Monday, September 24, 2007

Man Utd 2 Chelsea 0

The faces on TV tells the story.

Roman's face shows, "Oh crap what have I done?", Peter Kenyon's face shows pure worry, Grants face shows the sign of being dominated, and Ferguson's face shows signs of pure satisfaction. Its all written in their faces.

Chelsea without Drogba or Lampard, and recently Mourinho, its the best time to play Chelsea. I don't know what good Grant can do to the team, but its the worst time for him to start. The whole squad feels different without Mourinho. That defensive security is gone, there is totally no flair in their attacks, Chelsea were playing like a side fighting for relegation.

It could have been Peter Cech's night. 6 good saves, some really classy ones but a big match like this, it came down to shenanigans. First of was the sending off of John Obi Mikel. I thought the rules changed. Who knew that a good tackle can earn a player a red card these days. Who knew. With 10 men, Chelsea's strike force is very limited. Shev didn't have the muscle or the speed to hold it together up front. Malouda is playing too wide, and Joe Cole's runs end up nowhere.

Second fault, although debatable was the fact that Man Utd's goal was scored after the proposed injury time that was allocated by the forth official. But it came from a corner, so like I said, debatable.

Chelsea made changes, seems like they are changing their approach to more speeds on the wing. But same story goes on, with Vidic and Ferdinand defending, they shouldn't feed in crosses. Not when you've only got 1 all out striker.

And who can or should forget that Saha's horrible balance that he tripped in such a fashion in the penalty box. Its funny how strikers like himself can hold himself together dribbling a ball around players but when someone sticks his leg out, they suddenly have the balance of a one legged blind man.

Oh, goals were scored by Tevez and Saha's penalty. Looks like Chelsea should concentrate on getting the 4th spot this season.