After reading some of the comments on here I decided to watch the game myself.
The first thing that struck me was that Chelsea would hardly have come to park the bus- a draw was no good for them as they were 5 points behind at the start of the game. Liverpool should have been 2 up after 15 mins.
Over the 90 mins Liverpool were by far the better side and played some excellent football. However, to bag Chelsea is a joke. You made two mistakes and got punished, but you also missed a lots of chances with poor crossing, shooting, passing etc Have no idea ( or do I care) what the stats were but possession, shots on goal, corners etc. would have been heavily in your favour.
On another day you could have scored 3/4 but it was not to be. Chelsea had a plan, time wasting etc, but any team that has as least possession as they did will always try to get as many player behind the ball as possible. That is the way the game is played.
All you needed was a point, so maybe you should have parked the bus. With the remaining games I would still fancy your chances.
I really don't care which of the 3 teams does win but it is going to be a couple of exciting weeks.
Actually Leggy , the stats on shot on target ( at half time anyway , heavily favoured Chelsea). My issue with Chelsea was the cynical approach to time wasting that they use through the whole game , and the utter unwillingness of the ref to do anythng concrete about it. Mourinho's approach was always going to be park a fleet of buses and hope for a break away goal. It's not a football style I admire or like watching , but it works when done right.Benitex used that approach in Europe with us occasionally as well.I stated above that Ivanovic was immense ( not just him though)- I stand by that. Intricate passling moves are great when the defence lets itself get cut apart- Chelsea were very very strong in that regard. Added to the fact that the some of our bigger name players had their poorest games in a while.
We didn't have any options on the bench either. I've popped into the Chelsea thread for some LOL's.Whoever said that Chelsea has a weaker squad- WTF? They brought on Willan and Cahill- we got a half fit Sturridge and Aspas.Sturridge did fudge all and Aspas , in the words of Jazz Jr at full time , "he's really really crap , Dad" . Our top X1 is a match for any team in the PL. Depth though remains an issue.
Mourinho remains a cod. But he's very good at what he does.