Chelsea’s best performances were against Liverpool, Arsenal, Spurs and Man City but usually when they’ve come against a lesser team that’s going to be more defensive and less full on attack they’ve struggled such as West Ham, Brentford, Villa and Newcastle
Why do United struggle against basically anybody?
Because the players aren’t good enough, we make sacrifices to get results which teams like Chelsea do not
You have players who either would shine at other teams, have recently shined for other teams or have gone on to shine for other teams, the problem isn’t the players
It’s because of the owners. Haven’t you heard? It’s nothing to do with a manager refusing to drop his favourite player despite him being in awful form for nearly a year.
I’m glad you think Fulham are a big team now
And Burnley.
I remember when that was us. Lolz
Because Chelsea is also a lesser club that gets the usual giant-killing mentality when facing the big teams? :> (trying to match the vibe…)
If I were a Chelsea fan right now I wouldn’t be calling Newcastle a “lesser team.” Villa either really. Both squads are better, and both are playing better. Both also have loads of money and good managers and don’t seem to be going away any time soon.
Smaller teams tend to play a low block which Chelsea have time and again proven they have nothing to get past.
Bigger teams generally play more attacking, with higher lines, which is generally more favourable for the few attacking strengths Chelsea have.
Another reason that Ange deciding to just stick with a high line against them is more perplexing. The probably could have gotten a point or better had they adapted post red card, instead of”sticking to his principles” wasn’t giving them the best chance of a result in the game.
Well fuck you too!
We have trouble with teams that park the bus because we dont have a prolific striker, but that’s not really what happened today. Caicedo not starting after international duty caused the first goal but in general we just didn’t look up for today for some reason.
Dunno where you got “less full on attack” from, that’s pretty clearly not Newcastle’s game.
They play exactly as well as their opponents in most games, regardless of who those opponents are. They have been known for years to have a solid defence, great balance in midfield, and somehow haven’t found the right finisher for some time.
They are Croatia.
Calling Aston Villa and Newcastle lesser teams. God, Chelsea is garbage at a fanbase level too.
Team chemistry= 1.5%
Newcastle are currently the best team in the league on their day. At home. We collapsed after 2-1. Lots of work still to be done.
Man said lesser teams.
Newcastle is in UCL, how are they a lesser team? With that said, today’s performance was a different flavor than the losses against low block sides. In those games, Chelsea outplayed the opposition, but couldn’t finish and got punished on counters. Today, they were ran off the field and collectively had their worst performance in a long time. Terrible performance by almost everyone today for Chelsea