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Antonio Rudiger

Last night might well have been his best performance for us so far. He's been excellent since his return to the team. 

 
Defended superbly, with that JT arrogance of knowing he was better, more physical, and not intimidated

AC -Silva- Rudiger.......

 
ForeverCarefree said:
Normally I don't really like play acting by our players but considering who the opposition was I actually have to applaud Rudiger for managing to be the biggest wind up merchant on the night in a game that involved Luis Suarez. 
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This. Winding up the wind up merchants. Serves them right.

 
He has been fantastic over the two legs of the CL. He's driven rat face Suarez up the wall to the point that he was subbed last night and had not done anything on the pitch. However, he's got to cut down those borderline charges from his game, he could have given away a penalty pushing rat face with this right arm.

 
RMH said:
He has been fantastic over the two legs of the CL. He's driven rat face Suarez up the wall to the point that he was subbed last night and had not done anything on the pitch. However, he's got to cut down those borderline charges from his game, he could have given away a penalty pushing rat face with this right arm.
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He is an immense beast of a player when he’s on it - last night he was on it big time, it was almost as though this particular game was personal to him some how ?

Anyways, along with a few others in the team, he was definitely a contender for MoM , but you are right about the almost penalty - I winced with the fear of a pen being awarded when he made that challenge, I think rat face had a shout tbh?  :biggrin:

I think he’s ever so slightly bonkers and at times and looses the head - he needs to keep that part of his game under control (easy said) and especially keep his hands to himself, I wish he wouldn’t touch other players - I wonder if we can get him shorts with pockets in ?

 
Funny  how a howler of a mistake can often be a watershed. Many examples but Beckham vs Argentina at the 98 World Cup springs to mind, and then two of our own in very recent memory: Christensen v Liverpool earlier in the season (some debate as to whether it was indeed an error but it was certainly perceived as such by the majority) and  then of course Rudiger’s own goal a few games back. Ever since then he’s been immense. MOTM candidate in several recent games, including last night. I also wasn’t crazy about the play acting but then I thought: maybe you have to beat them at their own game, and of course he’s Chelsea which makes it ok:)! May it (the immense defending more than the Oscar-winning acting) long continue!

 
I get the feeling he is becoming the player on our team opposing fans will dislike the most, like Saurez, Vertongan etc are for us.

 
He's the "bad guy" in this team, and to be honest we have been missing a street fighter. What goes around comes around, Atletico players were happy to go down with any physical contact, can't blame Rudiger for taking a fall after coping a legit elbow ( regardless how much power behind it).

 
Any short elbow to the solar plexus area would put anyone down, no muscles round that area, so he might of really felt it, there again he might of been acting..

 
Never good to hear about any sort of training ground bust up but don't think it will have had much to do with Saturday's defeat because neither player involved played any of the game. 

 
He’s involved again when it comes to negative press about goings on behind the scenes at the club. I’m sure some will look to defend him as always but there’s no smoke without fire. Rudiger isn’t a good enough player for the apparent goings on behind the scenes with him. Having a heated incident with a teammate in training is one thing but not calming down to the point your manager has to send you away from the session is another thing completely. Crazy given it was his tackle on Kepa apparently and not the other way around.

 
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