{"id":8471,"date":"2022-02-05T09:02:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T14:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/05\/chelsea-star-singled-out-for-criticism-after-poor-start-vs-plymouth\/"},"modified":"2022-02-05T09:02:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T14:02:16","slug":"chelsea-star-singled-out-for-criticism-after-poor-start-vs-plymouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/05\/chelsea-star-singled-out-for-criticism-after-poor-start-vs-plymouth\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea star singled out for criticism after poor start vs Plymouth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A Chelsea star has been singled out for criticism after a poor start in the Blues\u2019 meeting with Plymouth.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea are currently hosting League One outfit Plymouth in an FA Cup 4<sup>th<\/sup> round tie.<\/p>\n<p>Following Middlesbrough\u2019s downing of Manchester United on Friday, the League One minnows\u2019 hopes of getting a result at Stamford Bridge were likely boosted.<\/p>\n<p>But very few could have predicted just how well their side would start the tie.<\/p>\n<p>Plymouth dominated the early exchanges and took the lead after eight minutes via a Macaulay Gillesphey header.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT ?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gillesphey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@gillesphey<\/a> HEADS HOME FOR <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/only1argyle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@only1argyle<\/a> AGAINST <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChelseaFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChelseaFC<\/a> ?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EmiratesFACup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EmiratesFACup<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/26NBE9bJTQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/26NBE9bJTQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Emirates FA Cup (@EmiratesFACup) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmiratesFACup\/status\/1489942938285084676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Romelu Lukaku targeted<\/h2>\n<p>The Gillesphey header came from a free-kick, which Romelu Lukaku was marking the goalscorer for.<\/p>\n<p>And as shown in the video above, Lukaku\u2019s marking and challenge for the ball was less than great.<\/p>\n<p>This has lead to the Belgian coming in for a fair bit of criticism early in the game, with just some of that shown below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I have no time for Lukaku, get out<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2013 Bhoyyyyyy (@PatrickHogan___) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatrickHogan___\/status\/1489941748629573639?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">How is Lukaku still playing for us? Honestly? ?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael (@MDavidB97) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MDavidB97\/status\/1489941954809024516?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Lukaku is trash he can\u2019t even break a simple pass ffs<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ?? O W U L A ? (@_owula) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_owula\/status\/1489941945489276929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">How\u2019s Lukaku getting pushed around the box like a piece of paper, sort yourself out man.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Louie \u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f (@LouieStracey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LouieStracey\/status\/1489941970751561730?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What\u2019s Lukaku doing the muppet? ??? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lukaku?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lukaku<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FutKeiran1999V2 (@keiranc761) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/keiranc761\/status\/1489941969279332358?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We\u2019re so so much better without Lukaku<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TomSweeney (@TCGSweeney13) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TCGSweeney13\/status\/1489942280303792128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Lukaku is so useless<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benno MBE British Era???????? (@chelsblob) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chelsblob\/status\/1489942257851584516?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Lukaku is getting bullied by league one defenders. Shambles lol<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 malachi ? (@DEVlNSBOOKER) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DEVlNSBOOKER\/status\/1489942241191895040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Lukaku should Go.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BenevolentChap??\u200d? (@BenevolentChap) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenevolentChap\/status\/1489942208128204805?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/football-betting-tips\/match-previews\/football-predictions\/senegal-vs-egypt-betting-tips-africa-cup-of-nations-final-preview\/\">Senegal vs Egypt betting tips: Africa Cup of Nations Final preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/football-betting-tips\/match-previews\/football-predictions\/tottenham-hotspur-vs-brighton-hove-albion-betting-tips-preview-predictions-odds\/\">Tottenham Hotspur vs Brighton &amp; Hove Albion betting tips: Preview, predictions &amp; odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Chelsea star has been singled out for criticism after a poor start in the Blues\u2019 meeting with Plymouth. Chelsea are currently hosting League One outfit Plymouth in an FA Cup 4th round tie. Following Middlesbrough\u2019s downing of Manchester United on Friday, the League One minnows\u2019 hopes of getting a result at Stamford Bridge were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-8471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8471\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}