A Branislav Ivanovic double helped Chelsea to a 3-1 win over Liverpool at Anfield as the Blues defied pre-match predictions of a cagey meeting in the first leg of the Champions League Quarter-Finals. Ivanovic’s brace hauled Guus Hiddink’s side back into the game following a Fernando Torres opener, and Didier Drogba added some breathing room [...]
Continue reading …Tuesday 31 March Snubbed again by Carlo Ancelotti, who confirms he has had no contact with Chelsea and therefore nothing to snub but, seemingly, if you ask the same question over and over again, we get snubbed over and over again. Deco played an hour and set up both goals form corners as Portugal finally [...]
Continue reading …You can control, even dominate a game for large parts of proceedings. What you can’t do, however, is win if you don’t put the ball in the back of the net. Despite Chelsea playing very well throughout, Fulham scored at the death in each half of the game and came out winners by 2-1 on [...]
Continue reading …It’s that time of the year again for Chelsea FC; the time when we make our annual trip to Anfield in the Champions League. History: This will be the 9th time that we’ve met Liverpool in the Champions League since 2004. In the previous 8 matches, Chelsea’s record is 2 wins, 2 losses, 4 draws, [...]
Continue reading …The return of Alan Shearer to Newcastle United in a managerial capacity could not lift the Geordies out of the bottom three, as Guus Hiddink’s Chelsea eventually strolled to a 2-0 win at St. James’ Park. Second half goals from Frank Lampard and Florent Malouda were enough for a victory that saw enough energy conserved [...]
Continue reading …The 2008/09 season hasn’t been kind for Chelsea or Charlton at academy level. Stuck at the bottom of Group A, both teams have long since turned their attentions to next year and using a slew of schoolboys from the Under-16s, players who will be regular scholars next season. Chelsea won this end-of-season affair which at [...]
Continue reading …So it turns out, after all, that Alan ‘Neil Lennon headbutted my foot’ Shearer’s installation as Newcastle United’s latest manager, their fourth this season, was not an April Fool’s joke. Honestly, it’s true. And, what’s more, his decision to appoint Iain Dowie as his right-hand man wasn’t a joke either! But then, what more can [...]
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