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The first silverware of the season will be decided in Cardiff on Sunday as Chelsea face Liverpool in the Carling Cup Final. For a trophy so often sniffed at by the leading clubs, it is ironic that the League Cup final of 2005 is a match of undoubted substance. Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez would rightly [...]

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The turning point in this game came in the 56th minute when Anders Frisk sent off Didier Drogba. The Swedish referee made a huge blunder in sending off Drogba who was legitimately going for a ball that was there to be won ahead of Barcelona ‘keeper Victor Valdés, he could of possibly scored as well. [...]

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Well the so-called quadruple dream is over (for this season anyway!), but the greater concern is the extent of the injuries we sustained in a match of terrible fortune more than anything. As pre-empted by Mourinho, the FA Cup was the least of his worries with a mammoth tie against Barcelona midweek and the Carling [...]

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Following their defeat at Newcastle, Chelsea face the resumption of the Champions League and a trip to Barcelona this Wednesday. Despite Jose Mourinho’s cool post-match interview at St James’ Park on Sunday, there will doubtless be a lot of head scratching in the team hotel this week given the alarming spate of injuries sustained by [...]

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The next fortnight sees Chelsea’s run in begin in earnest with three crucial matches, the first of which being a trip to Newcastle in the FA Cup fifth round.

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EVERTON 0-1 CHELSEA

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Eidur Gudjohnsen grabbed the winner at Goodison Park today to put us twelve points clear ahead of the Manchester City Manchester United game tomorrow. On a very windy day at Goodison Park where the pitch was looking dreadful, we outplayed Everton and came away with the three points, which crucially gave the team, and us [...]

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For various reasons and most notably the long-term injury to Arjen Robben, Chelsea’s visit to Everton this weekend will be one of their most important games of the season. Despite a nine point lead at the top of the table the Blues need a result to silence the long queue of critics pointing at their [...]

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The last team to beat Chelsea in the Premiership were Man City back in October last year, that day David James made some vital saves to keep us out. Today he made two good saves that stopped us getting the vital win to go back 11pts clear.

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Finally the return leg and a chance to avenge our solitary league defeat this season. Man City pulled off the unlikely win, but it was the pre-Robben era where we were struggling to score goals. Ferreira unfortunately gave away the penalty after bringing Anelka down, and Cech was unable to pull off his Blackburn heroics. [...]

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It was the cold hard battles in the wet and windy north that Alex Ferguson said would derail our title ambitions, however in the Battle of Blackburn, very much the opposite was true. In a highly physical game where Blackburn threw everything except the kitchen sink at us, Chelsea refused to roll over.

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Jose Mourinho has his sights firmly set on the eleven wins required to bring Chelsea Premiership glory, with Blackburn at Ewood Park the first on the list. Having made eight changes to the side that beat Birmingham on Sunday, the Chelsea coach will be able to revert back to the big guns for this vital [...]

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It was back down to business again today for Jose Mourinho and Chelsea, as it was FA Cup Fourth Round day. We’d been drawn against Birmingham City and Sky had chosen the match as their Sunday game. Mario Melchiot was welcomed back to Stamford Bridge before the game collecting a memento for his time at [...]

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Chelsea’s win over Manchester United in midweek means that their quadruple attempt remains alive with Birmingham the next hurdle in the FA Cup. Jose Mourinho knows just how hard it will be to win all four competitions and despite his need to rest players this Sunday, he will not be taking the visitors lightly. Whilst [...]

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