Chelsea v Sunderland, 5:30 k/o, SS1

WoollyRedHat

Thus endeth Mourinho record at the Bridge, and the title but gone.

Corholio

As bad as the penalty decision was, Chelsea were truly shocking, deserved very little from that match.

davycc

6mins added time played and still couldnt hit a barn door today thankfully!

well played Poyets army:D how bitter do those salty tears taste now JT and Jose:D:D

DrumSteve

Well played by Sunderland today, Chelsea were shocking

Sugarlumps

Congrats to Sunderland, delighted for Poyet.

homer simpson

Gringo180 wrote: »

Mourinho= Specialist in failure

Isn't he just.

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Primeira Liga (2): 2002–03, 2003–04
Taça de Portugal (1): 2002–03
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (1): 2003
UEFA Champions League (1): 2003–04
UEFA Cup (1): 2002–03

Chelsea (2004–2007)
Premier League (2): 2004–05, 2005–06
FA Cup (1): 2006–07
Football League Cup (2): 2004–05, 2006–07
FA Community Shield (1): 2005

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Supercoppa Italiana (1): 2008
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Turtyturd

Sunderland won't hold on here.

Panthro

And that is our title challenge officially dead and buried.
Well done to Sunderland, bringing down a 77 game Jose at Home unbeaten run to an end.

homer simpson

Well played Sunderland, hope ye stay up, definently deserve it with recent results.

davycc wrote: »

6mins added time played and still couldnt hit a barn door today thankfully!

well played Poyets army:D how bitter do those salty tears taste now JT and Jose:D:D

Why would they be crying they have a champions league semi final midweek.

Gringo180

homer simpson wrote: »

Isn't he just.

Porto (2002–2004)
Primeira Liga (2): 2002–03, 2003–04
Taça de Portugal (1): 2002–03
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (1): 2003
UEFA Champions League (1): 2003–04
UEFA Cup (1): 2002–03

Chelsea (2004–2007)
Premier League (2): 2004–05, 2005–06
FA Cup (1): 2006–07
Football League Cup (2): 2004–05, 2006–07
FA Community Shield (1): 2005

Internazionale (2008–2010)
Serie A (2): 2008–09, 2009–10
Coppa Italia (1): 2009–10
Supercoppa Italiana (1): 2008
UEFA Champions League (1): 2009–10

Real Madrid (2010–2013)
La Liga (1): 2011–12
Copa del Rey (1): 2010–11
Supercopa de España (1): 2012

Wenger also has a fine cv, but yet the classless 1 still called him a failure.

KingdomYid

I thought it was a pen, and even the defenders reaction was one of a player who knew he fouled the forward.

LightningBlue

Sunderland have had a huge impact on the title race in the last few weeks:

Liverpool nicked a 2-1 at home with pressure late on - Liverpool 3 points
City could only scrape a 2-2 at home with help of Mannone's brain fart City 1 point
Chelsea lose 2-1 through complete and utter profligacy up front and Sunderland taking their chances expertly. Chelsea 0 points

It all comes down to small margins like this over 38 games.
Small swings against teams at the bottom the table fighting for their lives from March on make the difference.

murpho999

Well done Sunderland.

That was a totally deserved 3 points.

Has also won Sunderland a special place in my LFC heart!

Hope you stay up, 4 points this week is amazing.

Panthro

Gringo180 wrote: »

Wenger also has a fine cv, but yet the classless 1 still called him a failure.

Jesus man, would ya ever just give it a rest and congratulate Sunderland on a pretty massive win.

Paully D (I think!) if you're reading, congrats on today. Massive 3 points.

Andersonisgod

Personally I thought the turning point came when the referee entirely ignored the shove on Ramires when he has an open goal, it's as stone wall as it gets, literally anywhere else on the pitch and it's a bread and butter foul, it denies a penalty and a straight red card. That's only compounded by the incorrect decision to award a penalty to Sunderland. That's how it goes though and that's all but put an end to the Chelsea title challenge.

In terms of the big picture, as much as I dislike Liverpool, them winning the title does pose less of a long term threat than Man City winning the title, given their resources and the squad they already have in place.

For now it's onto the Champions League semi finals where we will have to be more decisive in front of goal. In the long term, the need for a striker is clearly desperate, stick Diego Costa in that team, get Eden Hazard back in the side and the potential of what they side can do over the next few years is undeniable.

niallo27

You can't go jumping in in the penalty box and get no where near the ball. It was a penalty for me.

niallo27

Turtyturd wrote: »

Sunderland won't hold on here.

This made me chuckle.

Thanx 4 The Fish

Jose is a bit ingracious there.

Nothing to do with a bad team performance or the sending off, all to do with refs.

Sugarlumps

Spot on there by Hoddle, always deflects the blame.

Fudge You

I hate Jose.
Jamie and Glenn are right.

Corholio

niallo27 wrote: »

You can't go jumping in in the penalty box and get no where near the ball. It was a penalty for me.

Ah now. It clearly wasnt a penalty. You can jump wherever you like in the box, you cant do much about the Sunderland player standing on you and winning a penalty.

Grid.

Well done Sunderland......Liverpool's title for sure now!

KingdomYid

He really is a bad bad loser, never his fault of course.

murpho999

Mourinho disgraceful there.

I thought he was going to say "Congratulations Liverpool" too.

klose

That was so embaressing there, cringy stuff

Thanx 4 The Fish

Nope, saw it again, never a pen.

Jamie Redknapp is a terrible human being.

Rayne Wooney

lol Redknapp trying to say that was a peno when it's clear as day on the big tv behind him it wasn't

Turtwig

homer simpson wrote: »

Isn't he just.

Porto (2002–2004)
Primeira Liga (2): 2002–03, 2003–04
Taça de Portugal (1): 2002–03
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (1): 2003
UEFA Champions League (1): 2003–04
UEFA Cup (1): 2002–03

Chelsea (2004–2007)
Premier League (2): 2004–05, 2005–06
FA Cup (1): 2006–07
Football League Cup (2): 2004–05, 2006–07
FA Community Shield (1): 2005

Internazionale (2008–2010)
Serie A (2): 2008–09, 2009–10
Coppa Italia (1): 2009–10
Supercoppa Italiana (1): 2008
UEFA Champions League (1): 2009–10

Real Madrid (2010–2013)
La Liga (1): 2011–12
Copa del Rey (1): 2010–11
Supercopa de España (1): 2012

I'll take pep and Carlo any day.
Mourinho's comments were unsurprising and that says a lot.

Every manager is entitled to the odd crazy comment. Mou, is just predictable and that's what so sad.

efb

Jamie has lost the rag.

Sugarlumps

bur wrote: »

Nah, Hoddle was almost praising him for it.

Redknapp has it spot on. An embarrassment.

Redknapp is unbearable.

efb

Wasn't a peno.

Essien

KingdomYid wrote: »

He really is a bad bad loser

He's just not that used to it.

Crackle

Really poor performance throughout, but the last 30 minutes were especially poor. Just resorting to long balls, most of which went straight to Sunderland players. With Oscar's loss of form, Hazard being injured and others not doing enough, the selling of Mata looks to be biting us in the rear.

The unbeaten home run had to end sometime, just a pity it had to be now at this stage of the season. Congratulations to Sunderland, fighting for their lives and picked up 4 good points this week.

I'd normally defend most of what Jose does, but that interview was embarrassing.

Rayne Wooney

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

lol Redknapp trying to say that was a peno when it's clear as day on the big tv behind him it wasn't

He's talking about the defender panicking. I assume if he hears about someone getting beaten up walking home from the pub it's their fault for not getting a taxi.

Eight Ball

Peno every day of the week.

KingdomYid

Essien wrote: »

He's just not that used to it.

True enough in England, but in Spain whenever Barca beat him he was never gracious in defeat if I remember correctly.

keano_afc

Missed the interview, what did he say? Referee's fault I suppose? Its never Jose's.

keano_afc

keano_afc wrote: »

Missed the interview, what did he say? Referee's fault I suppose? Its never Jose's.

I don't think Jose gave the penalty did he?

Fudge You

efb wrote: »

Wasn't a peno.

As Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher say it. The defender and goalkeeper should not go flying in, and give the attacker an opportunity to go down. Its makes the refs decision easier.

garra

Have to say Sunderland deserved the win for having the bottle to defend properly and the fight to keep attacking today, fair play to them.
As for the home performance - long balls and generally turgid possession of the ball around the sunderland area, no ideas, no inspiration, no main-man striker.. And the little horse falls over, tired, battered, flat and crestfallen.

Also Sky completely chickened out of criticising the referee after the match. There was a replay angle before the penalty was taken that showed the referee had an absolutely perfect view of what happened. They didn't mention that and didn't show it after the match.

homer simpson

Deleted User wrote: »

Also Sky completely chickened out of criticising the referee after the match. There was a replay angle before the penalty was taken that showed the referee had an absolutely perfect view of what happened. They didn't mention that and didn't show it after the match.

They have a tendency to do that...

Maybe they are afraid of a FA fine too

eigrod

The sooner Mourinho fecks off out of the game, the better.

Grayditch

I'd like to see Mourinho's interview if anyone sees a video of it around.

bur

Mourinho being shrewd according to Hoddle. Ugh.

AdamD

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Personally I thought the turning point came when the referee entirely ignored the shove on Ramires when he has an open goal, it's as stone wall as it gets, literally anywhere else on the pitch and it's a bread and butter foul, it denies a penalty and a straight red card. That's only compounded by the incorrect decision to award a penalty to Sunderland. That's how it goes though and that's all but put an end to the Chelsea title challenge.

In terms of the big picture, as much as I dislike Liverpool, them winning the title does pose less of a long term threat than Man City winning the title, given their resources and the squad they already have in place.

For now it's onto the Champions League semi finals where we will have to be more decisive in front of goal. In the long term, the need for a striker is clearly desperate, stick Diego Costa in that team, get Eden Hazard back in the side and the potential of what they side can do over the next few years is undeniable.

Conveniently ignoring the Ramires red which wasn't given.

Andersonisgod

eigrod wrote: »

The sooner Mourinho fecks off out of the game, the better.

Yes I can't wait until one of the games greatest ever tacticians and fantastically charismatic characters who has given football some absolutely priceless moments leaves the game, feck it, lets have him walk the plank, the scoundrel!

ShoulderChip

keano_afc wrote: »

Missed the interview, what did he say? Referee's fault I suppose? Its never Jose's.

no he congratulated the ref.
I assume despite that you will still have a problem with it.

Andersonisgod

AdamD wrote: »

Conveniently ignoring the Ramires red which wasn't given.

That's the Sky Sports method of analysis, take an incident out of context and analyse it as though it were a crime scene. If the referee gets the first decision correct then Larsson is no longer on the pitch, Chelsea are a goal ahead, Sunderland take tip off and it sets into action an entirely different course of events. You should check out The Butterfly Effect for more on this topic.