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It could get wurst for Chelsea 0
- News
- 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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Pupil v Master: Lampard’s on top 0
- Chelsea First Team, Sport
- 22nd February 2020
When they clashed in the league at White Hart Lane, the former student Frank Lampard had the tactical beating of his old mentor Jose Mourinho. It happened again at Stamford Bridge, where Lampard’s 3-4-2-1 formation worked a treat with Olivier Giroud (still smarting after his ‘goal’ was ruled offside against Manchester United on Monday) had
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Not a fortress, a food bank 0
- Chelsea First Team, Sport
- 18th February 2020
Never mind the football! All 81,008 eyes (slightly fewer, if there were any one-eyed fans present) were on the giant screens rather than the action as an inordinate amount of Monday night’s Chelsea v Man Utd match was spent waiting for VAR official Chris Kavanagh and his assistant, Sian Massey-Ellis, to determine: a) if Chelsea
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That’s better! Blues hit 4 0
- Chelsea First Team
- 29th November 2018
After the dismal display against Spurs last weekend, there was only one direction Chelsea could go. And they took it. Up, up and away, a rejuvenated Blues team, with youngsters given the chance to shine, eclipsed their Greek rivals POAK Salonika, even if they couldn’t silence their noisy fans. It helped that the Europa League
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Bluebirds in Garden of Eden 0
- Chelsea First Team
- 15th September 2018
The one-man creative spark for Chelsea, Eden Hazard, proved again against Cardiff City why he is the Blues’ most valuable player and most coveted player, scoring a hat-trick and bamboozling the opposition in the sunshine in SW6. As the crowd rose to give him a standing ovation as he was subbed in the 84th
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The frustration of desperation 0
- Chelsea First Team
- 9th May 2018
Sometimes it’s easy to forget that desperation is every bit as powerful a driver as ambition. Huddersfield Town came to Stamford Bridge in dire straits on the edge of the drop zone, and left with a point that means jobs are safe, salaries are secure, fans have salvaged survival from the jaws of disaster, and
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