Champions League 2013/14

[Colly]

That's a right finish RVP.

[Baddar]

Valencia running at players and putting crosses in the box?

[Asuka's Gonna Kill You]

Super counter attack for that goal.

[Baddar]

Far from a great performance but 4 goals and 3pts to start will do nicely.

[Cheeky Hughes]

3-0 victory away. More than anything we got last season!

[stokeriño]

First start for Van Ginkel. Debut for Willian. Eto'o keeps his place.

Cech, Bane, Cahill, Luiz, Cole, Lamps, MVG, Hazard, Oscar, Willian, Eto'o

Subs: Schwarzer, Azpi, JT, Mikel, KDB, Mata, Ba

[Colly]

Poor Demba. Can we have him?

[Monkey D. Lars]

Van Ginkel starts? Good for him. Hopefully he plays well.

[Liam]

On Sky Sports, is there a Redzone-esque service that keeps you updated on goals? Not sure what game I want to watch, and will probably base it on what game looks most full of action.

[stokeriño]

Poor Demba. Can we have him?

I wonder if Nando was told "We're saving you for Fulham..."

[Ant]

To the tune of the Flintstones:

Özil, Mesut Özil

He's a superstar from Germany

Madrid, sold him to us

And they went and bought a chimpanzee

[Colly]

Caught in two minds here. Chelsea are ruining my six team acca (and probably won't get two anyway), but Jose's 'eeeeeugh, the Europa League' comment quickly biting him on the arse would amuse me.

[stokeriño]

Shocking. Absolutely shocking.

[MJB]

Jose out!

[Baddar]

Only just saw the result. Jeez.

Got to love Messi taking the piss again. Anything Ronaldo can do...!

[Asuka's Gonna Kill You]

Still pissing myself at it

[Colly]

That first Basel goal was beautiful by the way, finish and assist are perfect. If Chelsea had scored it they'd be spaffing over it rather than slating the midfield for not putting enough early pressure on.

[Lineker]

Eden Hazard is not in the Chelsea squad that has travelled to Romania for Tuesday's Champions League game against Steaua Bucharest, according to the Daily Mail's Matt Barlow. Kevin De Bruyne is also absent.

Arsenal will have Tomas Rosicky available again following a hamstring injury for tomorrow's Champions League Group F encounter with Napoli at the Emirates Stadium. Theo Walcott has responded well to surgery on a minor abdominal problem, but is now set for up to five weeks on the sidelines.

Celtic could be without Derk Boerrigter tomorrow, the 26-year-old winger is struggling with an ankle complaint and did not train today. Midfielder Beram Kayal (groin) and winger James Forrest (virus) did train and are available while midfielder Joe Ledley is still out with a groin injury.

[EddieG]

So apparently in good old Jose fashion, he walked out on the press conference.

[stokeriño]

Yeah I didn't see the full thing but apparently it was in response to repeated questions about why Kevin de Bruyne wasn't on the trip (Hazard isn't either, as mentioned above, so you can bet that 3 out of Mata/Oscar/Willian/Schurrle will start). He had stated his reason, that KDB was poor against Swindon (I was there and yes, he was rather wank), hence not selected and so no point putting him through a round trip to Romania, but apparently they asked again and again.

The amusing bit was, from the short clip of the walkout I saw this morning, how Lampard (sat next to him) was trying so hard not to laugh when it happened.

A bit of a quote from the Chelsea website regarding KDB and Hazard:

'Eden I don't think will be fit for Sunday,' reported the manager.

'I think he will be fit after the international break but Dr Biosca is always optimistic and says there is a little chance he can be fit for Sunday [when Chelsea visit Norwich].

'Kevin is my option. I make mistakes but I try to be honest all the time so the same way I try to be honest with Juan [Mata] and say tomorrow he will play because of what he did in training and because of what he did in the last matches he played, it is the same with Kevin. He is not selected because I did not like the way he played against Swindon and I did not like the way he was training.'