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  • A match that had the lot

    A match that had the lot0

    It’s rare that a match has everything – goals, near misses, red and yellow cards, a penalty, reverberating woodwork, VAR drama… and horizontal rain. But last weekend’s monsoon-soaked clash between Chelsea and Southampton will live long in the memory as every box was ticked. It’s just as well that there’s another international break this weekend.

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  • Saints fans, keep your cash

    Saints fans, keep your cash0

    Spare a thought for Chelsea’s programme sellers, who are left with boxfuls of unsold £3.50 souvenir mags… because Stamford Bridge has gone cashless. Even in last weekend’s important clash against Man City, as the European champs faced the English champs, many programmes failed to shift as baffled away fans offered coins and fivers, only to

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  • Zola returns to the Bridge

    Zola returns to the Bridge0

    What a treat! Franco Zola back at Stamford Bridge; sitting in the press box for the Chelsea v Manchester City game. And how Chelsea needed him! If only we could have turned back the clock, handed him a blue shirt with 25 on the back and given him free rein in the second half, the

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  • Blame the wasp for 3-0 win

    Blame the wasp for 3-0 win0

    Spurs were already trailing 2-0 to Chelsea at White Hart Lane when – with 20 minutes remaining – Thomas Tuchel brought on Timo Werner as a sub for Kai Havertz. “He’s bringing Werner on,” I said helpfully to a Tottenham journalist with his head buried in his laptop, who was sitting alongside me in the

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  • Trev….. oh! Debutant scores

    Trev….. oh! Debutant scores0

    As Blues fans made their way home in the August sunshine after a satisfying 3-0 victory over London rivals Crystal Palace, all the talk was about Trevoh Chalobah, the defender manager Thomas Tuchel believes holds the key to Chelsea’s defensive foundation for the season. Tuchel has given the 22-year-old plenty of pre-season starts, and now

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  • Tuchel to earn new contract

    Tuchel to earn new contract0

    Thomas Tuchel, the Chelsea manager, is to be given a contract extension after making Chelsea the champions of Europe… taking him well past his 50th birthday. His current deal is only until July next year, with a possible single-year negotiated extension. Now that is to be reworked to reflect the club’s gratitude for Tuchel’s extraordinary

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