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π£οΈ Xabi Alonso on Chelseaβs 2-1 defeat to @Arsenal_london [A] in the Premier League:
π€ βIt has been a game with different momentums, different stages.
βWe started the game well, scoring first. The next 15 minutes, they were pushing us hard. We were defending low and struggled to get a little bit more of the ball. So, yeah, those 15 minutes were hard and we had to suffer. Once we have conceded the goal, I think that the game came back to the even level from them, from us.
βWe have had a couple of good chances before the end of the first half, but at half-time we spoke; it was a very close game, very intense, when we had to have a really high level of concentration, not to give many advantages to them, to be in the game, to be fighting for it. And for sure, the second goal, we could have done a little bit better.
βItβs part of the game you need to accept, because they are top side and they push you to the limits. They overload a lot on the left side with many players.
βThe team showed really good desire and good spirit to fight till the end. We were close with a chance from Estevao [Willian], so itβs a defeat. We are disappointed. It needs to hurt, but it needs to hurt in a positive way, because itβs just game three, still many games to play and we know it was going to be a very intense game today.β
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βI want to compete in the best possible way to win. Today we didnβt want to sit deep from the first minute and to wait and to make a long game. We wanted to be active, we wanted to be protagonists in the pressing, sometimes to go higher, sometimes lower, to have good possessions.
βWe need to make it better, we need to learn from them, because this is the top level. When we have to play top level, we want to be as efficient and as accurate in all the phases of the game. But this is where we are, this is game three for us of this new start, this new phase that we are starting with Chelsea. But Iβm happy with the spirit and the attitude from the players. They have given everything, they have tried and they fought really hard.β
(Via bobbyvincent - Football London)
π€ βIt has been a game with different momentums, different stages.
βWe started the game well, scoring first. The next 15 minutes, they were pushing us hard. We were defending low and struggled to get a little bit more of the ball. So, yeah, those 15 minutes were hard and we had to suffer. Once we have conceded the goal, I think that the game came back to the even level from them, from us.
βWe have had a couple of good chances before the end of the first half, but at half-time we spoke; it was a very close game, very intense, when we had to have a really high level of concentration, not to give many advantages to them, to be in the game, to be fighting for it. And for sure, the second goal, we could have done a little bit better.
βItβs part of the game you need to accept, because they are top side and they push you to the limits. They overload a lot on the left side with many players.
βThe team showed really good desire and good spirit to fight till the end. We were close with a chance from Estevao [Willian], so itβs a defeat. We are disappointed. It needs to hurt, but it needs to hurt in a positive way, because itβs just game three, still many games to play and we know it was going to be a very intense game today.β
π€ ππ§ ππππ‘ π ππ¦π π¬π¨ πππ« πππ’π§π ππ§π-ππ¨-ππ§π:
βI want to compete in the best possible way to win. Today we didnβt want to sit deep from the first minute and to wait and to make a long game. We wanted to be active, we wanted to be protagonists in the pressing, sometimes to go higher, sometimes lower, to have good possessions.
βWe need to make it better, we need to learn from them, because this is the top level. When we have to play top level, we want to be as efficient and as accurate in all the phases of the game. But this is where we are, this is game three for us of this new start, this new phase that we are starting with Chelsea. But Iβm happy with the spirit and the attitude from the players. They have given everything, they have tried and they fought really hard.β
(Via bobbyvincent - Football London)
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π¨π£οΈ Morgan Rogers after losing to Arsenal: "Of course, there are areas to improve because it is really early days."
"But seeing the positive signs so early and being encouraged constantly, every day on the training pitch and in games, there is only one way we are going β and that is forward."
"But seeing the positive signs so early and being encouraged constantly, every day on the training pitch and in games, there is only one way we are going β and that is forward."
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π¨π΅ Maxence Lacroix:
"The defeat hurts a little bit. We gave our best."
"I think we deserved more. Luck was not by our side, but we have to accept it. The desire to score, the attitude was clear. We showed good character until the very end. We deserved the 2-2, but we learned for next time."
(ChelseaFC) #CFC
"The defeat hurts a little bit. We gave our best."
"I think we deserved more. Luck was not by our side, but we have to accept it. The desire to score, the attitude was clear. We showed good character until the very end. We deserved the 2-2, but we learned for next time."
(ChelseaFC) #CFC
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Wayne Rooney says Gabriel should've been sent off:
π£ "You donβt really see it at first sight but then when you see a replay and they slow it down.
Martinez has got the ball in his hands and Gabriel boots him in the head, he swings a leg and goes way over the top. Heβs extremely lucky to stay on the pitch."
~ BBCMOTD
π£ "You donβt really see it at first sight but then when you see a replay and they slow it down.
Martinez has got the ball in his hands and Gabriel boots him in the head, he swings a leg and goes way over the top. Heβs extremely lucky to stay on the pitch."
~ BBCMOTD
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JoΓ£o Pedro was fouled 6 times vs @Arsenal_london, no player has been fouled more times in a single Premier League match this season. π€
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