Two things worry me, the officials and the crowd.
This. I expected nothing from last night because it's Chelsea and those are the rules. But we were unfortunate to not get a point on chances created. Fine margins as usual, Madders not getting the shot off, the "ball not in play" non penalty. It was always gonna go to the final game as we never get things easy. I think we will do enough on Sunday but it will tight and stressful right until the full time whistle blows.
I agree we should have done better but we had no shape because of the easy we lost the ball... Chelsea were out through down the middle - it was Chelsea in control of the whole situation at that point unless we could out number them and get control again. That pass was so bad it took out our entire midfield and a full back. It was a great through ball.
Understood. There’s an element of self-preservation in my negativity. And some superstition thrown in for good measure.
The thing with that pass is that if it was the other way around I have my doubts that we would have been able to make it such a clean cut chance in the first place let alone score from it. Could you imagine Richy or Muani latching on to that loose ball and doing something decisive with it? That goal just reminds me of our own inadequacies in attack.
Chelsea were on a dreadful run of form, hadn’t won at home for months and had just been beaten in a cup final a few days prior. If you judge last night against the historical norm, there’s nothing to be disappointed about. If you judge the game on its own merits, it’s really disappointing.
I think it's due to the boom busy cycle. We beat Villa and and did decently against Leeds and Wolves and now a lot of people expectations had reset again to being a topish side. Then yesterday happens and despite functioning as a team reasonably well the general lack of quality was clear and brightly shone so that brought them back down to earth with a bump.
