Manchester United v. Chelsea, 26/10/14, SS1 16:00 - Mod Note in OP

Turtyturd

Wonder what Mourinho will say/do to get the focus on him.

Talib Fiasco

I'd be thumping if I was a Chelsea fan...the penalty and now that dive.

Soft Falling Rain

Soft free, unbelievable really. Utd were done and were blessed a result.

fullstop

Lukker- wrote: »

That's a dive, Di Maria has been at it all day.

Not a dive but never a booking either and the first one he got wasn't even a foul

jebus84

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

Chelsea robbed there. No way was that a sending off either!

hahaha

edgecutter

Delighted with the result and delighted Mourinho's defensive tactics got done again in Manchester.

Barr

Gutted with a draw , Chelsea should have taken all 3 points

mrkiscool2

ColeTrain wrote: »

Utd supporters celebrating this like a win, more dropped points for them!

Lol bitter or what? Draw was the deserved result anyway

FortuneChip

United definitely deserved something from the game; sure the manner of the goal wasn't without some controversy, but feck it.

The Moldy Gowl

ColeTrain wrote: »

Utd supporters celebrating this like a win, more dropped points for them!

Mmmmm bitter lemons

Sanity_Saviour

sometimes Mourinho needs to just go for it. If you hand over the momentum to them they're eventually going to score. Schurrle needed to start instead of Drogba.

Very poor performance, Chelsea need to play a lot better against Spurs

Will I Amnt

Proper performance there from United, be harsh to call it an undeserved point.
Chelsea were as cynical as I've ever seen them and it bit them in the arse eventually.

edgecutter

Chelsea have walked a tight line with bookings all game. They have been cynical all the time and Ivanovic deserved to go.

Dozen Wicked Words

edgecutter wrote: »

Delighted with the result and delighted Mourinho's defensive tactics got done again in Manchester.

Got done? How is an away point getting done? So teams dropping home points is a victory? Right.

GavRedKing

I said before a hand a draw wasnt a bad result but to leave one in with the last kick off the game is a joke.

Ivan killed us.

I stand by what i said, Utd will make top 4 this year. Theyre to good not to and LVG is a good manager.

Peist2007

Will I Amnt wrote: »

Proper performance there from United, be harsh to call it an undeserved point.
Chelsea were as cynical as I've ever seen them and it bit them in the arse eventually.

I think Mourinho picked up his tactics on systematic fouling from the Meath team of the late 80s

PhlegmyMoses

Lol at the robbed nonsense. Draw was the fair result. Ivanovic spent the game hacking away at United players. You make 5/6 fouls in a game, you're running the risk.

Must be noted that Rafael was on best behaviour for 80 mins. Seems to have matured. Fair play to RVP. Needed a big game after his poor run of goalscoring form and he looked miles sharper today. Still loads to come from him.

Mr_Red

ColeTrain wrote: »

Utd supporters celebrating this like a win, more dropped points for them!

Mr.Crinklewood

Barely There wrote: »

There's one.

Should have got on.

Lucky you didn't.

Mugs game

madcabbage

Delighted, Utd deserved the point and Fellani played well. Roll on City!

Andersonisgod

Can't do anything but repeat what is being said, robbery is the best word for it. Still utterly ridiculous from Ivanovic when Di Maria is so obviously going nowhere.

However I'm going to stay positive. Before the weekend started if somebody had told me we would end the weekend with our lead over City extending by a point despite going to OT without our two best strikers I'd have been quite ecstatic. The development of the side continues, Matic is becoming such an integral part of these big games, Filipe Luis did well, Drogba was quite sublime at times as is Hazard, Courtois is, imo, the best goalkeeper on the planet at present. The manner of throwing away 3 points is frustrating but overall the actual results this weekend have been positive.

Billy86

ColeTrain wrote: »

Utd supporters celebrating this like a win, more dropped points for them!

Sanity_Saviour

Turtyturd wrote: »

Wonder what Mourinho will say/do to get the focus on him.

Mourinho was happy to defend the one goal lead. Chelsea players wasting time with 5 mins left. Without that second goal it was always dangerous.

Mr.Crinklewood

rarnes1 wrote: »

Mourinho was happy to defend the one goal lead. Chelsea players wasting time with 5 mins left. Without that second goal it was always dangerous.

Exactly this.

Utd were there for the taking, Donegal preferred to defend and get men behind the ball.

Looked a soft free though.

Turtwig

Deserved draw. Chelsea really threw it away. Utd were rocking and instead of killing them off they retreated into their shell. It's one flaw you can have of Mourinho's he's too bloody conservative and sometimes it really does end up costing him.

monkey9

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Can't do anything but repeat what is being said, robbery is the best word for it. Still utterly ridiculous from Ivanovic when Di Maria is so obviously going nowhere.

:pac:

K4t

Neville's attempts to remain unbiased today were quite annoying. Smalling on Ivanovic was never a 'clear' penalty despite it being shown from several angles after the incident.

Also found it strange how he gave MOTM to Courtois as he did nothing that De Gea didn't do except he hadn't conceded before Utd got the equaliser.

Neville is at his worst when commentating on Utd.

ColeTrain

mrkiscool2 wrote: »

Lol bitter or what? Draw was the deserved result anyway

Gowlasauras Rex wrote: »

Mmmmm bitter lemons

Mr_Red wrote: »

Billy86 wrote: »

mrkiscool2 wrote: »

Lol bitter or what? Draw was the deserved result anyway

Gowlasauras Rex wrote: »

Mmmmm bitter lemons

Calm down ladies, I don't follow any Premiership team nor am I 'bitter'. No need to be so precious

The Moldy Gowl

I would have loved a dodgy peno to level it up though to be honest.
Ye lemonade would have been delicious

Soft Falling Rain

rarnes1 wrote: »

Mourinho was happy to defend the one goal lead. Chelsea players wasting time with 5 mins left. Without that second goal it was always dangerous.

They were going nowhere. Done. Chelsea were actually still positive when they went 1-0 up and were the better team.

PhlegmyMoses

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

Lol at the robbed nonsense. Draw was the fair result. Ivanovic spent the game hacking away at United players. You make 5/6 fouls in a game, you're running the risk.

Must be noted that Rafael was on best behaviour for 80 mins. Seems to have matured. Fair play to RVP. Needed a big game after his poor run of goalscoring form and he looked miles sharper today. Still loads to come from him.

Opposing fans trying take credibility away from the result. A draw was well deserved. If we had have taken our chances in the first half we could have won it.

On chelsea.. Costa was a massive loss for them, were unlucky not to get a peno in the first half but in fairness to the ref thats probably the only decision he got wrong

I was disappointed with di Maria's perfomance but lvgs decision to start feleni was a good one. He had a stormer and broke up the play, fabregas was nullified

On januzaj..still think he needs a season on lone

As for hazard...he's just class. Only for a wonder save by De gea he would have scored a stunner

Anyway, in a nutshell a fair result overall

PhlegmyMoses

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

I have no faith in RVP in the form he is at the moment. Hopefully he can find some form today but it's unlikely. I expect an easy Chelsea win. 3-1/3-0

Note to self: Never listen to this guy

Will I Amnt

Think we can clear up the diving accusations after those replays...

hullaballoo

In fairness, Utd played their socks off and that's the best performance I've seen from them for along time. The draw is probably the right result overall.

What I meant when I said robbed was that the manner of the equaliser looked dubious. Again, the replays show it was a foul, even if accidental.

I agree that Jose's tactics were risky by not going for asecond even in the last ten minutes.

Ah well, it was a good match and it's good to see Utd starting to look like a team.

grumpymunster

Funny really us Chelsea fans questioning the Drog United fans questioning RVP ah well thems the break.

Red was at best soft but United going for top 4 so great result for them we are 6 clear of our main challengers and three very hard away matches out of the way. Could be worse if your blue.

Felt sorry for Mata (After he was subbed) he is no more in tune with United than TSHO's Chelsea seems such a lovely guy and in the right system a great player, still thanks for the 38mil guys.

blueser

grumpymunster wrote: »

Funny really us Chelsea fans questioning the Drog United fans questioning RVP ah well thems the break.

Red was at best soft but United going for top 4 so great result for them we are 6 clear of our main challengers and three very hard away matches out of the way. Could be worse if your blue.

Felt sorry for Mata (After he was subbed) he is no more in tune with United than TSHO's Chelsea seems such a lovely guy and in the right system a great player, still thanks for the 38mil guys.

The second yellow was a yellow by today's standards; the first one though, was incredibly harsh.

grumpymunster

True but New Webb really should have used some common sense. Still he was at the tunnel end so may have been distracted by the smell of pies

Fuhrer

blueser wrote: »

The second yellow was a yellow by today's standards; the first one though, was incredibly harsh.

The first one was a yellow because he was mouthing off, not because of his foul

hullaballoo

I could be wrong but it looked like the first yellow was for dissent. I don't think the second was a yellow because I didn't think there was intent.

But it doesn't matter a fcuk what I think! :pac:

Fuhrer

grumpymunster wrote: »

True but New Webb really should have used some common sense. Still he was at the tunnel end so may have been distracted by the smell of pies

He's a hefty unit

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hullaballoo

Ugh. Geoff Shreeves.

blueser

Fuhrer wrote: »

The first one was a yellow because he was mouthing off, not because of his foul

Fair enough. I was watching the analysis with the sound down as I was on the phone at the time.

grumpymunster

Fuhrer wrote: »

He's a hefty unit

https://vine.co/v/OhLZrDBbe1l

He sure is by his standards today that was a straight red

ShooterSF

grumpymunster wrote: »

True but New Webb really should have used some common sense. Still he was at the tunnel end so may have been distracted by the smell of pies

Common sense? Bull. This crap of a yellow card foul not being a yellow just because a player's already in the book is something that needs to be taken out of the game. A bookable offence is a bookable offence full stop.

To Alcohol

Well deserved point for Utd. The face on Mourinho when Utd scored was priceless

grumpymunster

Fuhrer wrote: »

The first one was a yellow because he was mouthing off, not because of his foul

We know the first was for dissent how? By aka Wedd's standard today it was for the challenge because it was not a foul nothing at all should have been given. But it been given a booking was always following PROOF it was for dissent would be interesting

grumpymunster

ShooterSF wrote: »

Common sense? Bull. This crap of a yellow card foul not being a yellow just because a player's already in the book is something that needs to be taken out of the game. A bookable offence is a bookable offence full stop.

Maybe but the first wasn't even a foul so go figure

Anyone else notice Phil Dowds gut?

Fair play being able to get around like he does but jaysus

grumpymunster

To Alcohol wrote: »

Well deserved point for Utd. The face on Mourinho when Utd scored was priceless

That's because he really really wants the United job