Here we go 😅
XI | Ederson, Walker, Dias, Stones, Zinchenko, Gundogan, De Bruyne (C), Bernardo, Mahrez, Sterling, Foden
SUBS | Steffen, Carson, Ake, Jesus, Aguero, Laporte, Rodrigo, Torres, Mendy, Fernandinho, Cancelo, Garcia
No holding midfielder. Fernandinho or Rodri?
Attack, attack, attack.
âš½ï¸ C’mon City
He cannot be predictable. Shit or bust.
Fuck, here we go
Great line up
Let's do this
Has Pep fucked up not playing Fernandinho
Keep calm, don’t panic. Lol
Get Sterling off ffs
We deserve to be behind. We have been poor first half and we are wasting KdB. Using hon as a forward and we are exposed in defence.
Mahrez has had the plaudits for a lot of the season. Not from me and cannot even make a pretence at defending, give him the hook. Has Pep overthought it?
Chelsea have played very well, and are comfortable. Man marking KDB, Foden and Mahrez. Nullified our offensive play totally.
I don’t see Pep changing it early in the 2nd half, so that team will need to figure out a way to solve the puzzle Chelsea are posing us. Tactically Chelsea have got this right.
Come on City, we can still do this!
Not good
Pep , sort it
We've had chances but it is fair to say it wasn't a good half.
Aguero on Sterling off please
Have to say, Chelsea look very well organised.
Well, here we go. Sergio on.
Chelsea really do have the measure of us, don't they? 🙁
We just did not turn up on the night and Pep starting Sterling and not a defensive midfielder turned out to be a serious mistake.
Can’t complain unfortunately. We didn’t lay a glove on them. We just got desperate in the 2nd half and didn’t play the way we can.
Pity we didn’t start Fernandinho. I think things would have been different.
Congratulations Chelsea.
Pissed off now though.
I concur with Mr Hesperus.
Rudiger is a disgrace. Deliberate foul taking out our best player. Off with a black eye. It's supposed to be football.
Okay, we didn't play well. It happens. We'll be back next year.
Was it Tuchel got it right, more than Pep got it wrong. First goal was crucial and we really didnt look likely. I detest the theatrics that crept into the Chelsea play. But a final is about winning and they did it.
The biggest fuck up tonight was playing a player who is not in form=Sterling
How the fook did he get the nod.It didn’t work from the get go....Fuckin spewing i am.We would have done them with a holding midfielder.How the fook Sterling made that starting 11 tonight is a joke.
Missed opportunity ..Wank
Sterling was poor but so was the rest of the team
A bad night at the office
Three in a row Pep, not bad for the worlds "best" manager !!!.....
Having thought about it a bit more, I agree, the team selection was strange and had an impact but would starting Fernandinho have made a big difference? I think you have to give credit to Chelsea, the tactics and their players performances.
Standout players for Chelsea:
Reece had Sterling in his pocket all night
Chilwell was all over Mahrez like glue
Kante played like a man possessed
their midfield pretty much man marked KDB and Foden out of the game.
Even if Fernandinho or Rodri would have started Chelsea would still have stuck to their game plan of killing out attacking play
and If we don’t have an attacking threat we look vulnerable.
Im not so sure one player would have made a huge difference last night.
I broadly agree with Hesperus, basically our players did not turn up on the night and theirs did. I could almost see that in the 60 minutes before kick off, they looked focused as a team, we didn't. It then showed on the pitch in the game.
Bad night sleep, but hardly the end of the world, onwards and upwards.
Sterling appears to be well past his best.