Chelsea v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Rudy65]

Would imagine Lamberts interview will be interesting.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Not often you get a game and afterwards you could say you would have preferred Phil Dowd as ref.

[peter w]

One offside  and a nailed on pen. Oh well we go again. Ithought the midfield 3 were superb. KEA and Delph were brilliant and snuffed out Chelsea's midfield prompting. ialso thought Vlaar was immense tonight.

Interesting that Michael Owen said that if aVilla player had done what Ivanovic had done it would have been red.Also, you see Ivanovic putting his hand into a fist and forearm smashed benteke.

Still itsgood totalk about defeats at the clubs who will be vying for the title andpoord decisions costing us rather than poor Villa play.

we go again. We've still played only two so will get better. Allsummer the question was whether Delph would be able to keep the end of lastseason's form up. Well he looks even better.

Guzan - 6 - Maybe could have palmed their first to the side.Not much else to do.

Lowton - 6 - Still looks a little leggy to me.

Luna - 6 - Did okay.

Vlaar - 7 - always looked dominant at the back

clark - 6 -Looking more assured than last season.

KEA- 7 - Unlucky withthe booking.

Delph - 8 - Tidy, combative, skillful, pacy.

Westwood - 7 - kept ticking over

Gabby - 6 - Came alive oncein the first half and rarely in the 2nd half

weimann - 6 - Nearly acored a couple. But that's it.He'll get better.

Benteke - 7 - great goal. get better 2nd half.Stillmore to come.

Subs:

Okore - 6 - He'll be a good'um

Tonev - Good to see him get a run.

Anyway Mourinho said we deserved a point. Michael Owen also thought it was a nailed on pen, that Ivanovic was offside AND should have been sent off. I can't be seeing it through claret&blue specs then.

[spangley1812]

More from Jose Mourinho, this time on Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert's protests that Branislav Ivanovic should have been sent off for a clash with Christian Benteke before heading home Chelsea's winner: "Benteke makes a lot of fouls and the opponent who plays against him has to make a lot of fouls.

"Paul Lambert reminds me of me at his age. Now I complain with some decisions, at his age I complained at every decision. Paul complains at every decision, I was the same. Benteke and Ivanivic, they are two giants, it was 50/50."

[eamonn]

Counter-attacking is Mourinho's style. He's not the free-flowing fucker he makes out.

[Dave]

All this 'it was the referee's fault' makes us sound quite a lot like the Arsenal fans we were laughing at a couple of days ago.

A couple of decisions went against us tonight, there will be another game this season when a couple of decisions will go in our favour.

That's fine Dave and you're going to be proved right, but until that happens we can only talk about the now. Tonight the decisions weren't even marginal. They had a big impact on the result. One thing bleating when it's 7-0 and they make it 8, but if it's a tight game every decision is a big one. Those were decisions a ref in PL should have been better in making. He didn't do that.

The ref was right with his calls at the weekend apart from maybe not sending Vlaar off. To compare the two is night and day Dave.

Not sending Ivanovic off was no worse than not sending Benteke off for his equivalent elbow in May. Presumably because Benteke wasn't sent off for that means the referee was biased in our favour last season?

The offside was pretty marginal, offside yes, but it's not as if someone who is half a foot offside is always going to be seen as that. We're talking about a few inches.

The Terry penalty, if the referee decides that he's falling (which he looked to be to me) then it's going to be difficult for it to be deliberate handball. I'd have given it by I can see why he didn't.

It's a shame and the decisions didn't go for us, but it's hardly South Korea 2002. All this stuff about corruption and match-fixing just makes people sound like a bunch of danlanzas.

[VILLA MOLE]

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho: "That was very hard. I missed that about the Premier League! Normally matches in the Bernabeu we win every match very comfortable, this was very hard, it's what I like. I told Paul Lambert that they deserve a point, it wouldn't be unfair.

"They fought a lot. They have their style which is not my style. They have a special player with special qualities with Christian Benteke, they transport the ball to your half and he is a big boy who makes a lot of fouls. It's difficult. They are very dangerous in counter-attack as well."

I would have said not so different Jose ,  see Drogba

[ozzjim]

Not often you get a game and afterwards you could say you would have preferred Phil Dowd as ref.

If any quote sums it up that is it. Brilliant.

[bertlambshank]

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho: "That was very hard. I missed that about the Premier League! Normally matches in the Bernabeu we win every match very comfortable, this was very hard, it's what I like. I told Paul Lambert that they deserve a point, it wouldn't be unfair.

"They fought a lot. They have their style which is not my style. They have a special player with special qualities with Christian Benteke, they transport the ball to your half and he is a big boy who makes a lot of fouls. It's difficult. They are very dangerous in counter-attack as well."

What does he mean 'style that's not my style'? We played the same game as his Inter or Chelsea Mk I sides going to better teams - except with less rotational fouling and more balls.

All he his doing there is trying to say we are dirty to deflect the fact it was a red card.

[KevinGage]

Rather than serious Juve style match rigging, I think it's more a case that most of the refs are reluctant to give potentially controversial decisions against the fancied sides, as they know it will be analysed to death. When Mourinho, or Wenger complain it carries more weight.  Unfortunately.  If Lambert complains, big deal.   When in doubt, give the Sky lot the benefit of the doubt. 

It probably doesn't help when you have sycophants like Halsey, Clattenburg and Friend wanting to be mates with the likes of Stevie G, Lamps and JT either, mind.   In Kevin Friend's case, it's probably because he stinks of piss and has got no friends.

[Shrek]

I'm not actually that angry, I'm st so happy at how good my team is now. UTV

[ciggiesnbeer]

Jose likes lambert and us. He is being nice. lets move on. Spank the bastards when they come to Villa Park

[mr woo]

Well I'm surprised the ref was able to blow his whistle at all. Considering he had Mourinhos cock in his mouth for 90 minutes.

We really were excellent. With an organization and solid shape that was absent last season. I can only assume Lamberts new coaches have had influence there?

Anyway, if Chelsea are champions-elect, on that showing top 6 is not beyond us.

Roll on  Saturday, I can't wait.

[N'Rexy]

Stan on TS has lost his impartiality -  he is going mental.

Stan is going totally mad.  They just said it’s the old big club small club game.  Stan was shouting BIG CLUB SMALL CLUB, VILLA HAVE WON THE EUROPEAN CUP,  THE EUROPEAN CUP!


He is on fire tonight, so one sided.

[eamonn]

More from Jose Mourinho, this time on Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert's protests that Branislav Ivanovic should have been sent off for a clash with Christian Benteke before heading home Chelsea's winner: "Benteke makes a lot of fouls and the opponent who plays against him has to make a lot of fouls.

"Paul Lambert reminds me of me at his age. Now I complain with some decisions, at his age I complained at every decision. Paul complains at every decision, I was the same. Benteke and Ivanivic, they are two giants, it was 50/50."

Cheeky fuck!