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Callum assists, Alvaro scores 0
- Chelsea First Team
- 5th January 2019
Two superb crosses from the fleet-footed Callum Hudson-Odoi, and two goals for the confidence-shorn striker Alvaro Morata, were enough to dump Nottingham Forest out of the FA Cup in the 3rd Round on Saturday at Stamford Bridge, in a one-sided tie which still seemed laboured and unconvincing at times. Manager Aitor Karanka had set up
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Time to mind our language 0
- Chelsea FC Women, Chelsea First Team
- 28th December 2018
I heard a new chant from the Chelsea fans at Watford, directed at a fellow journalist who regularly tweets against racism in football. Not being one of the Twitterati myself, I wasn’t aware of this social media spat… but it’s unusual for a hack in the press box to be targeted with a specific chant
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Jingle bells, Chelsea win away 0
- Chelsea First Team
- 27th December 2018
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way. Oh what fun it was to watch Chelsea win away. Just a shame they couldn’t do it at home too, against Leicester. It means that the Blues have a devil of a fight on their hands to claw back ground against runaway Liverpool, limp-along Man City and
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How to beat Chelsea 0
- Chelsea First Team
- 22nd December 2018
How to beat Chelsea. Step 1: Man-mark Eden Hazard. Step 2: Close down all spare space. Step 3: Hassle and harry, show no respect. Step 4: Score. Leicester City’s game plan worked to perfection, with the Blues falling to a rare home defeat, and Leicester fans jubilantly heading back to their buses, chanting deliriously. Hamza
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Don’t I know you?0
- Chelsea FC Women
- 22nd December 2018
After beating Reading 1-0 in the final league game at Kingsmeadow of 2018, a rerun will be staged – same place, same opponents – in the Conti Cup in January. Chelsea have been drawn at home to the Royals in the quarter-finals, with Man City drawing Brighton and Arsenal facing Birmingham. The tie will either
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Now it’s Spurs in the semis 0
- Chelsea First Team
- 19th December 2018
Until this match reached a frantic climax with 10 minutes remaining, the only real fireworks at Chelsea v Bournemouth had been during the pitchside pyrotechnic display. The midweek Carabao Cup quarter-final seemed to be heading to 0-0 and penalties, until sub Eden Hazard latched on to a Pedro flick in the Cherries’ box and fired.
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