Middlesbrough Vs Chelsea

last SG · 2006-02-12T00:53:14+00:00

i like crespo's run at offside traps. but too bad english referees tend to flag offside too easily.

stellazio SG

i feel that deep down though i'm disappointed but the loss might do us some good..

sometimes chelsea over confident liao and players like cech,carvalho think they are irreplaceable..

hopefully mourinho will give them a good lashing and whip them back into shape in time for the clash with barca..

miss_soojung SG

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho:

"When you lose, it is always a bad day, especially when you don't lose a lot.

"In my time at Chelsea, this is the third defeat in the Premiership and you can say it was the worst.

"We lost to Manchester City and didn't deserve it, we lost at Manchester United and didn't deserve it. We lost today 3-0 - and we deserved it."

-- BBC Sport

miss_soojung SG

Yes, I feel too that Chelsea's over-confidence tends to do them in now and then. Mourinho's "bench breaks" seems to provide motivation coz everyone wants to be playing as many games as possible. If someone isn't getting the job done, there's a fellow team mate who's always ready to prove himself and bring into the game strengths of his own. JMHO.

dragg SG

middlesbrough played very well and deserved the victory. chelsea looked out of sorts.

mourihno did not blame anyone but accepted the defeat gracefully, thats an improvement for him.

eemtij SG

We lost but I don't think we will lose our confidence. It is just one of those days.

Well, Liverpool and ManU should be encouraged but still I think the title race is over.

miss_soojung SG

Here's an amusing reaction to yesterday's horror ... straight off The Official Chelsea FC Website Razz

REACTION: JOSE: "THEY FOUGHT A LOT, THEY HAD A BETTER ATTITUDE THAN US; THEY DESERVE THE POINTS."

After a dismal 0-3 defeat at the Riverside, José Mourinho spent the first few minutes in the post-match press conference texting on his mobile phone.

Perhaps like every Chelsea fan he was receiving crowing messages from Arsenal or Man Utd fans revelling in his worst result as a Chelsea manager. Perhaps he was voting someone off his own personal reality show. There were several likely candidates for eviction today.

He was clearly unhappy with what he had seen.

This is my third defeat in the Premiership and you could say it is my worst, he said. We lose 1-0 Man City we dont deserve. We lose 1-0 Man Utd we dont deserve. We lose 3-0 here we deserve.

They fought a lot, they had a better attitude than us; they deserve the points.

He hinted that he hadnt spoken much about the game to his players afterwards.

I prefer to give congratulations to the opposition, he claimed, revealing that he would go home and think about it and examine videos before discussing what had gone wrong.

The players are saying at 1-0 it was a penalty but even if it is on this performance I cannot talk about the referee, he said.

The manager said he was unhappy with the defending and the attacking, but in both cases he saw it as a team failure, not about individuals.

It was the type of performance that has frustrated him when his side plays struggling opposition. Citing the examples of Real Betis and Everton, he groaned: Chelsea this season is experts in giving life to people in difficult circumstances.

Even worse news was the injury to player of the season candidate William Gallas, who hobbled off after appearing to be caught on the instep.

José didnt know how bad the damage was to the Frenchmans foot or how long he might be out. With Barcelona coming up shortly, it is a major worry.

Gallas would in any case have missed Chelseas next match against Colchester next weekend through suspension, having reached five yellow cards. He is joined on that tally by John Terry, who is also now ruled out of the FA Cup match.

His team may have been charitable, but José was giving little away. Perhaps he saved it all for those private texts.

- credit: Rick Glanvill, 11 Feb 2006

miss_soojung SG

I can't wait to see our reaction to the loss, although we'll be without Gallas & Terry - the FA Cup game against Colchester, on the 19th.

Then it's Barca on the 22nd for the Champions League and Portsmouth on the 25th for the Premiership ... all at the Bridge Very Happy

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