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  • Bees sting Blues

    Bees sting Blues0

    ‘We’re staying up,’ chanted the Brentford fans, gathered at the Shed end of Stamford Bridge after they took the lead against a Chelsea team who suddenly relaxed in a warm bath of complacency after scoring first in Saturday’s west London derby. Never mind merely staying up… Brentford looked more like the champions of Europe than

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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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  • Battle of Stamford Bridge0

    Oh, the irony! An equaliser – deep, deep into Fergietime – was the undoing of Manchester United at Stamford Bridge as Ross Barkley hammered home a goal in the sixth and final minute allotted by ref Mike Dean to compensate for a string of late and irritatingly protracted substitutions to deny the Reds a rare

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