They are playing a 4-4-2. We'll out-do them in midfield - numbers and quality - as Henderson and Shelvey will be no match.
They have come with a plan to use two wide men and launch it all to Carroll.

Ivanovic rattles the post.

Essien scores an own goal. Poor defending from Terry.

Carroll is worrying us.

nateevs: Essien scores an own goal. Poor defending from Terry.

not essien's fault. how did y'all allow suarez to run with the ball from that distance
poor defending. the marker at the touchline should have taken him out!

Hehehehehe. John Terry MOTM already. Slipping at the very wrong time. 2-0.

3-0.

nateevs: Hehehehehe. John Terry MOTM already. Slipping at the very wrong time. 2-0.

this is comical! why did you guys travel to anfield?
shoddy defending, no passion, some players don't even want to be on the pitch.
wrong attitude to have going into a champions league final.

coogar:

this is comical! why did you guys travel to anfield.
shoddy defending, no passion, some players don't even want to be on the pitch.
wrong attitude to have going into a champions league final.

I am really laughing here. I am keeping my comments for now.
Let's watch how this unfolds.

Terry having a shocker of a night. Torres almost scoring from an impossible angle.

Essien and Romeu in midfield is a massive mistake.
Two players who are clearly not match fit.

The funny thing is one of these players has to slot in for the suspended players.

I curse malouda!!


Di Matteo's selection is a disgrace!

Penalty.

No Lampard, Cole and Drogba to blame for this.

Maybe its a good thing Terry was suspended for Munich

Almost 4-0. . . but not.

What could be Di Matteo excuse for benching Cole, lampard, Mikel, Drogba and mata

I guess he doesnt need the job

At this stage I won't bother bringing them on.
This is a write off!

dayokanu: What could be Di Matteo excuse for benching Cole, lampard, Mikel, Drogba and mata

I guess he doesnt need the job

they need to be rested.....it's called squad management.
all the mentioned players played in a slugfest on saturday. they cannot
make the top 4 anymore. chelsea have surrendered the fight and are
concentrating on beating bayern next saturday.

fergie would have done the same. the game is a dead rubber
for the 2 clubs. none is fighting for the premier league
or fighting relegation.
the loss isn't a big deal!

coogar:

they need to be rested.....it's called squad management.
all the mentioned players played in a slugfest on saturday. they cannot
make the top 4 anymore. chelsea have surrendered the fight and are
concentrating on beating bayern next saturday.

fergie would have done the same. the game is a dead rubber
for the 2 clubs. none is fighting for the premier league
or fighting relegation.
the loss isn't a big deal!

No it's not. We have two games to go. 6pts to pick up.
it's very possible that Newcastle, Spurs and ~Arsenal all lose and we will finish 3rd if we have +3GD.
That's how much of a chance there is.

How can you even write off the chances? There's only a slim chance of winning the CL especially with players suspended.
Give it your all. If Mata and Lamps will die for playing the next 3 games, then so be it.

This is going to be the oddest UCL final ever - the favorites to win have significantly less pressure on them than the supposed 'underdogs'

coogar:

they need to be rested.....it's called squad management.
all the mentioned players played in a slugfest on saturday. they cannot
make the top 4 anymore. chelsea have surrendered the fight and are
concentrating on beating bayern next saturday.

fergie would have done the same. the game is a dead rubber
for the 2 clubs. none is fighting for the premier league
or fighting relegation.
the loss isn't a big deal!

If he had won this game he would still have a chance of making top 4 given Spurs determination to fall out of top 4

All their hopes of making CL next season now rests on the CL game doesnt sound reasonable to me.

BTW Di matteo is weakening his stake to the job

I think Bayern should appeal John Terry's suspension from the CL final.

What a huge loss for Bayern he would be

Goal. Maybe we can stage a come back.

Romeu and Essien, the most immobile midfield in history.

Shocking. Absolutely shocking.

LOL

Russ Johnbull. . . . .dude didn,t want to be left out of the 'c0ck-up fest'

And why is he not making any changes? If not for anything, a least for pride. For confidence into a final.

Lukaku on for Sturridge

Lukaku. Who misses that?

that had 'goal' written over it.

Glad to see Raheem Sterling. This boy could be a top top football in the future.

dayokanu:

If he had won this game he would still have a chance of making top 4 given Spurs determination to fall out of top 4

All their hopes of making CL next season now rests on the CL game doesnt sound reasonable to me.

BTW Di matteo is weakening his stake to the job

67 - arsenal
66 - spurs
65 - newcastle
61 - chelsea.

chelsea have to go ahead of newcastle first before even thinking of spurs.
if he had won this game at the expense of losing 3 key players to injury, what
would di matteo tell roman abramovic?

anyways, why should we even listen to you knowing there's an obvious conflict
of interest, you want him to play cole, mata, drogba, lampard, mikel so they
can be knackered before the final in munich.