Liverpool - Chelsea...Round 9.....FIGHT!!!

Sherifu

Lol @ Cashley handing off Torres.

missingtime

Anyone fancy giving me a quick update?

Mr.Nice Guy

Boo yah!

Xavi6

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Easy header

Headshot

missingtime wrote: »

Anyone fancy giving me a quick update?

ill be delighted too

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Daemonic

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Dave!

Ivanovic!

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Samurai

missingtime wrote: »

Anyone fancy giving me a quick update?

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CHD

AWAY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!!!!!!


Well Done Ivanovic

Dave!

jesus christ

saved by Cech

I can't take any more of this pace!!! SLOW IT DOWN PLEASE!

Torres will score again, he's dangerous

Sherifu

EPIC game.

More goals to come.

missingtime

Cock

Xavi6

JT got done far too easily there.

Selfish from Kuyt

CHD

Thats the stuff Cech.

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Zonal Marking ftl

Holsten

I see goals going in all over the place.

Jazzy

very impressed with chelsea. deserved that goal no problem

missingtime

Des wrote: »

Zonal Marking

Oh their gonna be all over that in the studio

Sherifu

Drogba = liability.

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missingtime wrote: »

Oh there gonna be all over that in the studio

Can't wait tbh.

Dave!

What in the F*CK is Drogba on>?!?!?!

AND WHERE CAN I GET SOME???

ROCKMAN

As a hmmm Neutral I must say I'm really enjoying this game, Great stuff,

Sherifu

ROCKMAN wrote: »

As a hmmm Neutral I must say I'm really enjoying this game, Great stuff,

It's good tack alright.

mormank

Xavi6 wrote: »

Selfish from Kuyt

:eek:

Headshot

really impressed with chelsea

great match so far

Xavi6

mormank wrote: »

:eek:

Shoulda squared it to Gerrard

Holsten

Chelsea are looking far better.

I really don't see Liverpool getting another.

eZe^

Anyone give me a synopsis so far? Watching the Barca game.

Sherifu

Analysis time.

Eamo: "Zonal marking is balls Bill!"

John: "I agree with Eamon there Bill."

mormank

Xavi6 wrote: »

Shoulda squared it to Gerrard

ok. just never thought i would hear those words muttered about kuyt!!

mike65

Nerve shredding stuff!

Chelseas use of diagonals and balls in the channels is very effective.

evil_seed

trying to watch this at work (tut tut). poxy link keeps re-loading. missed both goals but from what i've seen chelsea are by far the better side. drogba should have 2 at least, if not 3

eddiehead

Holsten wrote: »

Chelsea are looking far better.

I really don't see Liverpool getting another.

Pfft, I see both teams getting 6 more.

Cracking first half though, Chelsea reacted very well to the early goal.

mike65

Hang on, wasn't this meant to be a bore draw?

I want my money back.

ImJohn

Great game, we seem a bit sloppy at the back imo and we gotta tighten it up if we're going to have a chance at Stamford bridge. Going there with 2 away goals could be too much for us.

Liverpool 2-1 with Lucas last minute goal!! C'mon!!:D

PHB

eZe, Liverpool came out of the traps well, and some excellent play from Kuyt created the chance for Torres which he put away [Kuyt backheeled into Arbeloas run on the right corner, and he squared it to the penalty spot to be put away].

Since then, Liverpool have continued to harass up front, but haven't created a huge amount. Torres was almost in due to a Lampard mistake and Kuyt had a pretty good chance due to some shocking defending by Terry.

Chelsea on the other hand have had a lot of joy down the middle, right in the gap where Mascherano would normally be. Drogba got a great one on one due to Malouda nicking the ball off a Liverpool defending and another one due to a great through pass.

They have a massive dominance in the air, and it showed for Ivanovic's goal. It wasn't the fault of Zonal marking, it was just bad defending, no matter what system you are using.

Chelsea look the dominant team imo, but Torres and Gerrard still look very dangerous.
If play had continued I'd have been shocked if there wasn't another goal in it, but at half time, one of the teams might close up shop.

Without a doubt the most open Chelsea Liverpool game i've ever seen.

CHD

Great stuff from Chelsea, just step it up one more gear and we can come away winners.

leninbenjamin

PHB wrote: »

Without a doubt the most only open Chelsea Liverpool game i've ever seen.

fyp :P

Dave!

Hah Ronnie criticised the zonal marking

Tusky

eZe^ wrote: »

Anyone give me a synopsis so far? Watching the Barca game.

Fantastic game thats been played at a really high tempo. Liverpool were the better side early on and Torres scored a lovely half volley after great work from Kuyt on the right. Chelsea reacted really professionally and came into the game, creating a number of chances which they failed to score from. However, they nicked a goal from a corner towards the end, and probably finished off the stronger team. Aurelio & Drogba stand out as having bad games, while Torres, Arbeloa and Chelsea's midfield in general, are playing really well.

Both teams playing well, and theres been plenty of chances. Chelsea have been the better team, slightly.

eZe^

GREAT technique by Torres for that goal, but WTF were chelsea doing not having ANYONE even moderately close to him. Yet, RTE aren't complaining about that at all... It's only about Liverpool and zonal marking now though... :pac:

Headshot

Zonal marking is bad, mmkay

PHB

Am I alone in thinking the problem there wasn't zonal marking? The player in front of the ball should have made the header, and Sretle really should have been attacking that ball. Beyond that, Alonso wasn't doing anything at all.

It wasn't the system, it was the players.

Some times it is the system (Arsenal do very well in making the system kinda dodgy with the quick 1 yard switch), but that was just poor execution of the system, rather than the system being beaten.

Tusky

When a team using man marking concedes a goal, its always the players fault and never the systems.

When a team using zonal marking concedes a goal, its always the fault of the system.

...that is, if you believe the pundits on tv. Retarded.

whatawaster

PHB wrote: »

Am I alone in thinking the problem there wasn't zonal marking? The player in front of the ball should have made the header, and Sretle really should have been attacking that ball. Beyond that, Alonso wasn't doing anything at all.

It wasn't the system, it was the players.

zonal marking is never the cause, it's always poor implementation of the system. Just like with man marking

missingtime

Dave! wrote: »

Hah Ronnie criticised the zonal marking

If benitez saved his life he'd give out about the way he did it. Knobhead

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PHB wrote: »

Am I alone in thinking the problem there wasn't zonal marking?

Neither do I, I just posted that in anticipation of the RTE guys going on about it.

Indeed, I was proved correct.

Im_No_Superman

Headshot wrote: »

Zonal markingRonnie Whealan is bad, mmkay

FYP. Christ he is a ****e analyst. Wrecks my head.

Great game, really enjoying it.

JerryHandbag

Hell of a game so far, great start for Torres and great response by Chelsea....unusually open game for these two, could end up 3-3!

mike65

The pace can't be maintained so the nature of the subs could be important.