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zizinho

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Sorry Conte but this had to happen. Chelsea is winning the title anyway but we need Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham to finish on CL places. Pep 6th please
 
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The difference was only made buy two Alli's headed form the same position between Azpilicueta and moses who is the one to blame IMO.

Conte got this league in his pocket and only Klopp can screw him
 
Seven

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donpiero said:
The stand out point of the game for me: Wanayama made Kante his bitch. I mean literally.
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Kante is ridiculously overrated imo. He's good at what he does, pure DM the way Makelele was, but people make him out to be some great football player and he's really not.
 
Seven

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zizinho said:
Sorry Conte but this had to happen. Chelsea is winning the title anyway but we need Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham to finish on CL places. Pep 6th please
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Even without looking at the manager they simply have the best squad. Decent defence, probably great if they could put another decent central defenders next to Luiz, very strong midfield and incredible attack.

We're talking about a team that benches Willian no questions asked ffs.
 
Osman

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Seven said:
Kante is ridiculously overrated imo. He's good at what he does, pure DM the way Makelele was, but people make him out to be some great football player and he's really not.
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Actually no one ever accused Kante of being anything then what he is, because there is no skill to highlight either then insane sense to win and tackle the ball, doing with high tempo nonstop.

He is a top DM, not a great overall footballer. He has ridicolous nose to give you back possession, despite his small rat like physique, a little duracell powered rat :p Usually his size difference dont tend to matter in games, but tonight Wanyama was just too much of a man for him, you will be hard pressed to find a more physical brick house type DM then Wanyama in the top leagues right now (physique wise, in overall fairly mediocre DM).
 
zizinho

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Seven said:
Even without looking at the manager they simply have the best squad. Decent defence, probably great if they could put another decent central defenders next to Luiz, very strong midfield and incredible attack.

We're talking about a team that benches Willian no questions asked ffs.
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Yep on paper arguably the strongest squad, perhaps together with City (who have the handicap of a mediocre coach). lets be clear, no one has a great defense in that league, neither does Chelsea (Cahill lol) but Conte did a great job at masking their flaws by adding an additional central defender + 2 defensively strong DMs infront of them. This allowed Hazard the freedom he needed, and created a need for Pedro (whos average individually but a great team player). Costa has been in great form this season again and they look very strong. No CL helps too, so this team should go on and win the title comfortably. Depending on their summer mercato next season probably too
 
Hist

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The next couple of games will be the real test of their solidity. they have to react by winning again.


and lol @whoever said they have decent defense. Cahil and luiz are terrible. Azpi is good but nothing special as a full back. Ivanovic is dead. Moses and alonso were nobodies before this season.
 
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