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Not sure Chelsea were all that good, as coverage suggests. They cleverly nullified Arsenal build up but didn't create much & only led via a dodgy pen and a fluke. Plus Arsenal were terrible for an hour+. Palmer/Sterling only intermittently had an affect, they set up like a side who know they're playing a superior force and got lucky.
@PSGTalk Absolutely. The first half was so timid. They looked completely over-awed by the game and Newcastle's aggression - which is pretty unforgivable for a defensive unit with so much experience. It's not like they couldn't predict what Newcastle would do either.
Funny how PSG finally invested in defense but signed the wrong profiles.
Hernandez, Skriniar & Ugarte are more defensively minded than progressive and (along with Gigi + even Hakimi/Marq) aren't remotely press resistant by CL standards as NUFC exposed.
Start again?... Again?
Newcastle lead not a surprise, they're the perfect team to expose PSG who don't have the technical quality, boldness, experience or plan to break their press, or any decent press tbh.
Chelsea's last 35 PL games = a relegation season:
P 35
W 6
D 12
L 17
Pts 30
The 0.86 points per game here works out to just 33 points over 38 games. Leicester went down with 34 last year.
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