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  • Hunger v smugness

    Hunger v smugness0

    West Ham, desperate for points and starved of success, overpowered rivals Chelsea who – to their shame – turned up at the London Stadium for this midweek league derby smugly expecting a simple win. On paper, the Blues should have beaten the Irons. Especially as the vast echoing bowl of a stadium lacked a baying

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  • It could get wurst for Chelsea

    It could get wurst for Chelsea0

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    • 26th February 2020

    Chelsea managed to escape with a 3-0 defeat at the Bridge against a potentially rampant Bayern Munich side who are going to take some stopping if they aren’t going to lift the Champions League trophy this season. For all the Blues’ endeavour (and there were odd glimpses of promise, with Mason Mount having a good

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  • Kepa atones for Wembley

    Kepa atones for Wembley0

    Chelsea’s maverick goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga atoned for his rebellious outburst during the League Cup final by turning in a dazzling man-of-the-match performance at Craven Cottage as the Blues scraped home 2-1 in a tight game. Kepa’s keeping started rather dodgily in the 18th minute after he fumbled a ball, failed to hold it, and it

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  • ‘Players to pick goalie’

    ‘Players to pick goalie’0

    All eyes will be on the teamsheet at Stamford Bridge this evening, where Spurs are the visitors. Will it be Kepa Arrizabalaga between the sticks, or Willy Caballero? Or perhaps a maverick left-field choice, such as 39-year-old Robert Green, who is – presumably – stored in a cupboard somewhere under the east stand. To be

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  • No whitewash, no blue rinse

    No whitewash, no blue rinse0

    With everyone confidently predicting a one-sided whitewash – or possibly a blue rinse – from Manchester City against the Chelsea team they had thrashed 6-0 just a fortnight ago, this Carabao Cup Final was a surprise. A largely dull surprise, but still a surprise. That Chelsea held on for the whole of normal time and

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  • Season starts, lion purrs0

    Fleetingly, Chelsea topped the new Premier League table after last weekend’s satisfying 3-0 away win at Huddersfield, but what was even more pleasing was the way things clicked. Morrie Sarri had played down prospects, saying that real synchronicity could be up to three months away. But with N’Golo Kante knocking in a surprise opener, new

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