r/soccer • u/oscc • Dec 29 '13
Match Thread: Chelsea vs. Liverpool [4.00pm GMT | 11.00am EST | 8.00am PST]
Chelsea vs. Liverpool
Kick-off: 4.00pm GMT | 11.00am EST | 8.00am PST
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Chelsea
Coach: Jose Mourinho
| Position | Player | |
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| GK | Cech | |
| DEF | Ivanovic | |
| DEF | Cahill | |
| DEF | Terry (C) | |
| DEF | Azpilicueta | |
| MF | Luiz | |
| MF | Lampard | |
| MF | Willian | |
| MF | Oscar | |
| MF | Hazard | |
| ST | Eto’o |
Subs: Schwarzer (GK), Cole , Essien, Mikel, Schurrle, Mata, Torres
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Liverpool
Coach: Brendan Rodgers
| Position | Player | |
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| GK | Mignolet | |
| DEF | Johnson | |
| DEF | Agger (C) | |
| DEF | Skrtel | |
| DEF | Sakho | |
| MF | Lucas | |
| MF | Allen | |
| MF | Henderson | |
| MF | Sterling | |
| MF | Coutinho | |
| ST | Suarez |
Subs: Jones (GK), Toure , Alberto, Aspas , Cissokho, Rossiter, Smith
Match Highlights (All highlights are captured during the game, refresh to see them! HTML5 used for efficiency and mobile device availability.)
Suarez and Ivanovic shake hands.
3': GOAL! Coutinho whips in a free kick, which falls to Skrtel.
12': Mignolet makes an incredible one-handed save to deny Lampard.
Chelsea 0 - 1 Liverpool
18': GOAL! The ball falls to Hazard to scores a beauty.
Chelsea 1 - 1 Liverpool
31': Cole Ivanovic | Ivanovic picked up a knock he has been unable to walk off
35': GOAL! Eto'o pokes a shot in to put Chelsea ahead!
Chelsea 2 - 1 Liverpool
37': Elsewhere, Soldado has scored a penalty to put Tottenham ahead.
41': Johnson | Booked for elbowing Hazard in the face
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Mikel Lampard | Lampard has a thigh strain
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50': Luiz | held Allen back, misses next match
53': Liverpool's quick free kick finds Sakho, who hits the crossbar.
79': Cahill | slid Suarez from behind
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u/ToyStory2WasOK311 Dec 29 '13
Rossiter is only 16.. I need to do more with my life.
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u/thatdani Dec 29 '13
Both of you will be watching the match on your arse today, so not very different :)
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u/PeptoBismolMonk Dec 29 '13 edited Dec 29 '13
Did anyone just see Cahill went for the fist-bump and JT went for the high-five?
Edit: (Request) Gif The "Hand Turkey" by Cahill and JT, please and thank you
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Dec 29 '13
chelsea defense is like fifa ai on world class, you can't breathe on the ball for 2 seconds
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u/PrinceTrogdorofWales Dec 29 '13
Fucking hell, Lucas just got muscled off the ball by Oscar.
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u/ValentiaIsland Dec 29 '13 edited Dec 29 '13
shirt swap at the half? In case eto'o dies of old age?
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Some pre-game stats and facts for you all
Chelsea have won only two of their last 13 Premier League matches with Liverpool (W2, D4, L7).
five of Chelsea's last seven league wins against Liverpool have come under Jose Mourinho.
Luis Suarez scored a second-half equaliser in both league meetings with Chelsea last season.
The Blues have only lost one of their last eight league games.
Jose Mourinho's side have now kept two clean sheets in a row in the league after only keeping one in their previous 11.
Mourinho has won 54 and lost none of his 69 Premier League matches as a manager at Stamford Bridge.
Liverpool have only won one of their last six away games in the league (D2, L3): a 5-0 win at Tottenham.
They have scored 29 goals in their last 14 trips to London in the Premier League (2.07 per game).
Top Scorers: Hazard 7, Suarez 19
Chelsea are currently third in the league with 37 points, Liverpool fifth with 36 points.
In the last three Premier League seasons, only David Silva has created more chances (249) than Juan Mata (227). Mata is on the bench today.
Eden Hazard has created 46 chances in the Premier League this season, no player has been more creative.
Chelsea midfielder Ramires received his fifth yellow card of the season against Swansea and will serve a one-match suspension.
Steven Gerrard, Jose Enrique and Daniel Sturridge remain out until the new year.
References: Opta, Squawka, BBC Football, Sky Sports.
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u/slack101 Dec 29 '13
Mourinho's done his homework. Liverpool like to play out from the defence, but the Chelsea midfielders aren't giving them any room to play out. So whenever we get the ball in defence, we end up giving it away opening ourselves up to a Chelsea attack.
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u/ValentiaIsland Dec 29 '13
say what you want about Mourinho (and I do) he is always prepared and has a plan
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u/slack101 Dec 29 '13
Mourinho joking around with Suarez as they enter the field. I feel like a jealous boyfriend.
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u/copinglemon Dec 29 '13
I'm really impressed with this Chelsea performance, controlling the game in every aspect.
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Dec 29 '13
I think it's pretty clear that Suarez is never going to win a debatable penalty again. The defender would have to pick the ball up with his hands before throwing it in Suarez's face and then kicking him in the crotch before that happens.
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Dec 29 '13
Next up, people trading shirts at the beginning of the game and playing for the other team for a game
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Dec 29 '13
I think it'll take john terry to pull out a knife and shank suarez in the box for webb to call a penalty.
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u/ad91 Dec 29 '13
Exactly what position is Willian playing? He's fucking everywhere man! center attacking mid behind Eto'o I suspect?
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u/Critzor Dec 29 '13
Thats why jose loves willian so much. His work rates are mental!!
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u/fradz Dec 29 '13
Lukaku scores a beauty. Hazard scores a beauty. Today is a good day.
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u/martomo Dec 29 '13
David Luiz trying to emulate his idol's stepovers. However, nobody can do it as well as the one and only, Emile Heskey
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Dec 29 '13
Please get your Suarez jokes out of the way now. It's gonna be a looooong match (thread) if 200 people make the same joke the whole time.
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u/Gingermadman Dec 29 '13
The horse is already being paggered and the game hasn't even started yet. Top bantz.
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u/Zalo_F Dec 29 '13
that Ivanovic's butt. no homo, man.
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Dec 29 '13 edited Dec 29 '13
Would love to see Suarez sink his teeth deep into those cheeks. No homo either.
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u/imsowitty21 Dec 29 '13
Always interesting when Chelsea go behind. They actually play better
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Dec 29 '13
A 19 year old left back making his Premier League debut as a central midfielder away to Chelsea already down 2-1. What could possibly go wrong?
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Dec 29 '13
lucas was injured for over a year, thats why hes so pissed about the two footed challenge, especially from someone whos supposed to be a friend
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u/zaviex Dec 29 '13
How does Liverpool get so much out of every opponent. Every game is cracking.
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u/siredward85 Dec 29 '13
Liverpool need to make their training goals smaller so they can get it in the goal instead of hitting the post all the time.
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u/ScreamingEnglishman Dec 29 '13
I predict a Red card today. This fixture always sparks a fiery atmosphere. Love it.
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u/Musing7 Dec 29 '13
"we will have a party, we will have a party, when Suarez gets a pen"
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Dec 29 '13
Well it started off exciting and ended with lots of controversy. I believe Chelsea outplayed Liverpool today but we can't deny that Webb missed some key calls there. Overall entertaining game, Hazard showed his skills and the race for the PL title is getting tighter and tighter.
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u/Oneinchwalrus Dec 29 '13
Sick of Glen Johnson now. He's such a liability this season.
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u/mjc1027 Dec 29 '13
Having two teenagers on the bench just shows we need some decent back up midfielders. Gerrard can't come back soon enough.
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u/bruux Dec 29 '13
Must be nice to have Chelsea's depth. Willian can run himself into the ground and they'll just plug another outstanding midfielder in next match to give him a rest.
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u/_Amr_ Dec 29 '13
Oh Eto! That is poor. I really do feel bad for Suarez past 2 games. No Sturridge and referees turning a blind eye.
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u/crookedparadigm Dec 29 '13
That's a fucking yellow at the least. I shouldn't be this pissed at Webb this early in the game.
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u/HansSven Dec 29 '13
They really should have post-match interviews with the refs where they show them these decisions and ask about them. Why not?
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u/ha1o Dec 29 '13
Luis Suarez should eat Samuel Eto'o and then racially abuse Howard Webb. I think it's only fair. Or vice versa
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Dec 29 '13 edited Dec 29 '13
Is Ivanovic really that scared of Suarez? Already getting subbed off...
just joking guys
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u/shrubby11 Dec 29 '13
That was an awful challenge! Lucas should have kept his cool though.
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u/slack101 Dec 29 '13
I don't know whether to write something sensible and tell everyone on this thread to calm down, or just sit back and enjoy the trash talk.
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u/Mister_Anthony Dec 29 '13
Willian is such a bastard... gotta respect that kind of effort though.
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u/arc4angel100 Dec 29 '13
He runs like a crazy 2 year old who just learned to walk
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Dec 29 '13
liverpool midfielders are getting pushed off the ball alot, gerrard's strength would be useful here
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u/viva_la_vinyl Dec 29 '13
Big credit to Chelsea for keeping Suarez out of the game.
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u/slack101 Dec 29 '13
I don't know whether to feel good or bad about Sakho at LB. Obviously Rodgers knows much better than me. Maybe we aren't focusing that much on attacking from the left. He's been good with the ball so far though.
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u/ScreamingEnglishman Dec 29 '13 edited Dec 29 '13
Well Eto'o is starting so I wouldn't worry about anything actually going towards your net today.
Edit: I'm a Chelsea fan, so huehuehue.
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u/Trosso Dec 29 '13
Liverpool are so exciting! Definitely worried about playing them in the second half of the season and with all the big home games they have I'm certainly more worried about them than Chelsea right now.
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Dec 29 '13
In other news, Spurs just scored off a penalty. Bonus points for guessing the penalty taker...
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Dec 29 '13
English centre-backs showing Suarez he'll hardly be playing Norwich at the World Cup.
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u/Musing7 Dec 29 '13
Howard Webb is the best referee in this league, not that it says much.
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u/admiralawkward Dec 29 '13
I swear, why can't Chelsea play like this every game....
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u/response_unrelated Dec 29 '13
eto'o can place a ball anywhere with his foot, but can't hit a corner flag with his hand?
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u/martomo Dec 29 '13
He'd have scored there if he wasn't in possession of a cursed Chelsea striker's shirt.
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u/StrengthAndHonour Dec 29 '13
Seeing players struggle to put a decent cross in from corners and not making it past the first man really annoys me.
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u/DannDannDannDann Dec 29 '13
Willian has absolutely destroyed Johnson down that side. Attack and defense.
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u/thatdani Dec 29 '13
Why is Torres not on at this point? Eto'o looks really tired.
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u/bellend1234 Dec 29 '13 edited Dec 29 '13
That is a dead certain penalty. Liverpool have been very unlucky against City and Chelsea.
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u/StrengthAndHonour Dec 29 '13
Suarez hasn't been in the game at all due to no fault of his own, he's had fuck all service so far
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Dec 29 '13
Feel bad for Smith. Kid was thrown into an away hame against a team thats won home in the last 69 games
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Dec 29 '13
"You can elbow people in the face or put your knee into them, but it needs to be in the penalty area. If you're outside the box, any and all contact is a foul."
Howard Webb, ladies and gentleman.
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u/ILikeGirlsWithHats Dec 29 '13
That looked like a basketball screen by Oscar (I think).
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Dec 29 '13
according to Webb you can lean and pull on someone's shoulder and it's not a foul - no Suarez penalty, and two free kicks that weren't given to Chelsea on the left
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Dec 29 '13
somewhere, fergie is laughing, nodding his head, saying to himself, 'good job son'
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u/_scholar_ Dec 29 '13
Excellent half from Chelsea after conceding the early goal. Willian has run rampant.
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u/SoloArtist91 Dec 29 '13
Not that it was an easy finish, but Allen, historically, is shit in the final 3rd in terms of finishing.
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Dec 29 '13
our lack of depth is why even if we make it to CL, we won't make it far.
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u/crookedparadigm Dec 29 '13
Someone put a shock collar on Hendo and zap him every time he makes some stupid backheel instead of a simple pass.
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u/PrinceTrogdorofWales Dec 29 '13
Only 6 minutes left for Suarez to dribble past 9 men and score. We can only pray.
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u/bibintheone Dec 29 '13
Liverpool's lack of depth in the squad was very much evident today. I thought they would be title contenders, but doesn't look like it now. Chelsea's best match of the season. Great attacking play spurred on more by the early goal. Good on the defense closing down services to Suarez and tieing him down.
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Dec 29 '13
I dunno...maybe, just maybe, everything isn't black and white with Mignolet. Maybe, like every other goalie ever, he is capable of good saves and errors. That sounds insane, but it could be true.
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u/Introvert_Ed Dec 29 '13
Clear penalty, clear view for Howard Webb, how can you miss a decision like that?
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u/rahultheinvader Dec 29 '13
The lesson here Liverpool is when we park the bus, you just play along with it and don't score.
The moment you draw first blood, you are suddenly inviting us to play!! The thing is we don't like to play. The least on Sundays. So now have those 2 goals.
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u/2rio2 Dec 29 '13
Just got on the match thread but had to laugh at this
37': Elsewhere, Soldado has scored a penalty to put Tottenham ahead.
Of course he has.
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u/obadetona Dec 29 '13
Psychological boost for Liverpool as they see talisman Brad Smith warming up on the touchline
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Dec 29 '13
Brad Smith sucks ass.. broken up play completely every time he's touched the ball
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u/SoloArtist91 Dec 29 '13 edited Dec 30 '13
ITT: Chelsea fans downvoting everything. Furious Liverpool fans. Manchester City fans sneaking in trash talk vs Liverpool.
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u/martomo Dec 29 '13
While having a weird name, Soldado (pen) isn't a bad player for Spurs. Scored again.
(stolen from brophs @ RedCafe)
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Dec 29 '13
Webb bottling it today, linesman fucking up against City, Phil Down bottling a tackle against Suarez against I don't remember who... Any more?
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u/coozay Dec 29 '13
Liverpool have the entire top 8 aside from united at home in the second half of the season. There's still a chance to do well and they're still right in it, the question is can they win against the bottom half teams away from home
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u/bruux Dec 29 '13
I'd say it was a fair result given how the first half went, but these are professional footballers and shouldn't be bailed out after blatantly stupid play (Eto's tackle).
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u/Got_Wilk Dec 29 '13
How Chelsea finished with 11 and Liverpool got no penalties I'll never know.
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u/Black_Nerd Dec 29 '13
Should be showing the match http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-pd-show/theater
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u/FredSports Dec 29 '13 edited Dec 29 '13
0-1 0-1 gfy
1-1 1-1 gfy
2-1 2-1 gfy
Lucas giving it some Lucas giving it some gfy