A comedy of errors sees Chelsea gift Leeds another goal. The Blues may be saved by a VAR check though.
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๐ฃ๏ธ Liam Rosenior on Chelseaโs 2-2 draw with Leeds United [H] in the Premier League:
๐ค โIt was two key moments in the game that we didnโt take care of, when we didnโt stay calm.
โMoi Caicedoโs a magnificent player, heโs been top for me, but he makes a poor decision. How the play gets there as well, we made a few poor decisions in terms of how we press in that moment and we give away a penalty.
โThe penalty goes in, they hit a few long balls, their energy is up, they pick up a few second balls. The player handballs it, it affects my players in that moment, they think itโs a handball and switch off and donโt clear the ball, they score.
โThen for 25 minutes after that it was wave after wave of attack, but we couldnโt find the goal. We have to just make sure we take care of those moments and be professional. I donโt think itโs about reacting to set-backs. Youโre always going to have a spell in the game when youโre not on top.
โThe ridiculous thing for us is that theyโve managed to score two goals in a five-minute period, when for the other 90 minutes of the game we were by far the better team. We just made poor decisions in key moments.โ
๐ก ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐:
โSome of our football in possession, our press, our energy was everything I want to see, and that makes it even more of a bitter pill to swallow, that we havenโt won the game.
โIf we can just focus and concentrate for 90 minutes, this team has unbelievable potential, which you saw for probably 90 per cent of the game today. I feel like I already know what I want to work on to improve that, itโs just making sure we get the time to do it.โ
๐ฅ ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐, ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐-๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐:
โUnfortunately at half-time he felt his hamstring. It wasnโt a tactical change, it was one that was enforced.
โCucuโs been top and hopefully heโll be okay. Weโll scan him and make sure we find out if heโs available for the next game.โ
(Via Chelsea FC)
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๐ค โIt was two key moments in the game that we didnโt take care of, when we didnโt stay calm.
โMoi Caicedoโs a magnificent player, heโs been top for me, but he makes a poor decision. How the play gets there as well, we made a few poor decisions in terms of how we press in that moment and we give away a penalty.
โThe penalty goes in, they hit a few long balls, their energy is up, they pick up a few second balls. The player handballs it, it affects my players in that moment, they think itโs a handball and switch off and donโt clear the ball, they score.
โThen for 25 minutes after that it was wave after wave of attack, but we couldnโt find the goal. We have to just make sure we take care of those moments and be professional. I donโt think itโs about reacting to set-backs. Youโre always going to have a spell in the game when youโre not on top.
โThe ridiculous thing for us is that theyโve managed to score two goals in a five-minute period, when for the other 90 minutes of the game we were by far the better team. We just made poor decisions in key moments.โ
๐ก ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐:
โSome of our football in possession, our press, our energy was everything I want to see, and that makes it even more of a bitter pill to swallow, that we havenโt won the game.
โIf we can just focus and concentrate for 90 minutes, this team has unbelievable potential, which you saw for probably 90 per cent of the game today. I feel like I already know what I want to work on to improve that, itโs just making sure we get the time to do it.โ
๐ฅ ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐, ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐-๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐:
โUnfortunately at half-time he felt his hamstring. It wasnโt a tactical change, it was one that was enforced.
โCucuโs been top and hopefully heโll be okay. Weโll scan him and make sure we find out if heโs available for the next game.โ
(Via Chelsea FC)
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๐ฃ๏ธ Liam Rosenior ahead of Hull City [A] in the FA Cup fourth round:
๐ฅ ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐๐ฐ๐ฌ:
โFor Marc [Cucurella], itโs too early to know [the extent of the injury].
โHeโs definitely out for the game against Hull. Weโre doing our scans and assessments on him and hopefully, itโs not too long [his absence].
โReece [James] has done modified training; but heโs still under the weather. Weโll make a decision on Reece tomorrow, but itโs good news that heโs back on the training pitch.
โIn terms of his injury, heโs absolutely fine. Heโs had a really bad bug but hopefully heโs recovered from that.โ
โณ ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ :
โMamadou has a great chance to start the game.
โIt's very difficult for a player in January to move clubs. He's only been here for a week, so he needs time to bed in. He needs time to acclimatise, but now I think he's in a really good place and he'll definitely see the pitch at some point on Friday.โ
๐ค ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:
โNo, it's a tough game. This is going to be a difficult game. I want to do well in this competition. I don't see it any different to a Premier League game or a Champions League game. We're going there with a team that I think will be good enough to win the game. I want to take this game really, really seriously. We're going to have to because they're in good form. They're used to winning games at the moment.โ
๐ฏ ๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐:
โFirstly, Hull City is very special to me. My grandma was a season ticket holder. The club means a lot to me for many different reasons.
โWithout Hull, without the experience as a player and manager, I wouldnโt be sat here. I had some amazing times there. Itโs great to see them doing so well in the league. Itโs going to be an emotional one for me to go back.โ
(Via Chelsea FC & Bobby Vincent - Football London)
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๐ฅ ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐๐ฐ๐ฌ:
โFor Marc [Cucurella], itโs too early to know [the extent of the injury].
โHeโs definitely out for the game against Hull. Weโre doing our scans and assessments on him and hopefully, itโs not too long [his absence].
โReece [James] has done modified training; but heโs still under the weather. Weโll make a decision on Reece tomorrow, but itโs good news that heโs back on the training pitch.
โIn terms of his injury, heโs absolutely fine. Heโs had a really bad bug but hopefully heโs recovered from that.โ
โณ ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ :
โMamadou has a great chance to start the game.
โIt's very difficult for a player in January to move clubs. He's only been here for a week, so he needs time to bed in. He needs time to acclimatise, but now I think he's in a really good place and he'll definitely see the pitch at some point on Friday.โ
๐ค ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:
โNo, it's a tough game. This is going to be a difficult game. I want to do well in this competition. I don't see it any different to a Premier League game or a Champions League game. We're going there with a team that I think will be good enough to win the game. I want to take this game really, really seriously. We're going to have to because they're in good form. They're used to winning games at the moment.โ
๐ฏ ๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐:
โFirstly, Hull City is very special to me. My grandma was a season ticket holder. The club means a lot to me for many different reasons.
โWithout Hull, without the experience as a player and manager, I wouldnโt be sat here. I had some amazing times there. Itโs great to see them doing so well in the league. Itโs going to be an emotional one for me to go back.โ
(Via Chelsea FC & Bobby Vincent - Football London)
#CFC
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