Chelsea’s best performances were against Liverpool, Arsenal, Spurs and Man City but usually when they’ve come against a lesser team that’s going to be more defensive and less full on attack they’ve struggled such as West Ham, Brentford, Villa and Newcastle
Newcastle is in UCL, how are they a lesser team? With that said, today’s performance was a different flavor than the losses against low block sides. In those games, Chelsea outplayed the opposition, but couldn’t finish and got punished on counters. Today, they were ran off the field and collectively had their worst performance in a long time. Terrible performance by almost everyone today for Chelsea
Newcastle aren’t a lesser team… they’re a better team. They’ve got a better squad that’s been moulded to what their manager wants and has been created to suit Eddie Howes style of play.
Villa aren’t a lesser team either for exactly the same reasons.
Villa and Newcastle are better teams and you could argue that West Ham and Brentford are level with Chelsea currently or only just slightly worse.
OP throwing a slight at Newcastle.
My parents weren’t even born last time Newcastle won a trophy in 1955, their fans are delusional and too arrogant. I celebrate every time they lose
Man U would comfortably beat Chelsea then
I don’t think Newcastle is a lesser team any more… at least not since the last season
Yet we’ve still won more than them in the last 2 years
I’m glad you think Fulham are a big team now
And Burnley.
I remember when that was us. Lolz
If I were a Chelsea fan right now I wouldn’t be calling Newcastle a “lesser team.” Villa either really. Both squads are better, and both are playing better. Both also have loads of money and good managers and don’t seem to be going away any time soon.
Well fuck you too!
We have trouble with teams that park the bus because we dont have a prolific striker, but that’s not really what happened today. Caicedo not starting after international duty caused the first goal but in general we just didn’t look up for today for some reason.
Dunno where you got “less full on attack” from, that’s pretty clearly not Newcastle’s game.
They play exactly as well as their opponents in most games, regardless of who those opponents are. They have been known for years to have a solid defence, great balance in midfield, and somehow haven’t found the right finisher for some time.
They are Croatia.
Calling Aston Villa and Newcastle lesser teams. God, Chelsea is garbage at a fanbase level too.
Everyone taking OPs words too literally.
Chelsea have performed better against top teams compared to worse opponents.
But they’re not worse opponents if they’re beating Chelsea. You can read whatever stats you want or look at how much has been spent, what matters is the result on the pitch. If a team, no matter where they are in the table beats another team, they were better than that team because they won and winning is what the game is about.
Does that mean Fulham and Burnley are top teams.
Team chemistry= 1.5%
Man said lesser teams.