Graeme Souness

Today's game, it's a manager's prerogative to set his team up and play the way he wants to play.

His job is to get the best out of the group of players that he's working with.

Rafa thought that was the best way today.

I think when you sit that deep, inevitably, there's a great deal going to happen in and around your box.

You're relying on Lady Luck to be with you that day because...

if the ball drops or you end up getting scruffy goals.

Chelsea's two goals today were two scruffy goals.

Penalty that we could all have a different opinion about and an OG.

So, you know, to a point, Newcastle, their plan worked perfectly.

But the players sitting in that dressing room will feel really sore right now because I come back to it.

I think they would have preferred losing the way they did so late in the game to a scruffy goal.

I think, personally, if I'm a player, I'd rather lose 3-0 having a right goal than trying to win the game.

Is that?

This is a great place if the team are on the front foot.

The way they get behind the support.

It's a joy to be here.

And that may have happened half a dozen times today in 90 minutes.

Just sitting that deep, that can happen to you.

They've lost the worst possible way today, at the very end, having done so well.

And it's in.