Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

[pusaka]

Liverpool vs Fulham 1st leg Liverpool won 2-1 and the game was really interesting. The game was tight from the start and Liverpool were well behind in the first half, when Fulham went ahead with a goal. Although this match is very important for both the teams that is why both the teams played exceptionally well and fought hard to win the match. However, Liverpool took control of the game in the second half and improved their performance, scoring two goals in the second half. Liverpool team attacked more in the second half compared to the first half and managed to score two successful goals which won the match. However, Fulham tried hard enough to equalize the game but could not because Liverpool can attack exceptionally well and are in their best form this season. However, Liverpool went a long way by winning the 1st leg of the semi-final match and Liverpool will surely win the next match and play more aggressively just to get to the final.

Fulham tried to maintain the lead they created in the first half, but they were not strong enough to withstand every attack made by Liverpool in the second half so they had to concede 2 goals and at the same time Liverpool could turn things around. But despite Fulham's defeat in this match, I think they played well and not too disappointing, they put up a fight that made it difficult for Liverpool. If only they had the same composition of players, I'm sure they would be able to at least make this match end in a draw. They played well, but if they always get pressure like that, then sooner or later they will concede and it happened.

[Justbillywitt]

Truly Pochettino only chances of winning a trophy for Chelsea this season is by winning EFL or FA cup thus the semifinal return leg has to be won by Chelsea in Stanford Bridge on 23th January, though Chelsea has themselves to blame in their loss against Middleborough for being wasteful in front of goal, I still believe they would qualify for the finals to play either Liverpool or Fulham. Meanwhile there is too much expectations from Chelsea fans a team that is undergoing rebuilding process  would not produce an instant impact, recall that majority of the team key players had left to Saudi Arabian league and Pochettino new signings are yet to find their feet in the team once the team click definitely they would be unstoppable.

Chelsea's problem is not that they lost players who went to the Saudi Arabia league because most of the players who left are not important. An example is Ngolo Kante who was always injured and contributed little to the club. Even after some of these players left, the club spent money on more quality players. The problem the club has now is how to score goals because they have some of the best midfielders and a considerably solid defense. I don't blame the fans if they want more from the clubs because they have endured a turbulent period for about two seasons and the money that has been invested in the club looks like a waste considering the current performance.

It will be highly discouraging if the club fails to beat Middleborough at home in Stamford Bridge. They should expect to see a Middleborough that is willing to give all to make it to the finals. That match will be very hard for Chelsea to win because they will encounter one of the biggest defensive games and if they make any defensive mistakes Middleborough will take the lead and back the bus till the end of the match. But I hope Chelsea knows what is at stake and give their best to make it to the finals. I expect to see a classic final between Liverpool and Chelsea.

How can a team like Chelsea be struggling to be a championship team in the first leg? With the amount of money spent on their squad. I don't even think if the entire Middlesbrough squad is up to the amount spent on Moise Caicedio. Chelsea situation is very bad, I can't imagine Liverpool or Manchester City or Arsenal struggling to beat a championship team in the first leg and now relying on the second leg for a miracle to happen.

[Issa56]

Pochettino is certainly the one who is most to blame for Chelsea's performance.

When a club is performing poorly, the first person to be blamed is always the coach, before players will be blame, Pochettino was given money during the last transfer season to purchase some quality players, Chelsea performance is just suppose to be better than their current performance, they main problem Chelsea is having inability to be able to score goals in match, Chelsea are always having so many opportunities when they are playing, but the problem which they are always having is that, they are always finding it difficult to convert those opportunities into goal, Jackson which Pochettino is always depend is always wasting most of the opportunity that Chelsea are having, Chelsea really need a better striker.

he will probably be given the chance until the end of this season and after that, if there is no improvement in Chelsea's form, he will lose his job.

Since the beginning of the season, Chelsea has been playing in a similar pattern, and I haven't seen any improvement in their performance. I don't know how Pochettino will be able to improve the club's performance before the end of the season, and if there is no improvement in their performance, I don't think they are going to sack him at the end of the season. Maybe he will be given more time to see what he can do.

[Salahmu]

I believe the players are Chelsea's main issue right now. They have a quality players, but they are unable to win most of their games. How can they play the game and be missing their chances to score? Chelsea likes to miss opportunities to score goals, which is seriously affecting them.

The facts is that Chelsea has all it takes to put there club in order, there players is more than enough to be having consistent wining because the current players of Chelsea right now was also those players that was seriously performing well sometime ago but I wonder why they longer perform as a team they are use to, well just like Manchester United issues Chelsea also needs a coach that has Pep Guardiola or Arteta pattern because if a coach like that joins Chelsea you will see that Chelsea will be revived and come back to there good performance they are known for.

If all this measures are not put in place even if Chelsea should buy more players during the transfer window there performance will just be the same because all they need now is a coach that can change there narrative and the earlier the better because watching there match against Middlesbrough really got me thinking on Chelsea inability to be consistent in wining.

[hichamito37]

Chelsea are difficult to predict and they do it repeatedly most of my bets lost on Chelsea, even though Chelsea lost in the first leg I was sure they would turn things around in the second leg but still I won't place a bet there I don't want to be trapped anymore, Chelsea are only 1 goal behind and they can score 2-4 goals while playing at home. In the Premier League Chelsea will face Fulham, again Chelsea can still be relied on when playing at home.

If that's what happens to you, my advice is to bet on another club that is much more capable of winning. So far, Chelsea are still quite inconsistent and their last defeat in the EFL CUP was surprising because the opponent they faced was a weak team. It should have been an easy match for Chelsea to get full points but instead they failed. Facing Fulham in the Premier League will be much more difficult because they will face fairly balanced opponents.

I don't understand why Mauricio Pochettino seems to have lost his best ability when managing Chelsea even though he has great players in the team. It seems that the players and coaches have not adapted well enough so it is still quite difficult for the players to understand the coach's strategy. This cannot be allowed because if there is no evaluation then Chelsea will get worse.

Chelsea is definitely very inconsistent right now. And of course, all the fingers are being pointed towards the coach because the squad is not bad. And of coach seems to be the only problem at this moment. The biggest issue is that they have spent a lot of money. And for the amount of money that they have spent, they should be getting a lot better results. That's why people are literally losing their minds. Chelsea should make the decision before it's too late. They need a new and better coach.

[Ahli38]

Fulham tried to maintain the lead they created in the first half, but they were not strong enough to withstand every attack made by Liverpool in the second half so they had to concede 2 goals and at the same time Liverpool could turn things around. But despite Fulham's defeat in this match, I think they played well and not too disappointing, they put up a fight that made it difficult for Liverpool. If only they had the same composition of players, I'm sure they would be able to at least make this match end in a draw. They played well, but if they always get pressure like that, then sooner or later they will concede and it happened.

Fullham has indeed put up quite a good fight in that match. Even in the first half they were able to defend very well and maintained a 1 goal lead until the first half ended. And actually, with the depth of the squad that Fullham has, it is natural that Fullham ultimately loses. Because in terms of squad depth, it is clear that Liverpool are favorites in this match. Moreover, Liverpool was the host in this match.

But from what I observed in the match, it turned out that Liverpool was without M. Salah. We could see that the attacks built by Liverpool were a little dull. Even though it doesn't have much effect on the midfield and back line, there does seem to be a difference on the front line. So Liverpool could be in a difficult situation if they face a strong team without M. Salah. But still, their level of attack is still in the best category compared to other teams at the moment (except Man City).

[Jody.Drummer]

But from what I observed in the match, it turned out that Liverpool was without M. Salah. We could see that the attacks built by Liverpool were a little dull. Even though it doesn't have much effect on the midfield and back line, there does seem to be a difference on the front line. So Liverpool could be in a difficult situation if they face a strong team without M. Salah. But still, their level of attack is still in the best category compared to other teams at the moment (except Man City).

When a player has always been the main player and is always in the line-up, it can affect their game, unless they can place players who have the same abilities. M Salah has been Liverpool's mainstay up front all this time, so it's natural that when he can't play it will slightly affect how Liverpool build attacks, even though it's not significant, it's still felt. It's actually difficult to anticipate something like this, because the player who is placed there is not used to the role of the player he is replacing, or the player doesn't have a lot of playing time, so it requires further adjustments. Many clubs experience the same thing as this, and it is a classic problem for all clubs.

[Sebas.tian]

Liverpool vs Fulham 1st leg Liverpool won 2-1 and the game was really interesting. The game was tight from the start and Liverpool were well behind in the first half, when Fulham went ahead with a goal. Although this match is very important for both the teams that is why both the teams played exceptionally well and fought hard to win the match. However, Liverpool took control of the game in the second half and improved their performance, scoring two goals in the second half. Liverpool team attacked more in the second half compared to the first half and managed to score two successful goals which won the match. However, Fulham tried hard enough to equalize the game but could not because Liverpool can attack exceptionally well and are in their best form this season. However, Liverpool went a long way by winning the 1st leg of the semi-final match and Liverpool will surely win the next match and play more aggressively just to get to the final.

I think, Liverpool manager need to be honor for this massive performance to bring the team to this stage that is making the team to defeated any team in any competition, and he still use this match to prove to people that nothing will stop them not to achieve premier league title and other titles . Fulham really Played well in their first  leg for the match to ended up for the favour of Liverpool ,but they really prepared for this second leg but Liverpool still prove to them that they are undefeatable in this season by defeated Fulham to achieve the victory. Despite Mohamed Salah was not in the match they still achieve victory but they missed the absence of Mohamed Salah in this match, because they would have score more than the goals they scored to defeated Fulham if Mohamed Salah was on ground.

[Chilwell]

Truly Pochettino only chances of winning a trophy for Chelsea this season is by winning EFL or FA cup thus the semifinal return leg has to be won by Chelsea in Stanford Bridge on 23th January, though Chelsea has themselves to blame in their loss against Middleborough for being wasteful in front of goal, I still believe they would qualify for the finals to play either Liverpool or Fulham. Meanwhile there is too much expectations from Chelsea fans a team that is undergoing rebuilding process  would not produce an instant impact, recall that majority of the team key players had left to Saudi Arabian league and Pochettino new signings are yet to find their feet in the team once the team click definitely they would be unstoppable.

Chelsea's problem is not that they lost players who went to the Saudi Arabia league because most of the players who left are not important. An example is Ngolo Kante who was always injured and contributed little to the club. Even after some of these players left, the club spent money on more quality players. The problem the club has now is how to score goals because they have some of the best midfielders and a considerably solid defense. I don't blame the fans if they want more from the clubs because they have endured a turbulent period for about two seasons and the money that has been invested in the club looks like a waste considering the current performance.

It will be highly discouraging if the club fails to beat Middleborough at home in Stamford Bridge. They should expect to see a Middleborough that is willing to give all to make it to the finals. That match will be very hard for Chelsea to win because they will encounter one of the biggest defensive games and if they make any defensive mistakes Middleborough will take the lead and back the bus till the end of the match. But I hope Chelsea knows what is at stake and give their best to make it to the finals. I expect to see a classic final between Liverpool and Chelsea.

How can a team like Chelsea be struggling to be a championship team in the first leg? With the amount of money spent on their squad. I don't even think if the entire Middlesbrough squad is up to the amount spent on Moise Caicedio. Chelsea situation is very bad, I can't imagine Liverpool or Manchester City or Arsenal struggling to beat a championship team in the first leg and now relying on the second leg for a miracle to happen.

It always occur like that, immediately I noticed goal for Middlesbrough I said to myself that this match has come to an end because most time when small club mistakenly scored early goal they tend to play defensive game to maintain their win, if we noticed Chelsea really push hard to penetrate but Middlesbrough resist it, Chelsea dominant the entire game, have a total of 18 shorts, even have more chances created and also 3 big chances, in fact in the record they are ahead of Middlesbrough but all this doesn't matter what really matters is goal because it's the one that bring points, I don't really know what is wrong with Chelsea which I thought they are complete but I noticed one position is missing which is striker, they don't have a striker to my understanding, they should have plan of getting good one in this transfer window.

[koang]

Liverpool vs Fulham 1st leg Liverpool won 2-1 and the game was really interesting. The game was tight from the start and Liverpool were well behind in the first half, when Fulham went ahead with a goal. Although this match is very important for both the teams that is why both the teams played exceptionally well and fought hard to win the match. However, Liverpool took control of the game in the second half and improved their performance, scoring two goals in the second half. Liverpool team attacked more in the second half compared to the first half and managed to score two successful goals which won the match. However, Fulham tried hard enough to equalize the game but could not because Liverpool can attack exceptionally well and are in their best form this season. However, Liverpool went a long way by winning the 1st leg of the semi-final match and Liverpool will surely win the next match and play more aggressively just to get to the final.

Amazing comeback from Liverpool. The Mentality Monsters are back.
Jota, Nunez, Gakpo, A delightful finish at the front post. Gakpo as usual. One chance, one goal.
Nunez was unlucky with goals, but I still love the energy he puts into every match he plays.

Liverpool are winning games and fighting on all fronts. What a season so far.
But I think Liverpool needs to reinforce the squad. The injury crisis won’t go away.
Sign in and bring at least two or three players to challenge the back end in the season.
The midfielder, a defender, and one forward.

[Majestic-milf]

 Last night in the Carabao Cup Liverpool got a narrow win against Fulham which I'm some how disappointed in the Fulham team who got the lead and later they lost concentration and Liverpool who wasn't doing well took advantage and won the game.
 Fulham would have won the game last night because the made Liverpool to be in a confused state and you would agree with me that the reds could not play like they used to, wide play and causing opposition to fall back. Fulham just unlocked the secret of beating Liverpool which is giving them a man to man marking, hold the ball and even play those long balls like they used to do and taking control of the game, if Fulham continue doing that Liverpool would have lost it all in that game and they'll start looking for a different way of taking charge of the game and surely they'd be making silly mistakes. That was what Fulham did but they couldn't keep up that was when they lost control and lost the game.

[ndutndut]

Liverpool vs Fulham 1st leg Liverpool won 2-1 and the game was really interesting. The game was tight from the start and Liverpool were well behind in the first half, when Fulham went ahead with a goal. Although this match is very important for both the teams that is why both the teams played exceptionally well and fought hard to win the match. However, Liverpool took control of the game in the second half and improved their performance, scoring two goals in the second half. Liverpool team attacked more in the second half compared to the first half and managed to score two successful goals which won the match. However, Fulham tried hard enough to equalize the game but could not because Liverpool can attack exceptionally well and are in their best form this season. However, Liverpool went a long way by winning the 1st leg of the semi-final match and Liverpool will surely win the next match and play more aggressively just to get to the final.

Fulham tried to maintain the lead they created in the first half, but they were not strong enough to withstand every attack made by Liverpool in the second half so they had to concede 2 goals and at the same time Liverpool could turn things around. But despite Fulham's defeat in this match, I think they played well and not too disappointing, they put up a fight that made it difficult for Liverpool. If only they had the same composition of players, I'm sure they would be able to at least make this match end in a draw. They played well, but if they always get pressure like that, then sooner or later they will concede and it happened.

Fulham's fighting spirit should be appreciated. They actually played very well in this match, but Liverpool were too strong to hold back, let alone maintain their lead. But I saw Fulham in this match very well, they controlled well and attacked very well too. yeah it's a win win but I have to give a shout out to that team. they fought well. Fulham played with pride and dignity.

Liverpool played without the presence of Salah, Endo, Matip, Robertson, Tsimikas, Szoboslai, Trent, Bajcetic and Thiago. However, they were able to make an extraordinary comeback and this also proved that Liverpool did not just rely on one player like Salah to achieve victory. This also answers the doubts of many parties that if Salah goes to the Africa Cup of Nations, Liverpool can overcome Salah's absence. In the match against Fulham we could also see Klopp's genius when making substitutions to change the game, for me he is a genius in tactics, he continues to make changes that determine the game.

[Iranus]

Liverpool vs Fulham 1st leg Liverpool won 2-1 and the game was really interesting. The game was tight from the start and Liverpool were well behind in the first half, when Fulham went ahead with a goal. Although this match is very important for both the teams that is why both the teams played exceptionally well and fought hard to win the match. However, Liverpool took control of the game in the second half and improved their performance, scoring two goals in the second half. Liverpool team attacked more in the second half compared to the first half and managed to score two successful goals which won the match. However, Fulham tried hard enough to equalize the game but could not because Liverpool can attack exceptionally well and are in their best form this season. However, Liverpool went a long way by winning the 1st leg of the semi-final match and Liverpool will surely win the next match and play more aggressively just to get to the final.

Fulham tried to maintain the lead they created in the first half, but they were not strong enough to withstand every attack made by Liverpool in the second half so they had to concede 2 goals and at the same time Liverpool could turn things around. But despite Fulham's defeat in this match, I think they played well and not too disappointing, they put up a fight that made it difficult for Liverpool. If only they had the same composition of players, I'm sure they would be able to at least make this match end in a draw. They played well, but if they always get pressure like that, then sooner or later they will concede and it happened.

Although Fulham is a relatively weak team, this match was not easy for Liverpool to win. Several important players of Liverpool were absent in this match. Key players like Mohamed Salah, Szoboszlai, Alexander Arnold, and Endo were out of the squad due to injuries. At the same time, Liverpool players were under a lot of pressure in the first half. But even then, Liverpool played a completely attacking strategy. Despite being behind 1-0 in the first half, the Liverpool team took the lead in the 68th and 1st minutes of the second half with the goals of JOnes and Gakpo. Liverpool won the home match 2-1, looking forward to see how they perform in the away match. Liverpool are expected to reach the final of the EFL Cup.

[xzone]

Mauricio Pochettino hasn't had a good performance so far in Chesle and that's why some people think they should get him fired before the January end to rebuild the team again but Chelsea is not going to do that and they prefer to keep their coach because they don't want to make the same mistake anymore.
They had the same story with Tucher Potter and that's why Chelsea is going to give Mauricio Pochettino more time.

One of the biggest mistakes clubs make is the frequent change of coaches. When we look at highly successful teams, we see that they have been working with the same coaches for many years.
A team has many dynamics, it is very difficult to create a team in harmony. You need to be a little patient. Of course, it will be very difficult to do this if you are in a team that loses points every week
If he can stay in the team a little longer, maybe he will be successful

[MusaMohamed]

Although Fulham is a relatively weak team, this match was not easy for Liverpool to win. Several important players of Liverpool were absent in this match. Key players like Mohamed Salah, Szoboszlai, Alexander Arnold, and Endo were out of the squad due to injuries.

Not all those players were absent for this match because of injuries, only Arnold and Szoboszlai. Mohamed Salah and Endo will be away to serve their national teams and they will not only miss this match but some matches in next few weeks.

Liverpool have some other injured players like Robertson and Matip.

At the same time, Liverpool players were under a lot of pressure in the first half. But even then, Liverpool played a completely attacking strategy. Despite being behind 1-0 in the first half, the Liverpool team took the lead in the 68th and 1st minutes of the second half with the goals of JOnes and Gakpo. Liverpool won the home match 2-1, looking forward to see how they perform in the away match. Liverpool are expected to reach the final of the EFL Cup.

It is a great come back from Liverpool and they did it within only three minutes to make it more impressively. Liverpool with Klopp as their coach, always play with a lot of energy and they can make opponents disappointed with surprising come back. Victims included Barcelona in Champions League some seasons ago so it's not a big shock to see they did another one with victim is Fullham.

[Chilwell]

Liverpool vs Fulham 1st leg Liverpool won 2-1 and the game was really interesting. The game was tight from the start and Liverpool were well behind in the first half, when Fulham went ahead with a goal. Although this match is very important for both the teams that is why both the teams played exceptionally well and fought hard to win the match. However, Liverpool took control of the game in the second half and improved their performance, scoring two goals in the second half. Liverpool team attacked more in the second half compared to the first half and managed to score two successful goals which won the match. However, Fulham tried hard enough to equalize the game but could not because Liverpool can attack exceptionally well and are in their best form this season. However, Liverpool went a long way by winning the 1st leg of the semi-final match and Liverpool will surely win the next match and play more aggressively just to get to the final.

I think, Liverpool manager need to be honor for this massive performance to bring the team to this stage that is making the team to defeated any team in any competition, and he still use this match to prove to people that nothing will stop them not to achieve premier league title and other titles . Fulham really Played well in their first  leg for the match to ended up for the favour of Liverpool ,but they really prepared for this second leg but Liverpool still prove to them that they are undefeatable in this season by defeated Fulham to achieve the victory. Despite Mohamed Salah was not in the match they still achieve victory but they missed the absence of Mohamed Salah in this match, because they would have score more than the goals they scored to defeated Fulham if Mohamed Salah was on ground.

Liverpool current performance will make the top team scaring, despite their main player is absent, definitely Mohamed Salah absent still affect their performance even though they won, despite Mohamed Salah replacement in yesterday match still the different is cleared because the person will not respond like Mohamed Salah, he is an important player for Liverpool which can not be left out. Fulham really played a very beautiful game  because I wasn't expect a great performance with them but still I wasn't surprised because the way they played against arsenal make me have much confidence in them. Now their next match against Chelsea, first leg Chelsea won that at Craven Cottage with 2 - 0 and now the second leg will be play at Stamford Bridge, will Chelsea allow themselves to beaten by Fulham at Stamford Bridge? Fulham shouldn’t be taking for granted now because they have started their second leg with victory.

[Bananington]

Amazing comeback from Liverpool. The Mentality Monsters are back.
Jota, Nunez, Gakpo, A delightful finish at the front post. Gakpo as usual. One chance, one goal.
Nunez was unlucky with goals, but I still love the energy he puts into every match he plays.

Liverpool have won many games this season that they have started seeing as a team that has forgotten how to loose. That is the kind of mentality that makes teams go ahead to win more than more trophies in one season.

Liverpool are winning games and fighting on all fronts. What a season so far.
But I think Liverpool needs to reinforce the squad. The injury crisis won’t go away.
Sign in and bring at least two or three players to challenge the back end in the season.
The midfielder, a defender, and one forward.

They have to be careful about the player they bring in because if they bring in players that find it difficult to settle into the club, it will affect their games. It took Gakpo and Nunez a long time to settle into the club, and any choice they make has to be a player who will be ready to go.

[AprilioMP]

Pochettino is certainly the one who is most to blame for Chelsea's performance. he will probably be given the chance until the end of this season and after that, if there is no improvement in Chelsea's form, he will lose his job.
It's not easy to handle this team, Pochettino is certainly experiencing big problems. he should have known the root of his team's problems. but it may be difficult to overcome all this. and if he can't handle it then the target of everyone's anger will of course be him as a coach who feels unable to handle Chelsea.

The coach is the first person to be blamed for the bad results received by a big team. If Pochettino were not Chelsea's coach, he would not be blamed and continue to get news on the headlines.
That's the risk for a coach in managing a big team. Not the coach, but the team he coaches.

The decline in Chelsea's performance and efforts to restore it to good condition require a process. The first factor lies in management, the second lies in coaches. Management and coaches must work together. The coach must understand the needs of the team, especially the players. If players are difficult to manage, ignore them because football is a team game, not an individual game.

Maybe Pochettino is not suitable to manage a team as big as Chelsea. If Chelsea's performance problems worsen there, then Pochettino must be replaced.

[Justbillywitt]

Truly Pochettino only chances of winning a trophy for Chelsea this season is by winning EFL or FA cup thus the semifinal return leg has to be won by Chelsea in Stanford Bridge on 23th January, though Chelsea has themselves to blame in their loss against Middleborough for being wasteful in front of goal, I still believe they would qualify for the finals to play either Liverpool or Fulham. Meanwhile there is too much expectations from Chelsea fans a team that is undergoing rebuilding process  would not produce an instant impact, recall that majority of the team key players had left to Saudi Arabian league and Pochettino new signings are yet to find their feet in the team once the team click definitely they would be unstoppable.

Chelsea's problem is not that they lost players who went to the Saudi Arabia league because most of the players who left are not important. An example is Ngolo Kante who was always injured and contributed little to the club. Even after some of these players left, the club spent money on more quality players. The problem the club has now is how to score goals because they have some of the best midfielders and a considerably solid defense. I don't blame the fans if they want more from the clubs because they have endured a turbulent period for about two seasons and the money that has been invested in the club looks like a waste considering the current performance.

It will be highly discouraging if the club fails to beat Middleborough at home in Stamford Bridge. They should expect to see a Middleborough that is willing to give all to make it to the finals. That match will be very hard for Chelsea to win because they will encounter one of the biggest defensive games and if they make any defensive mistakes Middleborough will take the lead and back the bus till the end of the match. But I hope Chelsea knows what is at stake and give their best to make it to the finals. I expect to see a classic final between Liverpool and Chelsea.

How can a team like Chelsea be struggling to be a championship team in the first leg? With the amount of money spent on their squad. I don't even think if the entire Middlesbrough squad is up to the amount spent on Moise Caicedio. Chelsea situation is very bad, I can't imagine Liverpool or Manchester City or Arsenal struggling to beat a championship team in the first leg and now relying on the second leg for a miracle to happen.

It always occur like that, immediately I noticed goal for Middlesbrough I said to myself that this match has come to an end because most time when small club mistakenly scored early goal they tend to play defensive game to maintain their win, if we noticed Chelsea really push hard to penetrate but Middlesbrough resist it, Chelsea dominant the entire game, have a total of 18 shorts, even have more chances created and also 3 big chances, in fact in the record they are ahead of Middlesbrough but all this doesn't matter what really matters is goal because it's the one that bring points, I don't really know what is wrong with Chelsea which I thought they are complete but I noticed one position is missing which is striker, they don't have a striker to my understanding, they should have plan of getting good one in this transfer window.

When people say Chelsea don't have a stricker I laugh, was it not Pochettino that brought Jackson to Chelsea? Or is Jackson not a stricker? You can't spend such money on a player and still complain that you don't have a stricker. That being said Chelsea have lost their focus, if it was the Chelsea of those days what kind of defense did Middlesbrough played that they can't break?

[Velvet78]

Liverpool have made a great comeback in only three minutes.    Nunez and Gakpo entered the game and changed the direction of the game completely all of a sudden. Nunez made 2 assists and Gakpo scored one of the goals. Klopp has really made a great impact on the game with substitutions. I assume Fulham wouldn't be able to answer from now on.

Liverpool should have got ahead in the first place but still it is nice to see them back in the game now. I wouldn't like to see them losing like Chelsea did. Chelsea's result was also surprising to me as they were really dominant. 

How did Bobby De Cordova- Reid of Fulham play Fulltime tonight? Believe me the coach was poor for not substituting this particular player off this game.

He failed to square a ball which should have made it two goals already. Poor decision making and lacked the awareness to scan your pitch.

Great to see they trailed and finally got to win the game. Hopes still alive, it does looks like Chelsea and Liverpool will still win and face off in the Semi finals.

I also hope to see a Liverpool - Chelsea finale in the EFL Cup but we will see. I'm just worried about Chelsea as they have a chance to not make it there. That loss by 1-0 against a middle-positioned team in the Championship must be unacceptable for not only the supporters but also the board.  Chelsea had better use their dominance more effectively next time.

Nkunku didn't play in this game by the way and I saw an injury update such as a hip injury for him. Is it really true? I hope it is not because Chelsea really need him in the attacking line to be more effective at finishing. Otherwise their job will be a little harder.