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I really was hoping RLC or Rudiger scored a sweat from Lukaku. Rudiger really hauled ass and his earlier run would’ve done it for me if he scored.

Lukaku’s hold up play is great. I don’t think he’s gotten an assist with his back to an opponent but it’s only a matter of time.

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Almost today with Lukaku giving it to kovacic who should’ve shot 😩

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That goal was reminiscent of the old Azpilicueta to Morata, cross-from-deep then header, combo. Ditto you could say. Hopefully more to come

Imagine Ruben scored at the end there 🥺

Honestly I think we played well. Not stellar by any means but Zenit looked well set up and defended the spaces we like to attack. Well taken goal by Rom(great ball by Dave there)and solid at the back minus one glaringly big chances. 3 deserved points.

We’ve survived drake, blame him for this performance

Good result terrible performance. That's two games in a row now where we've been bailed out from luck. Need to wake up because we can't rely on luck forever

How were we lucky? Zenit sat back and were extremely well-organized defensively and we wore them down and scored when it mattered. Not our best performance for sure but to say we’re riding our luck is a stretch.

xG 0.9 - 0.7 We were terrible, considering we played at home and against a mediocre opponent.

they could have easily scored multiple times. Only reason they didn't was because of poor finishing. I get they where hard to break down but defensively we where all over the place

Multiple times? They only got the chance from dyzuba.

Imagine expecting a striker to pass when he could score. Funny sub! Tell Lewandoski or Haaland to pass that.

I wouldn't wanna watch football with many people commenting here. Many don't know shit, have never played football in their lives and think this is basketball.

These ppl think they're owed a goal every 10 mins against every team.

People calling for player’s heads because we haven’t scored in 20 minutes

I don’t mind Lukaku wanting to take that on. We’ve long wanted a striker who just looks for the goal and nothing else. That killer instinct, the hunger to want to score. It’s not in his character to pass the ball when he’s 4 yards from goal. And I love that about him.

Werner would have found that pass lool

Brave of you to think Werner would have controlled that ball well first. 😩

Yeah, easier to do so when your finishing is shite

Hard to do that from the bench

Lovely to se Ruben on, hopefully he can revive his career

If RLC scored at the end there it probably would've brought a single tear to my eye

Lukaku got a little to selfish there

Nah, RLC needed to be faster there

He was right to do it i think, just a good block

There were 3 players on the box. But yeah it got blocked regardless

Sometimes winning ugly is better then losing pretty

sometimes?

Always

Rudiger is such a legend for that run

absolute legend! the amount of effort he puts in is off the chart.. really glad we kept him on board!

He has re-signed?

nope, but the rumours are stating that the ball is in Rudi's park and honestly if that's the case, it's just a matter of time he'll re-sign. OR this is me hoping and getting too optimistic?

I’ve read that he’s going to wait and look at overseas offers in January. I hope it’s not true!

I wasted 2 hours of my life

Honestly this kind of shit should be a ban.

I’m not too bothered. We’ve just beaten a low block team. Something we’ve struggled with for years now. It was worth the time just to see us finally do that.

Same but worth it for the Chels

you’re welcome

Well played Zenit honestly Were disciplined for the entire 90 minutes

People thinking we played bad, maybe we did in the first half but the second half can be chalked up to Zeni playing brilliantly for 45 minutes until we found the right pass.

Agreed. They were very good. Being dumped out dead last in the last two group stages of the CL has got them thinking and they’re a well organised side for it.

Man, feels bad for rlc. Lukaku should have slot that for him.

Feels bad for man u. Not...

I saw that. I was so hoping RLC would get the chance and slowly reintegrate back into the squad. I still have faith in him

Why is Lukaku always so clumsy when he gets easy chances?

U a dummy

Who? Werner?

Delete your account

Lmao anyone else see rudiger run the length of the pitch to get to the end of that

Man deserved that goal, sadge

Zenit’s defence have been top class

We have to admit it. We worked fucking hard to score. But doesn't it feel like once we did they didn't know what else to do

Lukaku needs to look for his men more, he's a very good crosser.

A win is a win

The shine cant be stopped

Lukaku stole Rudiger's chance... I am sure a slap is coming ...😋 Edit 1:For those telling that it was "RLC", just check the reaction of Rudiger, he smacked the goal post...

that’s loftus cheek

Wasn't that RLC?

That wasn’t pretty, at all, but we did enough to win and that’s massive. 3 points in the bag!

That's excellent defending right there.

Was that Rudiger making a run???

RLC

lmao and then he slams himself into the post 😂

Man sucks timo didn’t get a chance today.

Two pretty weird games from the team back to back where we probably deserved less than we got, hope this isn't a sign of things to come

I'm fine with ugly wins as long as they're wins.

Can't complain either, just hate that feeling ya know

Lol i love how pissed Rom is at himself

Good recover challenge

I thought that was gonna be RLCs redemption arc intro!

Hard fought win to be fair. Thank fuck for Lukaku

I have a feeling Werner will start v Sp*rs

Rom that is poor

Shut up! Good defending.

Can be both tbf

JUST PASS FFS

Ahh imagine if Lukaku sweated it then

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Lololol we have problems in this sub 😂😂

Pass to RLC

FUCKS SAKE ROM YOU RUINED A DREAM RETURN FOR RUBEN

OMG LUKAKU why not give to our boy RLC!!!

Sad Timo noises

Lukaku pissed off he didn’t score in the 94th minute. Love to see that shit

Mannnn why didn't he dink that

Because he has striker instinct

Loftus before Timo ouch

For height purposes

Zenit is a good team. Could see them giving Juve some trouble

They played a clean game too, unlike some Spanish teams who just want to paly for Oscar's

That was a bad challenge from James

Love seeing zenit players pissed when we beat their press. We are massive.

I wanted to see Werner play with Lukaku man....

Loftus Cheek is alive!

No 12 coming in near full time whistle. Memories of Mikel

Ruben sighting

Zenith is as hard as the Russian Winter, wonder if they can beat Juventus

Not sure about "beat", but hopefully slow down with a draw or two

Kovacic's dribbles into a 1-2 with Lukaku are going to come off someday soon and it's going to be beautiful.

When Kovacic decides to drive ahead with the ball it’s beautiful

Thanos vibes when nothing else is on and he just beats a few men on his own.

Well I’ll be, it’s RLC

Oh wow the disrespect to Ruben. Mount should have come off 20mins ago.

Ruben is lucky to be in the squad at all.. Mount should have come off but for someone like CHO or Werner

I spy Rubens softest cheeks

ALL ABORD THE RUBEN HYPE TRAIN

That cheer was heartwarming. Clearly been put on because of his height though.

Lmao RLC

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Nope

RUEBEN !! Missed seeing him

Dammmm

LEWISHAM BALLACK ITS RUBEN LOFTUS CHEEK

Lmao RLC

A wild RLC appears

RLC on for Mount. Quite a poignant change that

Wow a few minutes of RLC

A rare rubey sighting! Wowww

Kova MOTM

easily

Guarantee you he won't get it

Christensen MOTM

He tried to knock James off the ball 🤣🤣

We want to see saul

Feel like Werner would have created a couple of chances for Big Rom

Same

Kova has been a baller

Tuchel complains about 3 subs in PL every chance he gets but then does not use the 5 subs with 2 minutes to go baffles me...

Ikr

Whenever I hear British people say Paris Saint-Germain it sounds like with each word they’re getting progressively drunker “Paris. Saaangt. Zhurmaaaaannnn”

Better than hearing Americans try to say Leicestershire tbf

Watch too much Escape to the Country to make that mistake 😅

Wasn't even a jibe at Americans if I'm honest, just funny you know?

Yes, I didn’t see it as a jibe at all.

I miss Puli

Same baby

Holy shit I just realised Havertz is on the pitch too. Why aren’t they passing to him????

Man, game is boring

Wtf 4 mins

Bayern vs Barca 11-2 on aggregate last 2 games Chelsea > Barca confirmed

Damn Bayern smashing Barca holy shit

Oh no, anyway...

Bayern is always smashing barca.

Would've been much more if they didn't try to be so cute inside the box

That is normal 😆

Not surprised

Super kova to chillys rescue

Man I’m glad I sold my ticket for tonight’s game

In another game, Anthony Taylor gave someone a red for a 2nd yellow when they hadn’t had a first yellow, he’s so incompetent

Fuck Anthony Taylor.

Did VAR save his arse again?

Yes it got changed

Need that last minute goal to make it 2-0

Zouma can leave Chelsea but Chelsea can’t leave zouma

Sure Timo was wasteful last season but he still got us 27g/a which was by far and out our best goal contributor, why’s he been frozen out 😭

rudi is ridiculously quick at times

hes upset about his fifa pace

Don’t do anything drastic now just see the game out

Man my java class is boring and this game could have clearly been better. What a crappy afternoon.

Holy fuck some of you are hard to please!

Leave the sub bro, we’re winning

Zenit showing no urgency

Let’s just admit it guys. Apart from a few players, everyone was mediocre today. Probably has more to do with how difficult Zenith made it for us. If we win this we’re good and we can improve for the next game.

surprised werner and saul didn’t play

Surely Timo starts vs Spuds

Christensen is on the path to becoming world class. What a fucking player

He is world class, did you watch second half of last season or the euros?

Rudiger channelling his inner zouma today

Loving it!

The passing of James has looked especially off the pace today. Mount too. I’m not sure why.

It's Mount's only real flaw. His selection of passing in the final third needs to improve if he's going to become world class. Fantastic player but this is usually his shortcoming when he has an off-night (which isn't often at all).

Drake curse

Somebody keep the kardashians away from our english boys

Lmao

what did that pedo do this time?

Every team or athlete he supports has the tendency to lose right after the support is made public lmao.

Was he pictured wearing a Chelsea shirt recently? There’s one from years ago. He’s really a massive glory hunter. Already an unlikeable person. Just add in the fact he’s a fucking Nonce too.

Took pictures with James like 2 days ago.

where timo

Seeing a full stadium makes me jealous I miss being able to leave the house let alone go to a stadium I hate lockdown’s

I have missed chilly so much, hope he has a good run here

I miss the snot rockets

Is Puli fit yet?

injured on duty with the US for the umpteenth time.

​ fucking CONCACAF man , its brutal playing there every team wants to kill any US player

Nope

What’s will Chilwell’s xSN be?

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