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c4shr in reply to @cliveo

Far from a schooling, Chelsea played well at times but your starting eleven needed a blend of experience. Losing Hazard who carried Chelsea for years is going to effect and allowing Luiz to go was stupid (Lampard ego). Starting with Abraham and Mount was not a great decision when Giroud, Kante and Alonso would have been better. I thought Willian could have participated at some point but was not risked. Lampard talks a good 'managing game' but is in a bit deep I think.

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jonny in reply to @c4shr

sounds like a lot of the senior players were not match fit. kante certainly a bit rusty when he came on. misplaced pass and late challenge on james. I am a massive fan of kante but it really shows the pace of the Premier League that players look ordinary when just a little bit below full fitness.

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villa-ru in reply to @jonny

Watched the first PL game for a few years and it is eye-popping how fast it is these days. We were caught out by that. Big step up from the Championship (to Spurs level - hopefully the lesser teams not so much).