Phil Neville pointed out the flaws in Chelsea's formation that Hull City exploited in their 2-2 draw.
Chelsea has gone 20 consecutive league games without a clean sheet, their worst record in 65 years. Neville used this to praise Hull City's attacking performance and highlight the vulnerabilities in Xavi Alonso's defense.
He said: "Before the game, we thought Hull City would park the bus, but they didn't."
"I think they clearly identified vulnerabilities in Chelsea's defense. There was a lot of space on the right, behind Mislav Orsic."
"They created chances, pressed hard in attack, and were difficult to deal with. Hull City's tactical performance today was excellent."
"That was a coach-level tactical performance. You know, sometimes newly promoted teams just defend stubbornly."
"Sometimes they play man-to-man, sometimes they adopt a mid-block. Their defenders almost never stray far from each other."
"But what impressed me most today was their attacking play. Tactically and offensively, they found weaknesses and exploited the space."
"I think they should have gotten more than one point."
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arsenal002
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Most Chelsea fans still have the believe they will dominate the premiership. Forgetting the fact that there's no more SINGLE money bag dominance anymore in the EPL. The former Chelsea owner came and dominated the whole Europe with money, bought the best players to form Chelsea. Nowadays, many teams could also spend good money to acquire good players with the introduction and assistance of FFP. A single team dominance is gone for good. This realization is difficult for a typical Chelsea fan to swallow.
Hudelmstz
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idiot leaves the team an go talk about your wife at home
jibciklpry
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Enemy at work talking too much
Cieacknpru
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The better team drew