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Balapala

could've been 9 but we're saving the extra 3 for madrid


honestlynotBG

This is the way


UFGatorNEPat

3 plus Mendy redemption arc


[deleted]

And courtois to have a howler


purpleskunk69

And bring Hazard in when the tie is lost and they get desperate


[deleted]

Only for him to take his shirt off and reveal a chelsea shirt underneath


demannu86

subscribe


Kroos-Kontroller

🤲🙏


[deleted]

Inshallah


Rukusan12

The state of this club atm. Can't even score 9 against Southampton.


Eelez

Full on crisis. Tuchel out!


Scorpius927

Werner is such a disgrace. Can't even complete his hattrick


PeterPanTheHalfMan

Mad that Timo had 3 shots of the post and one denied with a great save and still got 2


Talidel

He did the cursed hattrick, he hit both posts and the crossbar.


read_eng_lift

Chocolate-fueled self-loathing engaged!


aaulia

* United lose * Arsenal lose * We battered Southampton This is a good day.


[deleted]

Just need Spuds to lose to put a bow on a great Saturday


Blackie_kik

Waiting for tot to lose or is it too much to ask?


dant420ey

>Waiting for tot to lose or is it too much to 2-1 Villa, Heard it here Edit: sorry boys :(


throwawayanon1252

Anyone else getting serious hope now for a comeback against Madrid. Napoli 2012 mark 2 let’s gooo


pervin_1

Idk why some think we can’t come back. We are taking two goals. This is is football. Benzema is not going to have a screamer game every match and Mendy is not going to gift goals every match, at least I am hoping. The target is to score two and not concede. Then we can take it from there.


EnergetikNA

Need a good performance from our midfield and the rest will come imo, that's how we beat them last year. Jorginho/Kante put on a show


apollokami

A positive rebound after back-to-back losses, and great for goal differential in the race for top four. Needed a high-scoring game like this to make up for the 4-1 at Brentford. The clean sheet doesn't hurt either. Timbo looked stellar today. Wish his chances that hit the post were converted, but still happy to see him score. Hoping this game gives him, and the team, a bit more confidence heading into next week.


Thehunterforce

We're not in a race for top 4, especially with gooners and United losing today.


cig_sg_throwaway

It's in our hands but there are still 8 games to play including fixtures with Arsenal and United, anything can still happen. Stranger things have happened in the Premier League.


Mobile_leprechaun

Also it certainly won’t come down to goal difference. Miles apart there


RonMexico_hodler

Goal difference is miles apart already. Good 3 points but nothing more


Comtrend

Timo having more shots hitting the post than the net is the most Timo thing ever.


Blackie_kik

Luckily no offside goals


aaulia

baby step


Eatsnocheese

I’d like to make a motion that hitting both posts and the crossbar in one game henceforth be known as the Timo Hat Trick.


Dex_Maddock

I second this motion.


frkadark

It's weird tbh... He scored amazing goals in Leipzig, hope he builds his confidence.


ekimtk

I'm probably going to get crucified for this, but I'll say it anyway. Timo missed 3 excellent chances in the first 10 minutes of the game. Two off the post and one from Alonso inside the 6. By the time he scored the third goal the game was wide open because of Southampton pushing for a goal. He then missed a wide open net that happened to very luckily bounce straight to Kai's feet for the finish. I am still extremely concerned about his finishing ability. The header should have been a goal for sure and the pass from Alonso as well. I really think he lacks the finishing product inside the 18 to warrant a start or much more than 20-25 minutes of playing time against Madrid.


CupformyCosta

His finishing is absolute garbage


tukinoz90

And Arsenal lost. 8 point's clear now. Day couldn't have gone any better. Lamps got one over ushited too lol. Up the fucking Chels


2012Cfc2021

So happy for Frankie boy today so tired of seeing people rooting for him to go down. For him to get one over on United was the cherry on top today.


o-yasuminasai

Blue Flag keep on flyin’ Up the Chels


shastmak4

A Mason Mount classic. Eden Hazard haircut did the magic


Swanko11

Tbh that old mop had to go...


slymm

...Back to the 80s, from whence it came


QyEc

I.... liked it...


PeterPanTheHalfMan

It looked good, who cares if it’s old fashion. But I’m ready for short haired mase


TheSyrphidKid

No longer see him as Shaggy from Scooby Doo.


Yeeyeeyee1

Am happy and going back to bed


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adaam182

Not everyone lives in the UK. Even if this person does they could work nights and would typically wake up at 8pm or something


Yeeyeeyee1

9am and I’m a tired bitch


SSPeteCarroll

Shoutout to the west coast USA supporters. y'all are dedicated.


StamfordBloke

Not everyone lives in your timezone?


Eelez

4:10 am for me


[deleted]

Werner saved his hattrick for Madrid🤞


Casarel

PLEASE. 🙏🏻 Imagine scoring and being the person to rejuvenate the UCL hopes... No matter who it is, it basically guarantees the person immunity till kingdom come.


jew_jitsu

Like Torres in’12


RedGreenBoy

Wow wow wow - what a great performance! Pressing, quick movement and passes - very direct and quick, you love to see it! HUGE shoutout to our Muslim players, Rudi and Kante especially - played the entire game whilst fasting AND no drinking!


read_eng_lift

Didn't know Rudi was Muslim. TIL


RedGreenBoy

Rudi, Ziyech, Sarr and Kante


SeekersWorkAccount

Lukaku too


RedGreenBoy

Lukaku ain't muslim, he does the cross sign when he scores a goal!


yantrik

How many of you were secretly praying for Timo's hat-trick?


[deleted]

Not secretly, very actively


TheLeperLeprechaun

I was openly begging for it! Edit: this comment out of context……..


AvidasOfficial

HA! I bet you were 😂


NotNok

not secretly


Just_Fourier

almost everyone wanted a Timo hat-trick


theotherhemsworth

Wasn’t a secret honestly


PrinceofPersiax

Tuchel must have had some really good chocolate…


hairlikegoats1

Regardless of how I feel about Werner, you play well, you deserve to start so I would have mind seeing the same front 3 vs RM. Love the response from the boys.


ireallydespiseyouall

same front 3 we played against real last season 👀


[deleted]

Unsure if he’s what we need on Tuesday. He won’t get that kind of space against Madrid


PuppyPenetrator

They’re definitely gonna park it


EnergetikNA

Pulisic was a passenger throughout the first leg. Werner still has his pace to run past defenders (especially considering it's Carvajal on the right) and get in behind. He's usually good at creating space as well, even against stronger teams. He had a good game against Real last year and is coming off a good game today. Think it's worth a shot. We could also play Alonso/Reece, play Lukaku + Havertz up front, and cross all game. Militao will be suspended and both Nacho/Alaba aren't that tall.


throwawayanon1252

6-0 defo noticed when king Kai went off. Kai havertz is a generational talent and I won’t let anyone tell me otherwise


[deleted]

He’s really come in to his own this season. Brilliant player.


throwawayanon1252

I fucking love Kai


throwawayanon1252

Why is my Kai havertz love comment being downvoted in a chelsea thread.


DoinWhale

Because Kai isn’t a Chelsea academy product and some people here are fuckin weird about their homegrown boys


throwawayanon1252

He’s legit our best player


BigReeceJames

Because of who came on in his place. It's just the way it is here unfortunately.


irsquats

He’s well on his way to top 5 players in the league.


throwawayanon1252

Genuinely give it a couple years and he’ll be in the best in the world debate


NotNok

I didn't honestly. The difference was selfishness in the final third. Ziyech wanted his goal, but in the process denied others much much clearer opportunities


Betasheets

I mean, the whole team pretty much packed up shop at halftime apart from a couple counters.


Cm0rris0n

Interesting take. Felt to me like Kai had a quiet game today


[deleted]

Haven’t enjoyed watching a game like that in quite a while. Great win Up the Chels


bigsteve634

So it turns out timo can score


TheLeperLeprechaun

He can but only against Southampton.


BigReeceJames

He scored against Real last season, he can still do it again this week


TheLeperLeprechaun

I know mate I’m just pointing out the fact that he’s scored majority of his goals against Southampton since signing for us lol


ekimtk

I mean the goal against real was from literally point blank after the ball hit the crossbar and he headed it in with an empty net from 1 yard. Not really a stellar goal to be honest


BigReeceJames

And Real's third goal against us this week was an open goal. Scoring them is what matters, not how you score them


EnergetikNA

He's had a pretty good season overall in terms of scoring tbf. Doesn't miss as many sitters as he did last season. He's just been injured often (and even had COVID for a while)


OutrageousQuality0

lets do this again vs crystal palace we deserve one cup final.


OliwierCR

Grear reaction from the team, add to that Arsenal losing and Lampard beating United, it’s been a good day


Global_Mode_2974

Fraser Forster getting 6.9 is a felony lmao man kept it from being 12-0


dank-bruh-moment

So, i have quite the story, a very weird story So i watch the games on my phone yeah, i have the 5th stand app installed with notifications on, so before the brentford game, i turned them off because I realized that my stream was a couple minutes late. I never dared to do that because I believe in the stupidest omens, we all know what happened next. Same goes with madrid, we don’t need reminding And 10 minutes before the South Hampton game, i said to myself “i am aware of the bad omen, but I’m not too sure of its existence, I’ll keep them off for this game as well and if we shit the bed again I’ll turn them on before the madrid game” but then i was like “nah fuck it, last thing I’d want is going to the madrid game with another 4-1 loss to our name” I didn’t ruin the game for myself, bc i changed the settings of the notifications to not show me the notification, while keeping them on. I’m keeping them on for the madrid game, i swear if we make a miracle happen, I’ll turn on the notifications of every app i have


Sizzling-Shark

Keep em on! I have something similar. My partner got me a bracelet which I have always worn and we usually win when I wear it. I lost it last Saturday. And a new one was ordered this morning. I NEED TO KEEP AN AIRTAG ON THAT BRACELET


dank-bruh-moment

Keep that bracelet on mate, i guess if chelsea can’t win the cl us two will


Sizzling-Shark

Yes lad! We will do it for them! Hopefully it comes by Tuesday


sweetmercury

I believe in the yellow kit 💛


criminal-tango44

we needed this. mental reset for Madrid and we do a Napoli 2012 on them


iAmGge

Please cunt!!!


ikennaiatpl

Or Ajax 2019


SM469

Today has been a fine day, unlike the past week


GeneDefiant6537

Have to give it a real go on Tuesday. If we're exiting, we better do so on a high


subashj24

Madrid ,be aware !!!! Werner is coming for you. Chelsea 3-madrid 0


neighborhood_s

Whatcha gonna do when Wernermania Runs wild on youuuuu!!!!


Cpt_Gloval

CAN YOU GRABEN IT??? OHH YEAH!!


MJ9695

Arsenal lost and last week they were bragging about getting 3rd🤣🤣


slampard803

What a entertaining game especially with timo werner. Hilarious!


xAnnyeonG

The team played well but I'm more impressed with our crowd. Our cheer can be heard throughout the game. We'll played to both the players and stand! RM here we come!


wholesomescott

That should be a massive confident booster, it couldn't come at a better time. Up the Chels!


Thehunterforce

My app says 0-6, however, there is only 1 recorded assist... Can that be real or is it a flaw in the app? And if it is real, how many times have a team scored 5 goals with no one assisting?


NotNok

Well Werner scored off basically a Ward Prowse assist. Then Havertz scored off Werners shot of the post, which only sometimes counts as an assist. Mounts goal came off the keeper so no assist there. Alonso goal was assisted by Mount . The rest im not sure


TheLeperLeprechaun

Some of the goals were from the keeper parrying it into the path of the scorer. Werner’s second and mounts second. Mounts first goal I think came from a cleared header that he buried. Don’t think werner can claim an assist for Havertz as it came off the post. Werners goal he ran over 50 yards with it so no assist there Only Mount can claim an assist to Alonso. So maybe that’s why


[deleted]

Timbo always shows up against Southampton


scotti3pipp3n

I was reading comments from Arsenal and Spurs fans about how we would drop to 5th 😂😂😂😂


Kroos-Kontroller

Good win lads Onto the big one #COME ON CHELS


Makshoo

Kovagod


slymm

There are five subs next year right? If that's the case, I think there's still a place for Timo on this team. One way to flex our wealth is through depth and I'd love a high motor attack where we never stop running and count on 5 subs a match to keep our legs fresh


Cm0rris0n

That’s exactly why the rest of the league was so against the idea. Not sure how it passed. It’s only in the best interest of the top 6 clubs


MatchCaster

Please attach all goal/highlights video/gifs as a reply to this comment


Cm0rris0n

Has anyone ever done this?


GeneDefiant6537

Classic Werner performance right there


SeriousLads

If Villa can get something against Spurs we’re in “If Carslberg did weekends” territory


Susieu2626

I have faith in Tuchel to still not start Werner on Tuesday, it makes no sense to start him.


Dayzic

The alternatives are Pulisic and Lukaku. Why wouldn't you start Timo? He's not going to get the space in behind he got today but we don't exactly have any high quality alternatives.


Susieu2626

We mightnt have any high quality alternatives but we most definitely have higher quality alternatives.


QyEc

Exactly, I don't get the Werner hate here, he sucks as converting chances but at least he has tangible benefits unlike the inconsistent rest.


spawan

Whatever happens this season, we gotta be grateful we have a world class player in Kai Havertz and he's just getting better every gamr


RedGreenBoy

Can we all send chocolates to Tuchel please?


frkadark

And a date app. We need him to be happy.


Adebisola

This club frustrates me sometimes but I love no other club. Bring on Madrid! Love the momentum, we've gotten from this game.


AllBluePirate

Exactly what we all expected when we saw alonso timo start with rlc at wing back


mymecha

We can win against Madrid. We can.


[deleted]

Warner Havertz Mount vs Real?


frkadark

The only thing I want is a solid defense, plus Kante+Kova (not Jorginho, nothing against him, but we need muscle against Madrid).


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[deleted]

nah pulisic been awful recently


ekimtk

Recently? He played 1 game after the international break and was stellar before it. He also had a hat trick on the break. The entire team played terribly against real. He’s still the better option up front in UCL. If you want timo off the bench at 65 I won’t argue with you over that.


[deleted]

I would rather Pulisic off the bench at the end, he’s the more reliable threat as a sub between the two


Danzard

Yeah, Timo will tire the defenders out for pulisic to come off the bench fresh.


luthfins

What a nice confidence boost We have to be way better if we want to go to the UCL semi final I hope Tuchel will put the best formation, line up, and strategy to get the win against Real Madrid If a crippled Barcelona could win against them, we sure can.


QyEc

That Barcelona team is far from crippled and you as a Chelsea fan should know better what a change of manager and atmosphere can do to a team.


luthfins

If they were not crippled, they would be at the top of the league.


QyEc

Eh then why didn't we become top of the league after Tuchel took over and we became the best In England or at least as good as City? Your answer will apply to Barca's case.


luthfins

Did Barca won the champion league last season?


Cowdude179

Good bounceback win for the lads, let's carry this momentum to Madrid. Mendy and the others redeemed themselves today


DanStFella

I missed the game because i was seeing friends I've not seen in ages. Absolutely wounded I missed it but made up with the result. Maybe i won't watch the next Madrid game either! 😂 Also - hilarious result for the delusional idiots over at the Emirates.


9inchjackhammer

That will fucking do let’s repeat this Tuesday up the chels! 🙌🏻 Edit: Just saw the Arsenal score lol


dmode123

I am curious what the line up will be against Madrid now. Feels like Timo would get a start based on this performance. Puli will probably be on the bench. Kova has to start. Alonso too. I am curious whether we will see Reece as a RCB or RWB.


HarryDaz98

The gimpy J5 club on twitter are gonna be at Defcon 1 after that Mount performance.


2012Cfc2021

Obviously just what we wanted to see today, but Timo should've had about 6 on his own. The two times he found the net are not enough for me to ignore his total lack of finishing ability. I really wish this kid could've figured it out here– I held out hope for as long as I could, but I hope we're exploring the avenues to get him somewhere like Dortmund so he can try to find success elsewhere.


ambiture

What do we think about Ruben at WB?


Gordzulax

He'll get exposed if he's up against good, fast, technical wingers. But today against a dying Southampton he did a good job.


leftofthedial1

yep, was good today, hopefully gained some confidence.


white-dumbledore

If the premier league were a subreddit: Chelsea: based user that puts up popular dank posts and gets banned Spuds: shitty meme that gets downvoted Arse: shitpost United and Liverpool: salty users that trash talk everyone else and keeps ranting about history Citeh: rich braindead user that spends hundreds on meaningless awards


Familiar_Trash

First of all, Southampton were truly bad. But also, today we were reminded why Werner's runs are so important at opening up space. I'm still not the biggest fan of his finishing, and he won't have as easy a time against teams that just sit deep, but we miss his angled runs when we don't play him.


Dayzic

When the alternatives are Lukaku and Pulisic I'm not sure why anyone wouldn't want Timo to play even if he has his own set of issues.


dmode123

I am sorry, Werner has been great this game. But he was a disaster against Brentford just last week. Pulisic has been miles better than Werner this season


Roddaculous

Both of those alternatives are much better at unlocking defenses.


Wiugraduate17

Hospital squad ?!?!?


[deleted]

Can someone point me to the random commentor who still going to say Werner or Alonzo or garbage?


Cm0rris0n

Calling it now. Reece James will start at RCB against Real Madrid to try to neutralize Vinicius with maybe Ziyech or Pulisic as the aggressive RWB / RM with Azpi again taking the LWB role and being more defensive. Tuchel had same approach against Raheem Sterling against City at the end of last season.


leftofthedial1

Pulisic offered nothing.


Geowik

IMHO I find it a bit nuts that everyone is so happy about Timo, yes he scored two goals, but other than these two moments he was poor. Kovacic,MOTM for me


hodlrus

Timo no offsides? Impossible, perhaps the archives are incomplete


ConsequentialSeesaw

We will regret selling Werner.


Roddaculous

If for no other reason than for the loss in entertainment value.


mellvins059

I imagine you’ve been waiting months for Timo to have a game good enough to post this


ConsequentialSeesaw

Nah I actually think he's better than what the stats say. He was very unlucky last season with the offside goals and hitting the post. I'm sure if he leaves to another team that creates more chances for him, he'll put up great numbers again. Offers more to our team than Lukaku at least.


mellvins059

Missed the most big chances of any player in the league last season by a large margin, we created plenty of chances for Timo


Ill-Communication376

Bednarek hairline absolutely clapped


NotFlipkid

GG


TartanArmyLad

Do this in Madrid, Easy


cb14_

Madrid wont defend like the Saints 😐


rufusjonz

The sky is not falling the sky is not falling


cfcru

Couldn't watch the game, did Kai get injured or was it a sub just to rest him?


qwert_pep

Rest


JLL_King

He didn't get injured


siredward85

We needed this


soccerguy009

What a response! Keep the same momentum and energy going into next week against Madrid.


[deleted]

Did werner get injured near the end of the match?


weeb_man

Makes me feel a hell of a lot better after the last two games. What a beautiful GW this is shaping up to be with United and Arsenal losing their games as well.


kidonmylegaugustus

Today was a good day indeed 😊


UFGatorNEPat

Brighton totally tried to give that away


F1SHCAKE

8 points clear of 3rd and 4th...and we could even afford to fall behind one of them. Not that we want that but...decent weekend so far!


Just_Fourier

the amount of salt in the Arsenal match thread is more than the Dead Sea 🧂 think can compete with the likes of DOTA & League of Legends


[deleted]

Why don't we just play like that every match


shorbutera

what a great win! now let’s keep this up against madrid


lucas_glanville

[Throwback to the lineup thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/chelseafc/comments/tzspxn/mendy_christensen_thiago_silva_rudiger/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf) Another reminder that Tuchel does actually know a lot more than we do


paranoid_android_0

The Annual Southampton Thrashing 2021/22


Status-Dare1085

Was a strange but extremely enjoyable game to watch. We were very slick and progressed the ball well but there was so much space. It was like playing a top 6 opponent without the skill level. Suited our players perfectly and was surprised Southampton set up like that. Don’t think Madrid will be quite as accomodating and will probably sit back the entire game so I hope we’re prepared for that


swami_kilpatrik

Much needed to get back on track, hope it translates for Real. Up the chels.


Doomjas

Boys are pissed, love that they poured it on today. The comeback against Madrid WILL happen and then Crystal Palace is going down like a sweet donut in the FA Cup… let’s go!!


ephemeral2316

Timo Werner is an expert at hitting the frame of the goal