The Best of Twitter's Reaction to Chelsea 0-0 West Ham

West Ham left Stamford Bridge with a point after a solid defensive performance held Chelsea to a 0-0 draw. There was plenty of drama despite the scoreline, so let’s look at how the evening unfolded on Twitter.

Bleacher Report’s Garry Hayes posted this Vine before kick-off:

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Here come the teams... #CFC #WHUFC https://t.co/BfMy0WDjed

— Garry Hayes (@garryhayes) January 29, 2014"

Early on in the game, Oscar nearly scored another contender for goal of the season, but Adrian just managed to tip it onto the bar:

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Oscar tries to curl one in and forces a good save #CFC http://t.co/FBA0HFBGXe

— TheShedEnder.com (@theshedender) January 29, 2014"

That was a sign of the frustrating evening that was to follow for the Blues. As was this:

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West Ham just had 10 players in there own box just now. Willian fires over. 15 mins #CFC

— Garry Hayes (@garryhayes) January 29, 2014"

There was also a fair amount of this:

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huge handball appeal from Hazard after his cross is blocked off.

— Chelsea Stats (@ChelseaStats) January 29, 2014"

Despite Chelsea’s best efforts, there was no way through West Ham’s 10-man wall of defenders.

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HEAT MAP: Oscar's everywhere for Chelsea who still haven't broken the deadlock at Stamford Bridge. 62% possession. pic.twitter.com/DrIp38h245

— Squawka Football (@Squawka) January 29, 2014"

The ridiculous stats began appearing at half-time:

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72% possession for Chelsea, 8 corners, hit the post done everything. You can't do more than that when the opponent parks the bus to be fair.

— Seleção Brasileira (@BrazilStats) January 29, 2014"

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PASS MAP: Andy Carroll has not completed a forward pass yet tonight. He's made just 6/16 (38%) passes. Shocking. pic.twitter.com/ha0l3OB85n

— Squawka Football (@Squawka) January 29, 2014"

And the fans made their frustrations known:

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West Ham spent roughly 20 minutes faffing about on throw-ins and freekicks in the first half.

— Frankie (@Frankiee44) January 29, 2014"

There was more of the same in the second half:

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Mikel hits from 1,000 yards out. Sums up Chelsea's night so far.

— Garry Hayes (@garryhayes) January 29, 2014"

The ever-present question about Chelsea’s strikers reared its head:

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Games like these you'd wish we had a clinical and goal scoring striker, eh?

— Chelsea Debate (@ChelseaDebate) January 29, 2014"

This happened a few times:

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Ramires shooting like Dick Cheney on that hunting trip.

— Keviη Stott (@KevinStott11) January 29, 2014"

Before Frank Lampard came on for John Obi Mikel, having received a fair bit of stick during his warm-up:

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West Ham singing to Lampard "you're not playing cos you're shit" - Chelsea retort. "Frankie Lampard he's won more than you"

— TerrenceTheCat (@TerrenceTheCat) January 29, 2014"

Chelsea continued to throw everything at the Hammers:

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#CFC 0-0 #WHUFC http://t.co/m8agXmpg0Z Chelsea still can't find opener against Hammers. They're trying... pic.twitter.com/yPkCbf6z7k

— FourFourTwo (@FourFourTwo) January 29, 2014"

But there was no way through:

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West Ham haven't had a single man leave their penalty area tonight - this is like watching Argentina in 1990. Or Chelsea in 2012!

— Carlo Garganese (@carlogarganese) January 29, 2014"

Then the inevitable “If Chelsea had Mata…” tweets began:

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Chelsea still drawing with West Ham. If only they had a £37m attacking midfielder who could break a team of West Ham’s quality down.

— Si (@PhantomGoal) January 29, 2014"

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Looks like Chelsea could really use a creative playmaker who likes playing between the lines. If only they had a backup to Oscar...

— Kieran Canning (@KieranCanning) January 29, 2014"

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Chelsea struggling to find the back of the net. Really need a creative player. Maybe bring on Mata? Oh wait....

— Messi Minutes (@MessiMinutes) January 29, 2014"

And the funny, funny jokes:

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What is the Mata with Chelsea?

— BBC Sporf (@BBCSporf) January 29, 2014"

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What's a Mata Chelsea?

— Jamie Hall (@JamieHall__) January 29, 2014"

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I have definitely not seen enough tweets from rival fans saying Chelsea only needed Juan goal. Slacking.

— Gene Oliver (@mantomanmarking) January 29, 2014

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Chelsea supporters were unimpressed with the result:

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Way too many shots from outside the box, no patience in our build up.

— Blues Talk (@Blues_Talk) January 29, 2014"

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4 minutes added on. 6 subs = 3 mins (30 secs each). so only 1 min for the injury that’s already been 2. and about 34 minutes of time wasting

— Chelsea Stats (@ChelseaStats) January 29, 2014"

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If Chelsea insist on plodding through the first half with such lethargy, games will come down to a mad scramble second 45

— The Special John (@bainesyDiego10) January 29, 2014"

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Yes yes yes - let's keep shooting randomly from distance - it's been SO effective for 87 minutes

— TerrenceTheCat (@TerrenceTheCat) January 29, 2014"

There was a good case made for buying a striker in this transfer window:

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In the last four days, Chelsea have had nearly 70 shots on goal against Stoke and West Ham and scored just one - from a free-kick #CFC

— The Special John (@bainesyDiego10) January 29, 2014"

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39 shots, 9 on target. If this isn't conclusive proof we're in dire need of a striker, I don't know what is. pic.twitter.com/WqNCZxFbYO

— Frankie (@Frankiee44) January 29, 2014"

And one supporter had these words of wisdom:

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We drew a game and remain third, yet half the people on my TL are on suicide watch tonight. You lot haven't lived.

— Kelvin Barker (@ChelseaKelv) January 29, 2014"

But Sid Lowe summed it up perfectly:

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Sounds like West Ham - Chelsea was fun..... Once the game had finished.

— Sid Lowe (@sidlowe) January 29, 2014"

Jose Mourinho blasted West Ham’s tactics:

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Mourinho: It's difficult to play a match when only one team wants to play. Because West Ham need points they came here the way they did.#CFC

— Chelsea FC (@chelseafc) January 29, 2014"

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Mourinho: 'I don’t want to criticise too much because if I was in their position, I don’t know if I would do the same.' #CFC

— Chelsea FC (@chelseafc) January 29, 2014"

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Mourinho on West Ham: "This is not Premier League, this is not the best league in the world. This is football from the 19th century."

— Miguel Delaney (@MiguelDelaney) January 29, 2014"

A few people suggested that this might be a little rich from Mourinho:

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Mourinho's sounding like a hypocrite. Look at this Chelsea bus! pic.twitter.com/BnCxMvfZi0

— Muzzy (@Muzzy_92) January 29, 2014"

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Not usually one for player/manager bashing but how is Mourinho warranting complaints over #WHUFC 'negative tactics? #CFC

— Mitch Waddon (@MitchWaddon) January 29, 2014"

Before Sam Allardyce responded, adding a new word to the football lexicon as he did so:

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Allardyce: "It's brilliant when you get a result against him! I love Chelsea moaning."

— Miguel Delaney (@MiguelDelaney) January 29, 2014"

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Allardyce: "He can't take it can he. He can't take him because we've out-tacticed him, out-witted him. He just can't cope."

— Miguel Delaney (@MiguelDelaney) January 29, 2014"

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Allardyce adding "out-tacticed" to the list of footballing Outs: - Outplayed - Out-fought - Out-thought - Out-gunned - Out-manoeuvred/run

— Football Clichés (@FootballCliches) January 29, 2014"

Chelsea fans were reminded of another damp and miserable London derby:

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The last time Chelsea failed to score in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge was January 2nd 2013 in a 1-0 defeat to Queens Park Rangers.

— Squawka Football (@Squawka) January 29, 2014"

And given a dose of realism:

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Think we've got to be careful of over-analysing tonight's game, Chelsea beat West Ham 99/100, just unlucky tonight @GrantJames_CFC

— Jack Rathborn (@jackrathborn) January 29, 2014"

Before looking to the next game:

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Back from the Bridge - wet as an otters pocket. Frustrating night, but that's the way it goes & soon forgotten when we beat City on Monday.

— Mark Worrall (@gate17marco) January 29, 2014"

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