Terrace Talk Chelsea: Big game a letdown but Diego Costa ban leaves sour taste

So the game didn’t live up to the hype — but then it never really was going to, writes Trizia Fiorellino.

Too much at stake, or rather too much to lose. Add to that some influential players missing from both sides and an energy-sapping midweek 120-minute cup game, and most Chelsea fans would probably have taken a draw before the game.

All that said, I do feel aggrieved that we only lost out on all three points by a bit of a howler from Courtois, which itself followed a throw-in which should never have been. But then City fans probably feel pretty aggrieved that given their superiority, they really should have won.