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TERRY ENDS STOKE’S WEMBLEY HOPES
Chelsea eased into yet another FA Cup Semi-Final with a routine 2-0 home win against Stoke City. The English duo of Frank Lampard and John Terry supplied the goals either side of the interval. Carlo Ancelotti brought Alex back into the starting eleven to help cope with Stoke’s aerial threat, whilst Paulo Ferreira and Salomon Kalou also returned. ...
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NO HANDSHAKE, NO POINTS
For those of us that were here when we were not so good, our capitulation at the hands of Manchester City was a throwback to those heady days. From 1-0 up, we somehow contrived to have two many sent off and give away a penalty in a morale crushing 4-2 loss. All the pre match focus was on the handshake/non ...
INTER 2-1 CHELSEA: KALOU NETS AWAY TO LAY FOUNDATIONS AT HOME
So that’s what it’s like to lose to José Mourinho. All those teams he left trailing in his wake were joined by Chelsea tonight, as goals from Diego Milito and Esteban Cambiasso either side of a Salomon Kalou strike handed Inter Milan the advantage in this Champions League First Knockout Round first-leg ...
POINTLESS TRIP TO MERSEYSIDE
It was an ugly game at Goodison Park as Chelsea came off 2nd best to see their lead at the top of the Premier League cut to a point. Louis Saha gave Ancelotti’s side a taste of what Arsenal had to deal with against Didier Drogba on Sunday as he dominated Terry and Carvalho, and was ultimately the difference ...
ARSENAL OUT GUNNED
For the fourth consecutive match against ‘the’ Arsenal, Chelsea ran out comfortably winners and ended the Gunners’ already faint title hopes. An emphatic Didier Drogba brace sealed the 2-0 victory which saw Chelsea march back to the top of the table. ...
MUST D0 BETTER
Chelsea dropped two precious points at the KC Stadium against Hull City on Tuesday evening. A 1-1 draw extended Chelsea’s lead at the top of the Premier League to two points, but with tricky fixtures coming up against Arsenal and Everton, the Blues will very much see this draw as a wasted opportunity. ...
BLACK CATS BASHED AT THE BRIDGE
Chelsea started 2010 in blistering fashion has they put seven past Sunderland at Stamford Bridge. There were 2 goals apiece for Frank Lampard and Nicolas Anelka, with Florent Malouda, Michael Ballack and a flash of brilliance from Ashley Cole completed the rout. Sunderland almost took the shine off a ...
CHELSEA DOMINATE SORRY WATFORD
Chelsea were far too good for Watford in the FA Cup third round match at Stamford Bridge, running out winners 5-0. Daniel Sturridge scored his first two goals for the club, whilst Frank Lampard and Florent Malouda also scored. John Eustace’s own goal was the second goal conceded by the Championship ...
STURRIDGE FILLS DROGBA’S BOOTS
You might have heard the odd Chelsea optimist say “Didier who?” as they strolled back towards Fulham Broadway after securing a place in the fourth round of the FA Cup. Daniel Sturridge, in his first big test as a Chelsea player, was asked to lead the line in the absence of Drogba, Anelka and Kalou, ...
DRAMATIC COMEBACK SEALS DERBY WIN
Two goals in two minutes were enough for Chelsea to snatch a come from behind win over neighbours Fulham, at Stamford Bridge. Having fallen behind to an early and easily preventable goal from Zoltan Gera, a marvellous header from Didier Drogba and an own goal from Chris Smalling after good work from ...
CHELSEA SERVE UP XMAS TURKEY
Everyone gets something they don’t expect at Chritsmas, for us Chelsea fans it was the first time we had failed to score since the Champions League semi final first leg in the Nou Camp in April, a near season long 35 games ago. In truth it was down to a lack of cutting edge up top, but Joe Hart, the ...
LAMPARDS HAMMER’S HOME PENALTY UNDER PRESSURE
Chelsea failed to fully capitalise on Manchester United’s defeat to Fulham following a 1-1 draw with West Ham United at Upton Park on Sunday afternoon. The game’s main incidents seemed to revolve solely around the penalty spot, particularly after Frank Lampard was forced to take his penalty three ...
CHELSEA LABOUR AGAINST GRANT’S POMPEY
Chelsea laboured to a 2-1 win at home to Portsmouth, ending our run of matches without victory and also putting us atop the Premier League table once more. Avram Grant returned to Stamford Bridge for the first time since his harsh sacking in the summer, as he looks to salvage Portsmouth’s disastrous ...
