Chelsea beat Hull 2-1 in the FA Cup tonight, but it wasn’t easy by any means.
The Blues had to battle very hard for the win in the end, with the whole game hinging on a late corner for the home side.
In the end Frank Lampard’s team held on, but they made things way more difficult for themselves by missing countless chances in the first half. It’s the same old story we’ve seen time and time again recently, and we wouldn’t have been let off the hook against anyone better than a mediocre Championship team.
We will certainly have to step things up big time against Leicester next weekend.
As always, we collected some opinions from watching fans on Twitter on the performance of each Chelsea player. Only the “Fabregas-esque” Mateo Kovacic was given almost universal praise.
You can see what the fans made of it all in the Tweets embedded below:
Caballero:
https://twitter.com/SamJames_14/status/1221135083857436673
Azpilicueta:
All rise for the worst effort to say “Azpilicueta” since he arrived on English shores in 2012. pic.twitter.com/Kd1VuaFPPs
— Joe Patch (@boringJoePatch) January 25, 2020
Zouma:
He’s good, but he’s inconsistent, you don’t know what you’ll receive from Zouma.
— Pys (@CFCPys) January 25, 2020
Tomori:
Mate I have missed Tomori
— Jessie Lou (@TimminsJessie) January 25, 2020
Alonso:
if marcos Alonso had a bit of speed he'd be a quality striker
— enzo (@husseinbosingwa) January 25, 2020
Kovacic:
Kovacic with a Fabregas-esque pass!
— SugarbeltDON (@amiranture_254) January 25, 2020
Barkley:
Him and Barkley were the worst players out there today. https://t.co/YXMSzBGowe
— OC Blues (@OCBlues3) January 25, 2020
Mount:
https://twitter.com/StewartHopkin18/status/1221155870526058497
Hudson-Odoi:
https://twitter.com/DeMattThomas/status/1221156375423832065
Pedro:
I hope that was the last match for Pedro as a Chelsea player
— Senior James (@oscar_junior28) January 25, 2020
Batshuayi:
https://twitter.com/sid_darth_vader/status/1221153902156034050
