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Heavens above! Frank seeks help 0
- Chelsea First Team, Sport
- 29th December 2020
Four points from five games, and Frank Lampard is under pressure and looking upwards for answers. Monday’s 1-1 draw with Aston Villa at the Bridge was simply not good enough after defeat to Arsenal on Boxing Day, and the Blues are on the slide. Now the second wave of Covid is washing fixtures away, and
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Gunners win, Blues flop 0
- Chelsea First Team, Sport
- 26th December 2020
Chelsea were never going to win the Boxing Day derby against demoralised Arsenal… they had neither the hunger nor the eagerness, nor the pace, and it was clear – from the opening moments – that the Gunners were finally going to end their dismal downward spiral and gain three much-needed points… their first home win
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Blues steady the ship 0
- Chelsea First Team, Sport
- 14th July 2020
An Olivier Giroud close-range header in first-half stoppage time was all that separated Chelsea and Norwich at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday night. His neck muscles bulging, he forced home Christian Pulisic’s cross with such whip that Tim Krul’s fingertips were pushed back by the ball’s pace. But Frank Lampard was pleased that his team steadied
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Eagles + Blues = cracking fun 0
- Chelsea First Team, Sport
- 7th July 2020
In one of the most absorbing, free-flowing and unpredictable matches of this fractured season, Crystal Palace pushed Chelsea all the way… but just couldn’t pip the Blues at the post in an all-action Tuesday evening thriller at Selhurst Park. Playing in pale blue pyjamas which looked like old Coventry City shirts that had done too
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Blues’ joy at turnaround 0
- Chelsea First Team, Sport
- 21st June 2020
Chelsea managed to turn a 1-0 halftime deficit into a 2-1 victory at Villa Park in their opening match back after the Covid break, notching up their first away win of 2020 and making a clear statement about their intention to hang on to a Champions League place for next season. But the biggest takeaway
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The kids are alright 0
- Chelsea First Team, Sport
- 8th March 2020
When it comes to Chelsea, the kids are alright. Everyone knows that Frank Lampard and assistant Jody Morris are building something special at Stamford Bridge, but the Blues’ 4-0 defeat of (an admittedly lacklustre and plodding) Everton made a few more converts among the neutrals. Chelsea were 2-0 up after 21 minutes of Sunday afternoon’s
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