DJ Barry Hammond

Life tends to have a way of coming back at you hard when you make statements like this. 4 points above safety at the moment, worst form over last 6 games aside from Sheffield United. I wouldn’t be surprised if this post resurfaced come the end of the season.

Hang on! Does Bono go with him? Will also be interesting if Ferrari attempt to bring Cullen in for Lewis.

Lewis is no fool. He knows if he were to win Ferrari’s first driver championship since 2007 (Kimi) he attains unquestionable legendary status. Of course that does require Leclerc to miss this season and then Lewis beating him once in seat - but of course he’s going to back himself to do that.

Far too many jokes about fax machines will be made on here today.

I think rumours around Poch will grow now. We’re almost into February, they’re a mile off and a certain Chelsea managerial legend is now unemployed.

Maybe - can’t remember if they changed it to 3 clubs rather than 2. But Chelsea are that short in midfield that I think he’s staying there anyway.

He’s got on! (and could get quickly sent off here!) edit: looked worse first look, thought his foot might have been higher / more angled.

He leads the line beautifully at times doesn’t he. And yes Chelsea’s defence is - there’s just no obvious cohesive system on show. It’s like they’ve watched zero footage of Liverpool beforehand.

I think even Liverpool were expecting something to happen as soon as the ball went out of play!

Their best shout of the night. Meanwhile, Nunez continuing to banter! 😂

Did VAR even look at that?

You have to think Chelsea could have done with that sort of intent from the start.

Great play by Liverpool again - but that’s far too easy for them.

That’s ****ing poor, no need to get yourself offside 🤦🏻

Pace of the game / increase in high intensity sprints / hardness of the pitches / amount of games played / less recovery time between games / less off-season.

He needs to show here he can make a difference and change something - otherwise this could go 4 or 5. I also think Casadei gets on here - both holding midfielders are on a booking and aren’t exactly dominating.

This is a big half for Poch’s future at Chelsea. If they come out and play as they did the first half, he’s not lasting much longer.

That’s a big ask. For one, we’d have to control possession to force our style of play. And we’d still need our defence to hold up, even if we did that - and the pace, movement and quality is a much higher level than we’ve faced.

Ah - there’s the third shout - it was a Liverpool one though 😂

Their defensive structure is horrible. Too rigid and too deep because of old man Silva, allowing Liverpool players to stand in the half spaces with complete freedom and overloads aplenty.

That’s a hit from the young lad!

I’m sure they did, hence a third.

Reckon they get there next shout if one comes. A referee won’t turn down 3 in a row.

Chelsea are all over the place - true it is partly down to how well Liverpool are moving the ball and as a team, but still!

Maupay probably shouldn’t have angered them into a performance. You don’t really want to give an opposition extra impetus and crowd support at their home ground.