Only redeeming thing is that maybe they’ll sit on their laurels and we will get one back and then build the wall to end all walls and lose in PKs.
team has looked really good in attack. Cesc is just not good anymore unless you only watch his youtube highlight reel. Courtois pathetic on the first goal. Defense still shaky with Rudiger but 2-0 at this point is harsh
I dont think I have ever been this satisfied with a performance when we were losing by 2 goals at half ever. They finished 2 chances, one of which was pathetic goalkeeping and we have hit a post and had a few other chances. Giroud looks shaky but better than the false 9 hazard. Just sucks that morata is completely useless because we need a real number 9 for hazard and willian to play off of. Willian has been incredible again.
Agreed we have been competitve over both games. Just stupid fucking moments and lapses of concentration are destroying us.
The fucking wasted games with the false 9 haven't helped Giroud get on the same page with Hazard, Willian, etc. His play has been all right but the ref keeps buying their flopping every time a ball is contested. Almost impressive Messi didn't get a yellow for treating the ref like a kid who misbehaved. Morata's gotten yellows from refs multiple times for less.
Hazard hasn't done anything and the scoreline doesn't reflect the number of chances. Payback for 2012.
Didn't think we could do worse than Ivanovic's crosses but Moses and Zappacosta are impressively awful.
Hazard is the one everyone is afraid to criticize but he hasn’t done shit in a month. Granted it’s at least half conte’s fault for the false 9 bullshit but he had a clear opportunity to show what he can do on an international stage today. Not the reason we lost but as a guy who people talk up as a top 5 player in the world he hasn’t been one of our top 3 guys. Willian plays so much better I Europe. I think it’s about how the games are officiated. Only thing that makes sense.