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Antonio Rudiger

Paddy said:
Worryingly,  he seems to lose control when ‘other’ things happen and gets dangerously close to hands/fists in the face of an opponent - I’m thinking Suarez v Atletico and again on Sunday with McTominay v mancs.

Never mind the cho possible pen, rudi came just as close, imo ?

He had his hands in McTominay’s face, I’m surprised he didn’t fall down, others definitely would have - he may have been sticking up for a team mate, but there’s a squillion cameras watching and recording your every move -  it’s silly these days and especially in the penalty area !!!!
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That's a good shout re Rudiger being a red card risk through not being able to control his over-reaction to something he thinks is unfair yet not necessarily the ref.

I thought the McTominay contact was playing with fire and we got lucky.

 
Strider6003 said:
That's a good shout re Rudiger being a red card risk through not being able to control his over-reaction to something he thinks is unfair yet not necessarily the ref.

I thought the McTominay contact was playing with fire and we got lucky.
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I say fair play to McT for not dropping to the floor clutching his face and making the ref ‘do’ something.

Had McT gone to ground, I can visualise Fernandes and Fred screaming at the ref to red card Rudiger and award the penalty - in this instance they may have succeeded? 

 
Paddy said:
I say fair play to McT for not dropping to the floor clutching his face and making the ref ‘do’ something.

Had McT gone to ground, I can visualise Fernandes and Fred screaming at the ref to red card Rudiger and award the penalty - in this instance they may have succeeded? 
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Red card maybe but because the ball was out of play I don't think a penalty can be given.

 
Best performance ive seen from Rudiger, i really have  ever rated him, but he was absolutely solid tonight, and has been good under tuchel.

 
I thought he did really well with Salah, then Mane got moved there and he just bullied Mane aswell. 

He's really hit some form, fair play to him. I've gave Rudiger a lot of sh*t, probably more sh*t than I have any other Chelsea player besides Kepa. 

 
Although can be clumsy, he is very difficult to beat for pace which is a bonus of having him in the backline. Christensen is no slouch either but Rudiger has always had very good pace for a CB.

 
Slojo said:
I thought he did really well with Salah, then Mane got moved there and he just bullied Mane aswell. 

He's really hit some form, fair play to him. I've gave Rudiger a lot of sh*t, probably more sh*t than I have any other Chelsea player besides Kepa. 
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He was good in the brief appearances under Lamapard too this season, he's a had solid season.

 
Did a real job on Salah, never let him cut inside and fire a proper shot with that left foot. Rudiger did such a good job, Salah was taken off even he didnt play badly

 
https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2021/03/16/toni-rudiger-previews-chelsea-vs-atletico-madrid?cardIndex=0-1

Regarding his near-departure in the summer and his future at the club:

‘I was close. Some things I saw coming, but not being in the squad I didn’t see coming. I took it on the chin. There was one team I was considering, that was PSG, and also there was Mourinho, but this didn’t happen, and with Tuchel also the same didn’t happen, so I was a bit upset because I knew with my situation I would not play that often.

‘I had a talk with Lampard and I was back on the bench, I had a couple of games and I worked my way back. The last games of his reign I was on the pitch. Now, things are going well for me, I am very happy about it.

‘I always felt well in the club, they treated me nice, nobody told from upstairs, the board, that I should leave, nor did Frank Lampard.'

(...)

‘Everyone here at the club knows how much I like this club. It’s down to the people who make these decisions. At the moment it’s for me to concentrate on important matches and our targets. The rest I am sure we will resolve.

‘Even at the beginning of the season when things didn’t go my way, I was always calm like I am now. I cannot give myself a contract, so I have to wait for what happens. Whatever happens, I love it here at Chelsea and Chelsea will always be my priority, my number one.’
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Also coming in to admit that I’m one of the people that have given him sh*t and he’s proven me wrong since Tuchel took over. Definitely one of our best defenders on our team atm

 
One of the most complete CB performances I can remember. Crazy good tonight, and seemed to be everywhere. Even took a dagger to the chest for the red card.

MOTM performance if not for Kante. Brilliant display and looked like he was proper chels and well up for it!

 
Absolutely immense tonight, probably his best performance in a Chelsea shirt. I had my doubts if he could come back considering how terrible he was last season, but he has been excellent this season even in the few appearances he got under Lampard. 

 
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