For those that missed the game...

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Not much Hilario could have done about the 2 Seattle goals.
Ferreira was awful at LB, laboured, running like he had something heavy strapped to his legs.
Benayoun wasteful in possession, lost the ball most times but tracked back.
Mikel horrific failed to impose himself in midfield, just looked competely off the pace.

Essien is finished as a box to midfielder(Which we all knew about prior to this match), but he made a few accurate forward passes.
Liked Ramires link up play when he came on,always looked to make something happen.

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so no surprises here then...

First match of pre season, I wouldnt expect the team to be firing on all cylinders so mistakes are bound to happen. Haven't seen the match myself, looking forward to watching it later on

where can I see the match/ highlights ? anybody have a link

If Mikel is said to be off pace what can be said of Josh, apart from his asist what else did he contribute, the usual hype is still on I guess. Can't believe that Mikel runs up field weren't even mention

Josh created our first 3, but Mikel had awful positioning! Marin was my MOTM

Josh was the same as Mikel, It was as If we didn't have a midfield. Failed to impose himself and made sloopy passes.
However he did show good strength to provide the assist for Lukaku's first goal,lovely pass.

Mikel was like this at the start of last pre-season, sluggish and unfit, but he was better by a couple more games and started the season off well. Maybe he let's himself go during the holidays

Essien was good when he come on, Lampard was better than josh too. Chalobah was poor.

Chalobah was good