Chelsea thread

Was there contact ? Yes. He was trapped between the two defenders and he got hit and went down. I think it was a penalty. Maybe he could have stayed on his feet but he was knocked over.

We going to need to do a lot better this week if we want to remain in the race though

Just awesome that Frank broke his drought at Wet Spam

Wasn't Michael Essien's day. 

Love how the Southampton fans were chanting "you're not special any more" for Jose to respond by changing the shape of the team at half time and ship 3 goals past them - more than any other team has so far this season.

Good game from Mata, Azpi, and Brana.

great to come back from behind. we played well and got a bit lucky for equalizer but 2nd and 3rd were nice.

onwards and upwards from here

Eden Hazard was unstoppable against Sunderland! 

nice to see the same old problems at the back. we are terrible at set pieces or balls into the box.  Hazard is just insane.  and that own goal was amazingly bad.

Stoke Rules?

many a team have slipped up at the Brittania.

Ah well, onwards and upwards.  Glad to see Schurrle put in a good shift

Must win tonight. And good chance to maybe close the gap. Also don't forget your tips bro

cheers for the reminder, I completely forgot about the tipping comp again.

1st half hour of the Palace game was a worry.

We'll have to do better than that against the bigger clubs.

Happy with 3 points, and looking forward to the League Cup match on Wednesday, then le Arse on Xmas Eve.

I don't know why but whenever we score we start to look real bad. It is worrying.

damn, 2-1 loss to Sunderland in the Capital One Cup, and they scored all of the goals :/

Did anyone watch the game in full?  Managed to get bites of it when my manager wasn't looking at my screen

Replay on at Sommet Sports at 7pm

heart sank after that first goal, but what a reaction from Chelsea!

So glad Eden Hazard came to West London not Machester, Willian has been immense in the last few games, and Oscar his usual brilliant self.

Not long now Arsenal!

Heaps of FA Cup football live on ESPN this morning and Monday morning:

Including:

3.10 am - Derby v Chelsea

woo! 2-0 over the rams in the FA Cup, next up is Stoke, payback for beating us in the leage last year?

Chelsea v Derby FA Cup match -  Sommet Sports Tuesday 7 pm

John Obi Mikel 4 goals in 300 appearances - goal machine! :)

Top of the league (for a day at least) :)

Rumour has it we've re-signed Nemanja Matic from Benfica for 22mEuro.

Was pretty nervous before the game but an easy 3-1 win. It is going to be a close race

what do you think about this business?

Hernandez with Mata's head? 

Very wierd

So, for anyone interested in a reasoned discussion, what is the Chelsea fan view of the sale of Mata to Man U?

i think it is a terrible idea. we could use him in the second half of the season as fixtures back up.  I would only be happy if we got Rooney in return

Chelsea v West Ham midweek game replayed Sommet Sports Saturday 8.30 pm they just told me in response to my inquiry 

(they did play it this afternoon too but most of us didn't know that).

I've avoided the result but am predicting 4-0 to Chelsea. Most of you will already know. I can't even go on the West Ham thread here because there are recent posts which will probably give the score away!

Suggest people post their opinion on Sommet Sports Facebook about their coverage. Whilst West Brom v Liverpool is on at the decent time of 7.30 pm on Monday, Man City v Chelsea is only on at 7.30 am Wednesday and 1 am Thursday which to me aren't good times....

https://www.facebook.com/SommetSports

What a performance. Mourinho is amazing. This team is what it is because of him

We're top of the table. Good performance and hazard is just insane.
<div><br></div><div>the 2nd goal was amazing</div><div><br></div><div>and the one thing i thought hazard could improve last year was his shooting and he has definatly done that</div>

love that gif buffon

really tells a story

West brom seems to be our bogey team ATM...

We were terrible in the first half... Need a big 2nd half

Good to he the win and be too but let's not kid ourselves... Man city will he the win in their catch up game.... Still can't argue with mourinho a record when leading at end of feb

Watching the Champions league at the moment and hope you can hang on to the 1-0.

Won't be easy as Galatasaray are playing well and are a good side. Chelsea need to win as they are probably the only English side that will go through to the next round.

A 1-1 result at the end of the day is decent. We should Thales them back the bridge and put a couple past them

A poor first hlad but a good second half of sorts. Tottenham just imploded...  the goals they conceeded were like a comedy show.  so many errors but it is a well needed results

we have set a decent lead now which will put lots of pressure on city needing to catch up with games in hand

they need to win all of them to be top.  this week is going to be key for liverpool to in the chasing pack.

Anyone got a feed for tomorrow's game?