Lest we forget Arsenal won the last trophy playing a 9-1 system. Only D.Bergkamp was upfront and registered one shot on target but still won on penalties.
The end justifies the means.

Chelsea capitalized on Liverpool's mistakes. Check the second goal. Defense is also a football tactic. Boring or not, didn't the Blues score two goals? Your team betrayed you.

Parking the entire team inside the 18 yard box can be dangerous at times. They can easily concede a penalty.
I support chelsea but i fear this strategy might fail against Athletico madrid.

Looking at the EPL now and with sunday's result, i realise the EPL tittle is won way far earlier in the season. Waiting for some luck in the 'run-in' is not cool. We going to have it tough, i guess , playing with confidence the last 2 games, crystal and Newcastle. They just got a blue print from chelsea on how to park 2 buses and a yatch!

C&P
Love him or hate him (as many fans of rival clubs do), Mourinho is a winner. Substance takes precedence over style and the former Special One, Happy One and, most recently, self-titled Mr Bean doesn't care a jot what people think.

Which was what made the Chelsea manager's comments after a 0-0 draw against West Ham in January all the more ludicrous.

Having watched his side fire 39 blanks at Adrián's goal compared to West Ham's one shot of their own, Mourinho cried: "This is football from the 19th century. This is not the Premier League. This is not the best league in the world ... the only thing I could use was a Black and Decker to destroy the [West Ham] wall."

And so we move neatly onto Sunday. While West Ham enjoyed 27.7 per cent of possession in that match at Stamford Bridge earlier in the season, Mourinho's side had even less (27 per cent) against Liverpool. If a starting line-up featuring John Obi Mikel, Nemanja Matic and Frank Lampard protecting the back four suggested a preference for defence over attack, the addition of Gary Cahill in place of André Schürrle for the final 15 minutes made it abundantly clear.

my point is even though he called it football from the 19th century - he also suggested he would do the same, its not an issue of 'nyani haoni kundule ...!', its more an issue of 'nyani ameona kundule ...!'

Was the Mbus still parked at the goal when Chelsea were scoring two goals? Me thinks not!

a favour everton may not want to do to their great rivals. if the arsenal wins today against newcastle making it harder yet for everton to get 4th, what are the chances they may throw the match against man city?

For me it is OK for low table teams fighting for survival on low budgets to play negative because you don't expect any different from coaches such as Big Sam(BTW even west ham supporters loathe him)
It is another thing for one of the most expensively assembled team,with abundant talents to resort to anti-football.
Abramovic didn't sack Mourinho last time for not winning,he wanted attractive football.