I wonder if Bolassie and Puncheon's early yellow card fouls were not rather important in setting the tone for the game yesterday. An early yellow for a Jedi or a Delaney is obviously a nightmare of tightrope-walking, but for a winger far less so. Chelsea would certainly have felt those challenges (especially Luiz) and would have known that they had a tough match ahead and that we were going to get 'up' them. After that, our aggression and fight were controlled but evident throughout and - as Mourinho pointed out - South London balls are bigger than those of our West London neighbours...

"The course of true love never did run smooth"