🗣️ Xabi Alonso on Chelsea’s 2-0 win over @ManchesterUnited [H] in the Premier League:
🤝 “I think that there were different moments in the game.
“The first half was intense, there were momentums for both sides. United had their chances, we were close as well, so at half-time we have spoken and the reaction from the second half was better.
“We started quite well, we got the lead, we looked in better control and after with the 2-0 and the red card the context of the game changed. But you know, it has not been easy.”
⭐️ On Estêvão’s performance:
“We spoke after Tottenham [Hotspur] and he knew that he was going to be playing today.
“He has had the best response to show that he deserves more, that he was prepared and that’s what you want from a football player, so I’m very happy for him.
“He deserved to enjoy his game, he had a good connection with the crowd. He was really close to scoring that goal and he fought really hard. It has been a good day for him.”
🔝 On Romeo Lavia’s performance:
“He knew yesterday [he was starting in the absence of Jordan Henderson].
“From a midfielder point of view, for me it has been a top, top performance. He’s done so many things right, he’s been always connecting the defence with the attacker players, he’s been able to switch the game, he’s taken many right decisions, he’s been very dynamic, competitive.
“I’m very happy for him and today he deserves a huge recognition for his performance.
“He’s feeling more confident to play more minutes, with more load. After playing around at Anfield the whole game, not even 72 hours later, to play that way with that energy. But sometimes the head is more important than the legs and now his head is in a good place.”
🧱 On Mike Penders’ reaction to last weekend’s mistake against Tottenham:
“Not just today, I think that in Liverpool he was really solid, he had a very good performance, very stable for a keeper and today he has shown good level. Another clean sheet, the second one in three games and we need to keep going.”
(Via bobbyvincent - Football London)
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🤝 “I think that there were different moments in the game.
“The first half was intense, there were momentums for both sides. United had their chances, we were close as well, so at half-time we have spoken and the reaction from the second half was better.
“We started quite well, we got the lead, we looked in better control and after with the 2-0 and the red card the context of the game changed. But you know, it has not been easy.”
⭐️ On Estêvão’s performance:
“We spoke after Tottenham [Hotspur] and he knew that he was going to be playing today.
“He has had the best response to show that he deserves more, that he was prepared and that’s what you want from a football player, so I’m very happy for him.
“He deserved to enjoy his game, he had a good connection with the crowd. He was really close to scoring that goal and he fought really hard. It has been a good day for him.”
🔝 On Romeo Lavia’s performance:
“He knew yesterday [he was starting in the absence of Jordan Henderson].
“From a midfielder point of view, for me it has been a top, top performance. He’s done so many things right, he’s been always connecting the defence with the attacker players, he’s been able to switch the game, he’s taken many right decisions, he’s been very dynamic, competitive.
“I’m very happy for him and today he deserves a huge recognition for his performance.
“He’s feeling more confident to play more minutes, with more load. After playing around at Anfield the whole game, not even 72 hours later, to play that way with that energy. But sometimes the head is more important than the legs and now his head is in a good place.”
🧱 On Mike Penders’ reaction to last weekend’s mistake against Tottenham:
“Not just today, I think that in Liverpool he was really solid, he had a very good performance, very stable for a keeper and today he has shown good level. Another clean sheet, the second one in three games and we need to keep going.”
(Via bobbyvincent - Football London)
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🚨🧤 Mike Penders has been nominated for the PL Save of the Month award following his incredible save against @ManchesterUnited on October 31.
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🗣️ Xabi Alonso ahead of Chelsea’s match against Sunderland [A] in the Premier League:
🏥 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬:
“Tomorrow we have our last training session before Sunday and we will decide [if Emiliano Martinez is fit]. But he is training well.
“It is very good that Emi has made a great effort to be back and is ahead of the plan to be part of the team. So, tomorrow we will check and then on Sunday we will take the final decision.
“He [Moises Caicedo] had little problems after the last game, so we expect to check tomorrow on different situations and Moi is one of them. It’s a discomfort, more than his calf.
“He [Jorrel Hato] isn’t fit yet.
“It will take some more weeks. Not yet to be close, maybe after the international break but it’s going to take longer.
“Aaron Anselmino has been training for the last 10 days.”
🐈⬛ 𝐎𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝:
“We know what it takes to to win there. We know how demanding it will be. I think that they deserve more points than they’ve got and it’s going to be a tough game away.
“We are fully focused on Premier League and for sure they have the Europa League.
“We need to keep winning, winning, winning and to build this mentality to go game by game.”
(Via Chelsea FC & Jake Stokes - Football London)
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🏥 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬:
“Tomorrow we have our last training session before Sunday and we will decide [if Emiliano Martinez is fit]. But he is training well.
“It is very good that Emi has made a great effort to be back and is ahead of the plan to be part of the team. So, tomorrow we will check and then on Sunday we will take the final decision.
“He [Moises Caicedo] had little problems after the last game, so we expect to check tomorrow on different situations and Moi is one of them. It’s a discomfort, more than his calf.
“He [Jorrel Hato] isn’t fit yet.
“It will take some more weeks. Not yet to be close, maybe after the international break but it’s going to take longer.
“Aaron Anselmino has been training for the last 10 days.”
🐈⬛ 𝐎𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝:
“We know what it takes to to win there. We know how demanding it will be. I think that they deserve more points than they’ve got and it’s going to be a tough game away.
“We are fully focused on Premier League and for sure they have the Europa League.
“We need to keep winning, winning, winning and to build this mentality to go game by game.”
(Via Chelsea FC & Jake Stokes - Football London)
#CFC #ChelseaFC #SUNCHE
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🗣️ Xabi Alonso on Chelsea’s 1-0 defeat against Sunderland [A] in the Premier League:
🤝 “I would say there were situations that we could have defended better, situations that we could have got better advantages in attack, but the game was really even, really competitive.
“They were waiting for the chance – and they got it. After they took the lead, we were trying, but we were not producing much. The first goal is always important and today, when we were behind, we didn’t produce enough.
“It wasn’t the best game. I think that we didn’t deserve more than probably one point. The game was really close.
“Not much happened, to be honest, just that action [for the Sunderland penalty]. We had the cross in the first half, the header from Morgan (Rogers), but we didn’t produce enough to deserve to win.
“We were against a low block. We missed a bit of patience and a bit of quality, creativity in the last third to create more chances. You need to be more consistent to move the ball from one side to the other, and we didn’t do good enough.”
(Via Chelsea FC)
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🤝 “I would say there were situations that we could have defended better, situations that we could have got better advantages in attack, but the game was really even, really competitive.
“They were waiting for the chance – and they got it. After they took the lead, we were trying, but we were not producing much. The first goal is always important and today, when we were behind, we didn’t produce enough.
“It wasn’t the best game. I think that we didn’t deserve more than probably one point. The game was really close.
“Not much happened, to be honest, just that action [for the Sunderland penalty]. We had the cross in the first half, the header from Morgan (Rogers), but we didn’t produce enough to deserve to win.
“We were against a low block. We missed a bit of patience and a bit of quality, creativity in the last third to create more chances. You need to be more consistent to move the ball from one side to the other, and we didn’t do good enough.”
(Via Chelsea FC)
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Chelsea have warned staff to be careful about inadvertently revealing team news through Fantasy Premier League after Joao Pedro’s injury appeared to have been disclosed through team selections.
An email was sent to staff reminding them of the potential consequences of using inside information when playing Fantasy Premier League or other public gaming platforms, where team selection choices could reveal which players are unavailable or close to returning.
It followed leaks before the 2-0 home defeat by @Tottenhm, when Pedro was a surprise absentee because of what has since emerged to be a quad injury.
Several influential Fantasy Premier League content creators claimed to have seen evidence that forward Morgan Rogers, along with several members of Chelsea staff, had removed Pedro from their Fantasy Premier League teams before kick-off at Stamford Bridge, despite no club announcement having been made about his injury.
[Nizaarkinsella - BBC Sport]
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An email was sent to staff reminding them of the potential consequences of using inside information when playing Fantasy Premier League or other public gaming platforms, where team selection choices could reveal which players are unavailable or close to returning.
It followed leaks before the 2-0 home defeat by @Tottenhm, when Pedro was a surprise absentee because of what has since emerged to be a quad injury.
Several influential Fantasy Premier League content creators claimed to have seen evidence that forward Morgan Rogers, along with several members of Chelsea staff, had removed Pedro from their Fantasy Premier League teams before kick-off at Stamford Bridge, despite no club announcement having been made about his injury.
[Nizaarkinsella - BBC Sport]
#CFC #Chelsea #ChelseaFC
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