Steve Nicol joins ESPN FC to discuss if he’s worried about Liverpool’s title hopes with Alisson having a hamstring injury.
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The ESPN FC panel of Craig Burley, Steve Nicol and Frank Leboeuf react to Chelsea’s 3-1 win over Aston Villa in their fourth round replay matchup in the FA Cup.
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Kelleher is fine. Im not particularly concerned. I would prefer Alisson of course, but we arent dead by any means
I'm a mancunian Man City fan and I have too admit that I would take Allison over Ederson, they're Brazils no1 and no2 but AB is the better keeper. There's not many LFC players I'd take over our own players in the same position. I'd take KW over TA, etc…
Obviously I'd take Salah over JG or JD or whoever? Not sure who else if I'm honest? Some are equal, but being a BLUE I'm going with our players 💙 COYB
4-1 we won Kelly did really well too🕺🕺
Huge blow for Liverpool. Could easily derail their title bid.
better than ramsdale? domn don
Kelleher in some decent form. It’s nothing
The best number 2 has to be Ramsdale right
Best number 2? That belongs to Aaron Ramsdale
I've never seen Kelleher make bad mistakes like Alison did at Arsenal and elsewhere over the years. Plus he's better with his feet. However having said that, Alison being injured is a big worry.
Stevie really needs to cheer up
Arsenal has the best number 2… (liverpool fan here though)
Espn..your team wins …greatest team ever …draw …trouble with whole team ..lose ..best thing to do is just sell the club ,players ,stadium
It's just Brentford. Who cares? Be alarmed if you're facing Manchester City or something.
For me Kelleher is okay for now yes he is not Allison but he is not bad himself
Don Hutchinson is ridiculous. How is Keleher best No 2 in the league and not Ramsdale
The title race will be decided on 10 March when Liverpool meets Man City.
The best number 2 is crazy
Ramsdale sits on the bench😂
Kelleher is NOT underrated. he has his decent moments (like vs Burnley) but he is not solid enough for us to NOT be worried.
How is Kelleher better than Ramsdale??🤔 He has played only 19 senior games in his career and now he is the best number 2 goalkeeper in the best league in the world??
Would have preferred Alison but i believe Kelleher is good enough to fill in for Allison. YNWA!!
These guys are the most anti-Chelsea panel ever 🤣🤣🤣
Chelsea are still bang average, the league table shows it, but maybe the players aren’t as bad as we were beginning to think.
Every time Chelsea does well they always make an excuse for the other team. Sick of the constant hate and BS. From these guys.
The most anti Chelsea panel, every time. This Scottish guy is a total bellend.
These guys didn’t watch the game did they??? Chelsea outplayed villa, villa weren’t even that bad
I've not watched the vid yet but I already know it's gonna be how bad Villa were and no real credit for Chelsea . Bellends
Change Chelsea's name to Man Utd and thus whole section is different…. poch got a "wow" "pleasant surprise" … Ten Hag 2ins a trophy " ahh, that doesn't say they in the right track" Ten Hag also made the FA final … and CL spot hahaha " not good enough"
What disappoints me the most as a Chelsea fan is Frank Lebeouf😑
Let’s be very clear, Aston Villa has been found out and now needs to tactically readjust.
Teams know that if they press hard and high right out of the gate, at the start of the game, and at the start of the second half, and maintain that pressure, they have a better opportunity for chances on goal.
Our smooth, slow controlled style, does not hold up well against hard, fast pressing. Now, our style does suck in the defense, so there is a risk that they can be caught out at the back.
But teams are willing to take that risk given the reward they have seen United and Chelsea gain.
Chelsea were the better side on the day. Simple.🤦🏾♂️
In Unai we trust.
Onward we go.
Craig is here bcz he thought Chelsea were gonna lose
First match at Stamford was tight, high paced and well fought on both sides. Chelsea did not look inferior to Villa in that one at all. That's why I thought they had a chance despite the Wolves result that followed it. One of the reasons that Chelsea won was perhaps no Silva in starting 11, I mean, he's good but he's no longer great and his positioning and pace is off this whole season, how nobody sees that I got no clue. Also, no Sterling in starting lineup to waste chances, shoot and miss- instead of passing to an open mate. Starting Jackson at wing was a smart choice, always said since day 1 of his Chelsea career that he looks like a real good wideman, pace and passing is good, just not the finishing (not sure about crossing). Stevie's scapegoat Mudryk didn't play and rarely starts, but he's a good young talent. In the Wolves match after he came on at 1-4, Chelsea instantly started looking more dangerous up front and he got the assist off a corner for the Silva's smart header. Petrovic is good in net, steady, makes good saves when called upon and doesn't let bad ones in like at times Sanchez does, and that kid Gilchrist has some real potential.
ESPN FC just hate Chelsea, its how excited they are when Chelsea lose.
I said it before and I'll say it again. Cole Palmer is inconsistent from game to game and does not fight for the team when they do not have the ball, always waiting to only get involved when the rest of the team has done the hard work to take the glory and headlines, and this is the reason Man City never played him and then sold him. I also said that there are players on the bench that do not lack those qualities, but are not being recognised because the media have brainwashed people into seeing him as undroppable to pressure the manager to put him against these other players and this game proved it. He was not involved in anything that contributed to Chelsea winning this game and the other players on the pitch were and showed their quality and fight both in attack, in defense and as a team fighting for each other, not themselves or for headlines. Sitting on the bench was another player who has fight and who has proved it all his career and has won titles to back it up and was picked for the same Man City team which Palmer was not and that player was Raheem Sterling. Chelsea have to decide if they are serious about achieving success or if they are just trying satisfy the media's fantasies about Cole Palmer because there is another player that has fight and will contribute more to the team when fit than Palmer and that is Nkunku and what will they do about Cole Palmer then. Will go for a team of players with fight as Man City and Liverpool do and that can succeed, or will they bench these players with fight both in attack and defense which successful teams pick and select the media's fantasy in which Cole Palmer runs about the pitch only if he feels like it, disjointing the compactness of the teams defense and letting the rest of the team do the hard work then popping up to try and take glory and headlines much as he does when someone does the hard work to win a penalty then he insists on doing the easy part of taking it. To win consistently, a teams ability to defend with fight is as important as attack and you need to select players in the team that have the ability to consistently contribute defensively with fight and in attack, just as Man City, Liverpool and Arsenal select which is why Palmer could not make the Man City team while Sterling was selected as the player Pep selected more than any other player in his record breaking managerial career. Peace and love
Unai emery is a ucl semi finalist. Aston Villa hast not even gone to Europe. So more respect “to man managemen”
Just stick to beans and potatoes playa !!! Ya so political putting pressure one some 22 year ya some clowns
Teams have figured out how to play Villa. Combine that with the fact that Emery seems to have no ability to change up his game, and that spells trouble for Villa. Same style of play all the time. Other teams seem to be able to alter things at halftime. Villa maintains the same style for the entire game, even when they are down by multiple goals.
Stevie Nicol is a petty little man…had to get a pathetic dig in at Arteta. He, clearly, hasn't gotten over Arsenal's dominance of Liverpool. The game is over, it's done…we move on.
What happened underlines Chelsea's capability, but they are still a young team and there will be inconsistencies
SMH someone will say Villa lacked something that’s why they were bad and not that Chelsea were great because they were just great
It looks as if this guys are not happy at all bro how much of hate do these guys have for Chelsea?