Chelsea - Swansea Match Thread

Francie Barrett

Chelsea
13 Courtois
02 Ivanovic
24 Cahill
26 Terry
28 Azpilicueta
21 Matic
04 Fàbregas
22 Willian
08 Oscar
10 Hazard
19 Diego Costa

Substitutes
01 Begovic
05 Zouma
07 Ramires
09 Falcao
12 Mikel
18 Remy
20 Moses

Swansea City
01 Fabianski
26 Naughton
33 Fernandez
06 Williams
03 Taylor
08 Shelvey
04 Ki Sung-yueng
10 A.Ayew
23 Sigurdsson
20 Montero
18 Gomis

Substitutes
13 Nordfeldt
14 Tabanou
15 Routledge
17 Éder
22 Rangel
24 Cork
27 Bartley

You would think that Chelsea should be too strong for Swansea today, 3-0 for me.

rottie 11

2-1 with hazard and Costa scoring for chelsea

HalloweenJack

Costa not fully fit and Courtois's taken a knock in the warm-up. Swansea are no mugs either. Reckon it'll be a tight one, 1-0 or 2-1 Chelsea.

Alfred Borden

Thats a decent Swansea team. Chelsea to edge it by the odd goal.

Francie Barrett

Decent start - Swansea not afraid to play ball.

Trigger

Chelsea carved open, look sluggish at the back..

Skylinehead

Give over Jose, that was never a penalty.

niallo27

My stream was saying pen but for me he got the ball.

Francie Barrett

Awful tackle from Jonjo there - wonder will he get sent off again.

Osmosis Jones

Definitely got the ball, great challenge.

rottie 11

Oscar is in the wars lol

Francie Barrett

rottie 11 wrote: »

Oscar is in the wars lol

Gets his reward.

1-0

Duck Soup

It's taken about 15 mins to clear the cobwebs. Blues looking lively enough. Oscar getting back to his best, Costa and Hazard looking for more of the ball. Not a bad start.

Sugarlumps

Savage goal, perseverance pays off.

Crackle

Great composure to finish that.

Osmosis Jones

Brilliantly composed from Ayew, really like that goal.

Great save from Courtois beforehand.

JPA

Very good goal, didn't panic.

GreNoLi

Did well to get it back onto his left peg.

Panthro

That'll be the Ayew.

Adamocovic

Very good goal! Just wouldn't give up

Osmosis Jones

Well, that's unfortunate

Johner

What a goal. :pac:

Panthro

Champion response.

Francie Barrett

Two lucky goals from Chelsea.

GreNoLi

LOL, the only time Willian uses his left foot a goal is the result.

Adamocovic

Feel for Swansea, very unlucky and awful to happen straight after they scored

Sugarlumps

Ayew is well suited to the physical side.

JPA

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Two lucky goals from Chelsea.

The first wasn't lucky.

Podge2k7

2 very fortunate goals for Chelsea tbh.

Fun enough game all the same.

Panthro

Bubble wrap those hammys

Sugarlumps

End to end, great game.

Fuhrer

Montero pretty good down the left

Bobby Baccala

Good oul game, montero looking as dangerous as ever

Panthro

Sung-yueng's Ki'Oed

Osmosis Jones

Looked a foul by Matic on Montero there

Ardent

Michael Oliver is a homer. Stonewall foul on the edge of the Chelsea box near the end there.

HalloweenJack

Can see a Swansea player getting sent off. Ref is being very tough on Swansea.

Watching the replay of the Ayew goal, you really have to appreciate the skill of it. Pulling himself back up, trying to get his balance, quickly rolls the ball back before smashing it in. Not easy by any stretch of the imagination.

bur

Quick, someone un-pause Henry.

Alfred Borden

Montero giving Ivan an awful time of it

Fuhrer

Begovics turn

Osmosis Jones

Ref got everything right there, well called.

Panthro

Bring on Cech....


Ara balls.

rottie 11

Bollox

Sugarlumps

Book the lot of them ref!

Agent Coulson

Good call red and pen

Fuhrer

Someone got booked for dissent? Good lord.

Sugarlumps

Keepers nowadays go down too easy before the ball is struck.

Osmosis Jones

Big question is what the hell is Willian doing?

MagicIRL

Thankfully dropped Courtois for Cech in the fantasy football.

super_furry

Brave call from the referee, got it spot-on.

Nalz

Some excellent calls by the officials