๐ฃ๏ธ Xabi Alonso on Chelseaโs 2-1 defeat to @Arsenal_london [A] in the Premier League:
๐ค โIt has been a game with different momentums, different stages.
โWe 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.
โWe 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.
โItโs 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.
โThe team showed really good desire and good spirit to fight till the end. We were close with a chance from Estevao [Willian], so itโs a defeat. We are disappointed. It needs to hurt, but it needs to hurt in a positive way, because itโs just game three, still many games to play and we know it was going to be a very intense game today.โ
๐ค ๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐-๐ญ๐จ-๐๐ง๐:
โI want to compete in the best possible way to win. Today we didnโt 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.
โWe 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 Iโm happy with the spirit and the attitude from the players. They have given everything, they have tried and they fought really hard.โ
(Via bobbyvincent - Football London)
๐ค โIt has been a game with different momentums, different stages.
โWe 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.
โWe 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.
โItโs 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.
โThe team showed really good desire and good spirit to fight till the end. We were close with a chance from Estevao [Willian], so itโs a defeat. We are disappointed. It needs to hurt, but it needs to hurt in a positive way, because itโs just game three, still many games to play and we know it was going to be a very intense game today.โ
๐ค ๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐-๐ญ๐จ-๐๐ง๐:
โI want to compete in the best possible way to win. Today we didnโt 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.
โWe 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 Iโm happy with the spirit and the attitude from the players. They have given everything, they have tried and they fought really hard.โ
(Via bobbyvincent - Football London)
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๐จ๐ฃ๏ธ 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 โ 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 โ and that is forward."
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๐จ๐ต 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:
๐ฃ "You donโt 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. Heโs extremely lucky to stay on the pitch."
~ BBCMOTD
๐ฃ "You donโt 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. Heโs extremely lucky to stay on the pitch."
~ BBCMOTD
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Joรฃo Pedro was fouled 6 times vs @Arsenal_london, no player has been fouled more times in a single Premier League match this season. ๐ค
#CFC
(WhoScored)
#CFC
(WhoScored)
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๐จ๐ต Premier League teams with the highest xG this season:
1๏ธโฃ Brighton โ 7.40 xG (8 goals)
2๏ธโฃ @ManchesterUnited โ 7.30 xG (7 goals)
3๏ธโฃ Brentford โ 6.80 xG (5 goals)
4๏ธโฃ @Manchester_City โ 6.60 xG (7 goals)
5๏ธโฃ Chelsea โ 5.80 xG (8 goals)
๐ Chelsea are over performing their xG #CFC
1๏ธโฃ Brighton โ 7.40 xG (8 goals)
2๏ธโฃ @ManchesterUnited โ 7.30 xG (7 goals)
3๏ธโฃ Brentford โ 6.80 xG (5 goals)
4๏ธโฃ @Manchester_City โ 6.60 xG (7 goals)
5๏ธโฃ Chelsea โ 5.80 xG (8 goals)
๐ Chelsea are over performing their xG #CFC
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๐ฃ Reece James: "Weโve had two wins from three in the league. Itโs a small bump in the road but weโll be back. We have to focus on ourselves and not let other teams distract us.
Itโs gameweek three; we have 35 more to go. With time, patience and hard work we will be in and around it."
Itโs gameweek three; we have 35 more to go. With time, patience and hard work we will be in and around it."
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๐ต๐จ| ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐: Chelsea will hold a full training session at Cobham today. ๐ช๐พ
Key players weโll be expecting to join group training include Moisรฉs Caicedo, Jordan Henderson, Marco Palestra and Emegha.
While other teams are in Champions League action tonight, weโre putting in the work ahead of our EFL Carabao Cup tie against Leeds United. ๐๐ต
๐๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ, ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ! ๐
Key players weโll be expecting to join group training include Moisรฉs Caicedo, Jordan Henderson, Marco Palestra and Emegha.
While other teams are in Champions League action tonight, weโre putting in the work ahead of our EFL Carabao Cup tie against Leeds United. ๐๐ต
๐๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ, ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ! ๐
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