's not ancient but is he beyond his peak now?

shamanth.jayaram4w ago

9/10 for Martinez? Was I watching a different game? I really like the look of Acheampong btw, even though he was on the losing side.

jackdrury4w ago

Just goes to show how important Caicedo is. Lavia and James is a good midfield, but not enough against Arsenal

chillout4w ago

18 leagues games without a clean sheet now. Chelsea will never beat the likes of Arsenal unless they can start to keep clean sheets.

caleb.sage4w ago

Emi has to save that! Almost as bad as Sanchez's howlers at Fulham.

jamesshearman234w ago

Can’t be giving Emi a 9 when he arguably should’ve saved Havertz goal. 7 at most. We played fairly well but no standouts IMO. Neto & Rogers maybe a 7/10

amirmir4w ago

Great watch for the neutral. That will prove to be the story of Chelsea's season, it's just about staying on the right side. Today, they missed Caicedo.