Twitter reacts as Chelsea crash out of the UEFA Champions League
Frank Lampard and his Chelsea side faced an uphill task going into the second leg of their Champions League tie against Bayern Munich.
Willy Caballero continued in goal ahead of Kepa Arrizabalaga. Chelsea were also without star winger Christian Pulisic and skipper Cesar Azpilicueta while Pedro also missed out.
The Blues went into the game 3-0 down from the first leg. It got worse in the tenth minute as Robert Lewandowski put the Germans 1-0 up on the night and 4-0 up on aggregate.
The Polish international was the star of the show as he set up Ivan Perisic to make it 2-0. Callum Hudson-Odoi gave the briefest of hopes with a stunning strike only for it to be ruled offside.
Tammy Abraham ensured the Blues went in with hope renewed at the break. Chelsea started off well in the second half but Bayern got stronger as the game went on.
Corentin Tolisso and Lewandowski ensured the night ended in a 4-1 humbling for the Blues. A worrying aspect of the game was the openness at the back.
Bayern sliced through numerous times, underlining the gap that still exists between us and the top European sides. If anything, this match should give Lampard an idea of what needs to be done to make us competitive on the continental stage again.
Although the Blues boss came in for criticism for his lack of substitutions, it is difficult to pinpoint a player who could have made a difference.
The deficiencies in the Blues squad was laid bare for all to see. Having signed Hakim Ziyech and Timo Werner, Chelsea have started the summer transfer window with a bang. If anything, much work is still left to be done.
In all honestly, it was a tame way for us to end our season. But things can only get better. We take a look at how fans reacted on Twitter to the loss.
Twitter reacts as Chelsea bow out of Europe
Ross Barkley, Odoi,Emerson shouldn’t be in chelsea next season…Zouma and Kovacic were amazing…Kante was a lil bit floppy maybe bcos he just came back from injury…..
— Hajiqudos (@niffwizzy15) August 8, 2020
Now let’s focus on transfer market, Haverts,Reguillon, benrahma, a defender and a keeper..Blues for life 💙
Not a bad season overall. It’s exposed a lot of areas where we need to build. Let’s make it count in the transfer window. Havertz first, defenders and a goalkeeper next. Come on Chelsea! 💪🏾💙
— Jyde #FreeMubarakBala (@Jaydon225) August 8, 2020
Attack win you games. Defence win you titles. For us to challenge for anything next season we need to sign some quality defenders and yes a GK.
— . (@ForeverBlue_07) August 8, 2020
Next game with Ziyech, Werner , Pulisic will be starting up front… we’ll have Havertz (hopefully) with Kovacic and Kante, and a whole new fucking defense (apart from RJ) and a new keeper… I cannot wait for this day in my life, tears will be streaming down my face😭😍#Chelsea
— Harry Squire (@harry__squire) August 8, 2020
– season finally over👌🏻
— JM (@Murphs90_) August 8, 2020
– embarrassing from us in Europe overall
– objective reached which was UCL football next season
– Ziyech, Werner in, Havertz next!
– new GK, CB, LB needed and a few more players to be honest
– no excuses for Frank next year
FOLLOW FOR FOLLOW💙
Only game that I have seen a 0-8-2 formation, no defence and no clue. Frank you have been found out how tactically inept you are.
— jasonlane009 (@jasonlane009) August 8, 2020
Finally season is over, next no excuse for Lampard
— Ivan Anastasovski (@IvanAnastasovs1) August 8, 2020
What’s the point of substitute if you won’t use it? You could have told them to stay back home and relax. Predictable substitute pattern and unwillingness to try new formations will let Lampard out..
— Yohanah17 (@GYohanah) August 8, 2020
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…yea, expectedly our run in the CL comes to an end. But I never expected such miserable, lackadaisical and unimaginative football lacking in hunger, from Lampard’s @ChelseaFC . The bench imbued no fight in the team, IMO. #bayernchelsea #BAYCHE
— Ndukaku K. Ogwumike (@NdukakuOgwumike) August 8, 2020
we always knew it wasn’t gonna be our night, sign a world class CB and LB, on to the next season, we move 💙🙏
— Penny (@penny___m) August 8, 2020