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It seems that Chelsea are starting to lose their momentum on keeping up with the chase against Liverpool on the table after they suffered two consecutive losses against Fulham and Ipswich Town. I guess the heavy task of keeping up the pressure with the chase on Liverpool will fall to the hands of Arsenal now when they play against Brentford in their next upcoming match and hopefully they will be able to walk away with 3 full points at the end of the match.
Indeed, in the end, Chelsea, who were expected to bring a surprise this season by competing with Liverpool to win the title, turned out to be unable to continue any further. First they were held by Everton, then lost to Fullham and yesterday they lost to a team in the relegation zone, namely Ipswich. With this series of negative results, I think this team is not completely in a stable condition. But seeing them still competing in the top 4 is already good enough, I think. because in the last two seasons we have seen them even having difficulty getting into the top 10 zone. And last season they started to improve and this season they are even better. I hope their decline in performance does not happen again.

And about Arsenal they will probably return to filling second place until the end as usual and make us feel like Dejavu.  Grin
But seeing that Nottingham is temporarily ranked second, I think it is really something interesting for us to pay attention to.
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It seems that Chelsea are starting to lose their momentum on keeping up with the chase against Liverpool on the table after they suffered two consecutive losses against Fulham and Ipswich Town. I guess the heavy task of keeping up the pressure with the chase on Liverpool will fall to the hands of Arsenal now when they play against Brentford in their next upcoming match and hopefully they will be able to walk away with 3 full points at the end of the match.

It's hard to put pressure on Liverpool considering the current PL standings, that's 9 point gap which means Liverpool have to lose 3 more matches this season and Arsenal have to win 3 matches if they want to have the same points as Liverpool. That's not an easy task, besides why only talk about Arsenal, other than Arsenal the other candidate who can put pressure on Liverpool is Nottingham. Honestly, I didn't expect them to be in the top PL standings.
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Don't expect anything from Manchester City right now because they are already very down and I don't know when and how they can rise even though overall Manchester City is better than Leicester but betting on Manchester City to win is not a good choice when they are in a slump like now.
Manchester City's current slump is the biggest since Pep Guardiola became Manchester City coach not only failed to win in the last 4 matches but Manchester City has experienced 9 defeats from their last 12 matches, that's very bad.
The slump experienced by Manchester City this season in several matches is indeed very big because conditions like that have never been experienced by Manchester City in the past or since Pep Guardiola coached the team. So it is true what you said that betting and hoping for victory on Manchester City for now is a very sacred thing because with a team that is not strong enough like Everton, Manchester City cannot win. So for now it is better to bet on other team matches than Manchester City matches.
Manchester City are really in a critical challenge now that it very difficult for them to win their games, even teams which they are far better than in performance before but right now they struggle to win average team. With the number of games Manchester City have failed to win  in this season their is no need to rely so much on them when it comes to betting. For now let's just have it in mind Manchester City is not that strong team that we used to know in premier league. The present performance of Manchester City should be use as a guide to tell what their performance may be in upcoming games.
Brother, why are you feeling so panic? That is big team and players could not perform well in last few matches, it doesn't mean they will lose next matches and in last match that performed well and they proved that betters can bet on that . The person who bet on  Man City is a winner of bet because Man City won last match with playing well and their shots were 14 in number and from which 4 were on target and their fouls were also less in this match and their passes were good in this match which were 505 and they did 2 goals in this match and opponent team did no goal in this match.Man City football team will play next match against West Ham United football team and we can bet on that team because players will play well against weak team because West Ham United team is weak team of this tournament.
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It seems that Chelsea are starting to lose their momentum on keeping up with the chase against Liverpool on the table after they suffered two consecutive losses against Fulham and Ipswich Town. I guess the heavy task of keeping up the pressure with the chase on Liverpool will fall to the hands of Arsenal now when they play against Brentford in their next upcoming match and hopefully they will be able to walk away with 3 full points at the end of the match.
It is surprising to see Chelsea's second defeat, and to see Nottingham Forest's performance which was able to play well in their last five matches, getting five wins and they were able to move up to second place in the Premier League standings alongside Liverpool, a difference of 8 points from Liverpool seems like Nottingham Forest will be able to get if they consistently play the next match well, then getting 8 points or more can be easily obtained, but Nottingham Forest must be careful with Arsenal because there is only a difference of 1 point with Nottingham Forest if they lose, then it is likely that Nottingham Forest will be thrown out of second place in the standings.
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Manchester United 0 - 2 Newcastle.
The third defeat in a row by Manchester United, like that they got only 3 points in the last 5 matches of the year. Nice record..
It will likely be four defeat in a role soon when they meet Liverpool next, as their first match of 2025. I doubt Liverpool will take it easy on United, I expect  them to make use of almost every goal scoring opportunities they have. Manchester United may likely suffer more heavy defeat against them.
I would personally recommend you reduce your expectations from Liverpool I'm not a fan of Manchester United but I don't like to over expect from any team/club this period because they are full of surprises this days and of course Liverpool is the king now on the table but let's not put them on the edge of disappointment so even if they end up draw this will help them not to loss the whole point.
I know what you are talking about, but Liverpool is really on another level in the Premier League, and any football fan would actually say the same thing about Liverpool because no club in the Premier League this season is actually more consistent in winning their matches than Liverpool. Chelsea, who people were looking up to to rival Liverpool in the Premier League title, has lost two consecutive matches in the Premier League, which have given Liverpool a big point difference and a comfortable lead at the top of the Premier League table. And with Saka's injury, I don't see Arsenal in the right place to mount pressure on Liverpool in the Premier League table, so Liverpool still remains the favorite for the Premier League title.

Liverpool is inform they are doing very well and I don't see any team that will stop them from winning the premier league this season, the team I was expecting them to give Liverpool a tough time was Chelsea but they have lost 6 point now by losing 2 games, last night lost was a big surprise to me it shows Chelsea is out of the line in competiting with Liverpool for the league, for me the reason for there lost yesterday is over confident, Liverpool is not taking this wonderful chance for granted if it where arsenal then I can say they can take chances and let another team win the league.
As for arsenal I don't see them winning the premier league Because there current form can't be matched with that of Liverpool, arsenal had a lot of chances winning the league in past seasons but they just don't want to take it serious that just it.
Arsenal is trying but is not good enough what they need now is a good striker that will always soccer them, I wish they bought Victor osime he would help them in winning the league.

You are right; with how Chelsea was winning their matches in the Premier League and how close they were to Liverpool in the Premier League table, everyone thought that Chelsea would be a serious threat to Liverpool in winning this season's Premier League table, but Chelsea's recent two consecutive losses in the Premier League have made Liverpool relax and play their matches with no pressure. The only thing that will slow down Liverpool's performance in the league is when their point men are injured, which will make it difficult for Liverpool to win their matches and give clubs like Chelsea, Manchester City, and Arsenal the chance to close the gap with Liverpool in the Premier League table. You will not totally blame Arsenal for failing to lift the Premier League title in the last two seasons because they were battling against Manchester City, and it is easy to beat Manchester City for the Premier League title at that time because they were consistent in winning their matches more than Arsenal.
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It seems that Chelsea are starting to lose their momentum on keeping up with the chase against Liverpool on the table after they suffered two consecutive losses against Fulham and Ipswich Town. I guess the heavy task of keeping up the pressure with the chase on Liverpool will fall to the hands of Arsenal now when they play against Brentford in their next upcoming match and hopefully they will be able to walk away with 3 full points at the end of the match.

So we aren't only laughing at Manchester United this season; Chelsea's poor form can't be stopped after their outstanding performance at the start. What's going on with the Chelsea squad, they don't have any challenging tasks this season, but they can't maintain their good trend for the whole season, they have only played half of the season and they seem to be weak, Chelsea has a lot of squads, they do not utilize the majority of the players that they used in the Premier League to compete in the Conference League, if not I would've said they have suffered tiredness due to many games and they do not face any big team in the conference league.

However, they lost two consecutive league games. I was not shocked by Chelsea's loss to Fulham, but Ipswich? That was unbelievable; Chelsea conceded two goals and Ipswich won with a clean sheet, which was shocking considering that Ipswich is unable to defeat Manchester United this season. Arsenal will always be competing for the the title, but they are unlucky to win it, if they win their next game against Brentford, they will close the gap to six points behind Liverpool.
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Unfortunately for the last match of this year Manchester United lost again and they have total 20 goals conceded from 11 matches in all competitions surely this is new records of Manchester United because they never did that before and i never imagined that big team like Manchester United should fight to avoid relegation zone because currently Manchester United has 7 gap points with the teams from relegation zone

I was wondering what Amorim will do to raise Manchester United performance because he has made several changes in the formation but it didn't have any effect on Manchester United performance because this team still lost too often and i think Amorim starting to regret why he accept the jobs as Manchester United manager
Unbelievable with Manchester United performance in this season although have signed new manager Ruben Amorim but still can't improving teams performance and recently 7 points remaining from the relegation teams standings. Seems Manchester United have been over for Premier League tittle race after 23 points left from Liverpool and realistic target for this season how out from bottom standings but very difficult reach the UEFA Champion League spot place.

Ruben Amorim have difficult position right now, after releasing press conference about less possibility for signing new players at January window transfer opening. Huge pressure for Amorim looking Manchester United performance in this season and recently three consecutives loss in premier league with opportunity will continues because upcoming match will face the top standings team Liverpool.
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Chelsea team missed their chance they lost three points if they had won then they would have occupied the second position in the points table. Chelsea lost against Ipswich with a goal difference of 2-0, a strong team lost against a normal team it was really funny. Most of the people bet on Chelsea they all lost their money, this match was not the most possible for Chelsea to win but unfortunately they did. Basically this game was a lot of surprise which was really interesting, a strong team lost the match against Ipswich who are in relegation. No one imagined Chelsea would perform so badly they had a lot of mistakes in this game which resulted in them losing. Ipswich played great at their home ground so they got a lot of advantage and it was their luck to beat the opponent.
Chelsea certainly know how to surprise. I thought that two defeats in a row for the team claiming to win the EPL is a lot and I bet on Chelsea after the first half, when the odds on Chelsea's victory were 2.4 and it seemed that Chelsea could score two goals, especially with a whole half ahead of them, but Ipswich were much better last night and now Ipswich are 1 point away from leaving the relegation zone, next to Wolverhampton and this is a very important win for Ipswich.

After United's failure last night they are 7 points away from the EPL relegation zone and I think Ipswich deserve to stay in the EPL more than Manchester United with their awful performance.  
When chelsea are expected to be able to provide more competitive competition to Liverpool at this time, instead they began to experience extraordinary inconsistencies in my opinion, with the depth of the squad that is fairly good compared to other teams in the English league this season, instead they must be defeated from two teams that actually have a level and strength below them at this time, fulham and ipswich surprised us by giving them consecutive negative results and making chelsea's current position must drop to 4th place in the English league standings.

Arsenal greatly benefited from chelsea current slump, so that those who are currently in third place with 36 points, have the big opportunity to be able to put pressure back on Liverpool in the standings.
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It seems that Chelsea are starting to lose their momentum on keeping up with the chase against Liverpool on the table after they suffered two consecutive losses against Fulham and Ipswich Town. I guess the heavy task of keeping up the pressure with the chase on Liverpool will fall to the hands of Arsenal now when they play against Brentford in their next upcoming match and hopefully they will be able to walk away with 3 full points at the end of the match.
Basically from the beginning I was also sure that Chelsea would not be able to catch up with Liverpool, because Enzo Maresca emphasized that he was not chasing trophies but rather focused on team development. And when Chelsea ran out of energy to step on the gas to catch up with Liverpool, they slowly retreated but at least I want to see The Blues secure a Champions League ticket next season with Liverpool at the end of the season. The remaining 2 tickets can be fought over by Nottingham Forest and Arsenal, both of these teams deserve to compete at the top.
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In the next match, West Ham will be Manchester City's opponent and what is certain is that West Ham will try to win and of course Manchester City will also try to win that match. because today we saw West Ham being beaten by Liverpool with a score of 0-5, I am sure that in the next match when Manchester City plays West Ham, I predict that Manchester City will have the potential to suffer.
In terms of ranking, West Ham is probably better than Leicester City. But a few weeks ago Leicester City managed to beat West Ham with a score of 3-1. So I think if Manchester City remains in the same performance as against Leicester City then it is very likely that Manchester City will win and collect full points again. But the problem is that we don't know for sure whether Manchester City has really recovered or they are just lucky. But I hope they have really recovered and can start a positive trend in the next matches in the new year or in the second half of this season.

Indeed, in football matches it is always very unique, where sometimes a club that is ranked at the top can be defeated by a club that is ranked below that club, like what happened to West Ham against Leicester in that match that has passed. Yes, we don't really know whether Manchester City's win against Leicester was luck for Manchester City or not, because of course, if you look at the total possession of the ball in that match, it still looks like Leicester was superior, but in my opinion, for example, Manchester City's win against Leicester was luck. but in my opinion, this victory will definitely make the mentality of the Manchester City players better and better to face West Ham because Leicester once beat West Ham with a score of 3-1, but now Leicester has been defeated by Manchester City.

But in my opinion, currently Manchester City's strength has recovered and in my opinion Manchester City's victory against Leicester was not lucky because currently their performance has improved. So in my opinion, West Ham will have great potential to be beaten by Manchester City in that match and I'm sure that if Manchester City wins again, of course Manchester City fans will be happy again and the feelings of disappointment they felt in the past because it was difficult for Manchester City to win will definitely be relieved a little. For example, Manchester City can beat West Ham. but it looks like in that match I will bet on Manchester City winning.
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Chelsea team missed their chance they lost three points if they had won then they would have occupied the second position in the points table. Chelsea lost against Ipswich with a goal difference of 2-0, a strong team lost against a normal team it was really funny. Most of the people bet on Chelsea they all lost their money, this match was not the most possible for Chelsea to win but unfortunately they did. Basically this game was a lot of surprise which was really interesting, a strong team lost the match against Ipswich who are in relegation. No one imagined Chelsea would perform so badly they had a lot of mistakes in this game which resulted in them losing. Ipswich played great at their home ground so they got a lot of advantage and it was their luck to beat the opponent.
Chelsea certainly know how to surprise. I thought that two defeats in a row for the team claiming to win the EPL is a lot and I bet on Chelsea after the first half, when the odds on Chelsea's victory were 2.4 and it seemed that Chelsea could score two goals, especially with a whole half ahead of them, but Ipswich were much better last night and now Ipswich are 1 point away from leaving the relegation zone, next to Wolverhampton and this is a very important win for Ipswich.

After United's failure last night they are 7 points away from the EPL relegation zone and I think Ipswich deserve to stay in the EPL more than Manchester United with their awful performance. 
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It seems that Chelsea are starting to lose their momentum on keeping up with the chase against Liverpool on the table after they suffered two consecutive losses against Fulham and Ipswich Town. I guess the heavy task of keeping up the pressure with the chase on Liverpool will fall to the hands of Arsenal now when they play against Brentford in their next upcoming match and hopefully they will be able to walk away with 3 full points at the end of the match.
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I didn't see this coming, and I was disappointed towards Chelsea's performance yesterday. How will they allow a weak team like Ipswich to get three points easily yesterday. Maresca needs to try and stable the club performance so that they can be consistent. Otherwise, Chelsea might keep going down the table. Two consecutive losses is not a mistake, but a decline in performance.
Chelsea are in a transitional season with a new coach, Maresca and they have been performing better than expectation since the season beginning. These bad last three matches pull Chelsea back to reality, that they are not strong enough in this season to compete for Premier League title. This season can be a successful transitional season for them, as their preparation for a next season when they can actually compete for Premier League title.

Amorim came to Manchester United and has not shown any results, as well as Chelsea are slumping in the face of the bottom team losing. We will see in the second half that the bottom teams will move up in the standings.
Manchester United are different because they already spent many recent seasons to build up their squad. From Ragnick, Van Gaal, Solskajer, Ten Hag and now Amorim, all these coaches failed and Amorim are in big pressure with very first terrible matches with them.

Amorim succeeded in Sporting Lisbon and was a big hope for Manchester United to rebuild their squad from some failed seasons with Ten Hag. His early weeks in the club are very hard but hopefully he will not be sacked and be able to bring some improvements for them in next months and next seasons.
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There are a lot of surprises in the Premier League this season, Chelsea have three games without a win and so they are giving Liverpool the opportunity to feel very comfortable, this time they could not beat Ipswich. The defeat of Manchester United was expected, I wrote yesterday for 3 points for Newcastle, I do not know what to say, Amorim look helpless. And another big surprise for me is to see Nottingham in second place just behind Liverpool.

Both big teams Chelsea and Manchester United, lost in the last three matches, making it even more difficult for the Premier League to guess who will be the champion candidate. Liverpool being at the top of the standings is not necessarily safe with the number of points they have because Nottingham has so far played very well, consistently in every match.
Amorim came to Manchester United and has not shown any results, as well as Chelsea are slumping in the face of the bottom team losing. We will see in the second half that the bottom teams will move up in the standings.
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Chelsea lost again last night. Ipswich Town beat Chelsea 2-0 at home.
Ipswich Town were at the bottom of the league.
Chelsea have not won in the last 3 games.

The title is now very close for Liverpool.

M.United continues to lose, they have lost in the last 3 games. Newcastle won 2-0 last night.

There are a lot of surprises in the Premier League this season, Chelsea have three games without a win and so they are giving Liverpool the opportunity to feel very comfortable, this time they could not beat Ipswich. The defeat of Manchester United was expected, I wrote yesterday for 3 points for Newcastle, I do not know what to say, Amorim look helpless. And another big surprise for me is to see Nottingham in second place just behind Liverpool.
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Chelsea coach gamble the game and face the consequency by losing the game. I already know it won't end well after seeing their lineup but I never expected a two to nil scoreline, I was actually expecting a draw result.  Ipswich was the newly promoted team but Chelsea was the one playing like the newly promoted team yesterday despite their dominance. They had about twenty shots but none was successful. This simply shows how unclinical their attack was. Maresca playing players who doesn't deserve playing time is to be blamed for their loss. Players like Disasi who's a disaster to Chelsea defense shouldn't be playing when winning matters. Maresca initial statement is now clear to everyone, Chelsea is not in the title race.  
Wrong player rotation will have a bad impact on the result and maybe this is an important lesson for Maresca. Chelsea did not play like usual in the first half or in the second half and I saw there were many mistakes made by players that made the game much less optimal. Ipswich are not a tough opponent and this should have been an opportunity for Chelsea to maintain their second position in the standings but losing this match has dropped them to fourth in the standings.

Ipswich didn't have many chances and a successful penalty by Delap put Ipswich ahead before Hutchinson opened the scoring for a second goal in the 53rd minute. A very painful defeat for Chelsea because they should have won the match to stay in second place in the standings.
I didn't see this coming, and I was disappointed towards Chelsea's performance yesterday. How will they allow a weak team like Ipswich to get three points easily yesterday. Maresca needs to try and stable the club performance so that they can be consistent. Otherwise, Chelsea might keep going down the table. Two consecutive losses is not a mistake, but a decline in performance.
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Manchester United 0 - 2 Newcastle.
The third defeat in a row by Manchester United, like that they got only 3 points in the last 5 matches of the year. Nice record..
It will likely be four defeat in a role soon when they meet Liverpool next, as their first match of 2025. I doubt Liverpool will take it easy on United, I expect  them to make use of almost every goal scoring opportunities they have. Manchester United may likely suffer more heavy defeat against them.
I would personally recommend you reduce your expectations from Liverpool I'm not a fan of Manchester United but I don't like to over expect from any team/club this period because they are full of surprises this days and of course Liverpool is the king now on the table but let's not put them on the edge of disappointment so even if they end up draw this will help them not to loss the whole point.
I know what you are talking about, but Liverpool is really on another level in the Premier League, and any football fan would actually say the same thing about Liverpool because no club in the Premier League this season is actually more consistent in winning their matches than Liverpool. Chelsea, who people were looking up to to rival Liverpool in the Premier League title, has lost two consecutive matches in the Premier League, which have given Liverpool a big point difference and a comfortable lead at the top of the Premier League table. And with Saka's injury, I don't see Arsenal in the right place to mount pressure on Liverpool in the Premier League table, so Liverpool still remains the favorite for the Premier League title.

Liverpool is inform they are doing very well and I don't see any team that will stop them from winning the premier league this season, the team I was expecting them to give Liverpool a tough time was Chelsea but they have lost 6 point now by losing 2 games, last night lost was a big surprise to me it shows Chelsea is out of the line in competiting with Liverpool for the league, for me the reason for there lost yesterday is over confident, Liverpool is not taking this wonderful chance for granted if it where arsenal then I can say they can take chances and let another team win the league.
As for arsenal I don't see them winning the premier league Because there current form can't be matched with that of Liverpool, arsenal had a lot of chances winning the league in past seasons but they just don't want to take it serious that just it.
Arsenal is trying but is not good enough what they need now is a good striker that will always soccer them, I wish they bought Victor osime he would help them in winning the league.
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Manchester United 0 - 2 Newcastle.
The third defeat in a row by Manchester United, like that they got only 3 points in the last 5 matches of the year. Nice record..
It will likely be four defeat in a role soon when they meet Liverpool next, as their first match of 2025. I doubt Liverpool will take it easy on United, I expect  them to make use of almost every goal scoring opportunities they have. Manchester United may likely suffer more heavy defeat against them.
I would personally recommend you reduce your expectations from Liverpool I'm not a fan of Manchester United but I don't like to over expect from any team/club this period because they are full of surprises this days and of course Liverpool is the king now on the table but let's not put them on the edge of disappointment so even if they end up draw this will help them not to loss the whole point.
I know what you are talking about, but Liverpool is really on another level in the Premier League, and any football fan would actually say the same thing about Liverpool because no club in the Premier League this season is actually more consistent in winning their matches than Liverpool. Chelsea, who people were looking up to to rival Liverpool in the Premier League title, has lost two consecutive matches in the Premier League, which have given Liverpool a big point difference and a comfortable lead at the top of the Premier League table. And with Saka's injury, I don't see Arsenal in the right place to mount pressure on Liverpool in the Premier League table, so Liverpool still remains the favorite for the Premier League title.
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Ipswich Town 2 - 0 Chelsea Huh
Ipswich was in the 19th position and they advanced to the 18th, still in the relegation zone and congratulations to Chelsea for this awesome failure gift given to their fans in the last match in this epic year.

Ipswich town is very extraordinary they were able to beat Chelsea well yes now Ipswich town managed to close the year 2024 well because they rose to 18th place and Ipswich town fans really got a good gift at the end of this year. but yes it is very unfortunate Chelsea closed the end of this year with a defeat really really unlucky in this match Chelsea failed to add points and of course many Chelsea fans will be disappointed.

Ipswich town's victory in my opinion was very interesting and he was really able to take advantage of the opportunities well and Delap who scored the first goal through a penalty kick really made the Ipswich players more enthusiastic which finally Ipswich was able to beat Chelsea and I am sure Ipswich town's confidence will definitely increase in the next match and of course now Ipswich town still has a chance to improve their team so that they are not relegated this season. of course the lesson from this match is that a team should not underestimate other teams even though the team is considered weak.
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Chelsea coach gamble the game and face the consequency by losing the game. I already know it won't end well after seeing their lineup but I never expected a two to nil scoreline, I was actually expecting a draw result.  Ipswich was the newly promoted team but Chelsea was the one playing like the newly promoted team yesterday despite their dominance. They had about twenty shots but none was successful. This simply shows how unclinical their attack was. Maresca playing players who doesn't deserve playing time is to be blamed for their loss. Players like Disasi who's a disaster to Chelsea defense shouldn't be playing when winning matters. Maresca initial statement is now clear to everyone, Chelsea is not in the title race.  
Wrong player rotation will have a bad impact on the result and maybe this is an important lesson for Maresca. Chelsea did not play like usual in the first half or in the second half and I saw there were many mistakes made by players that made the game much less optimal. Ipswich are not a tough opponent and this should have been an opportunity for Chelsea to maintain their second position in the standings but losing this match has dropped them to fourth in the standings.

Ipswich didn't have many chances and a successful penalty by Delap put Ipswich ahead before Hutchinson opened the scoring for a second goal in the 53rd minute. A very painful defeat for Chelsea because they should have won the match to stay in second place in the standings.
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