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Player Focus: Mikel Providing Necessary Balance to Chelsea Under Hiddink

by Ben McAleer at Tuesday, Jan 5 2016 17:45
Player Focus: Mikel Providing Necessary Balance to Chelsea Under Hiddink “You can play with all creative players – Matic, Fabregas, Oscar, Willian coming inside – but sometimes you have to choose a different way,” interim Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink said last month. The choice of players was somewhat surprising to some. Granted, Cesc Fabregas, Os...
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Match Report: Chelsea Start New Year Like Old Selves

by Jenny Brown at Monday, Jan 4 2016 09:30
Match Report: Chelsea Start New Year Like Old Selves With the struggling champions having turned so many corners this season - it's no surprise they've often found themselves lost and without a plan. And while the change in management didn't seem to have the immediate and resolute effect owner Roman Abramovich would have hoped for - Sunday's derby at ...
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Team Focus: Should Manchester United Take the Plunge for Mourinho?

by Miguel Delaney at Wednesday, Dec 23 2015 15:37
Team Focus: Should Manchester United Take the Plunge for Mourinho? On Thursday evening, shortly after Jose Mourinho was sacked by Chelsea, the Portuguese was asked by a colleague about the next step and the job he has always really wanted: Manchester United. The 52-year-old said in response there are some roles that are just impossible to turn down.The wonder, howe...
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League Focus: Five Premier League Musings this Christmas

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Dec 23 2015 11:33
League Focus: Five Premier League Musings this Christmas Can Leicester win the league?No doubt the shock of the season so far is that of Leicester City, with a success story greater than any demise in our books. Having spent last Christmas drowning their sorrows at the bottom of the league Foxes fans have reason for cheer and then some this time around.Le...
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Team Focus: Sunderland Win Suggests Chelsea Ready to Flourish Again

by Jonathan Wilson at Monday, Dec 21 2015 11:20
Team Focus: Sunderland Win Suggests Chelsea Ready to Flourish Again Statisticians will point out that the idea of a new manager bounce is nonsense, that the idea that a change of manager prompts an upturn in form is not borne out by facts. But what is true that there are occasions when a manager’s presence has become so oppressive that players appear liberated...
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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips Across Europe

by Tancredi Palmeri at Friday, Dec 11 2015 10:47
WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips Across Europe Serie A’s evening fixtures forbids you from going out for Christmas shopping. Two of the fiercest Italian rivalries will take centre stage and this time, it won't solely focus on the history of the fixtures, as all four teams are involved in the battle for maximum points this season. Napoli vs...
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Match Report: Chelsea's European Form Sees Them Progress

by Jenny Brown at Thursday, Dec 10 2015 12:00
Match Report: Chelsea's European Form Sees Them Progress For all the criticism Chelsea have come under the season, their Champions League campaign has by and large gone unnoticed. Those performances have easily been the London club's best. And while they haven't set the bar particularly high - they have a made the step up for Jose Mourinho in Europe. Ahea...
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Match Report: Battling Bournemouth End Eight-game Winless Run at Chelsea

by Ben McAleer at Saturday, Dec 5 2015 20:15
Match Report: Battling Bournemouth End Eight-game Winless Run at Chelsea As far as shocks in football go, Bournemouth's victory at Chelsea has to be one of the biggest of the campaign. Eddie Howe's side came to Stamford Bridge on an eight-game winless run, while Jose Mourinho's team looked to have turned a corner after a three-game unbeaten run in all competitions. Howev...
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Player Focus: Classless Costa at the Forefront of Chelsea's Goalscoring Struggles

by Ben McAleer at Monday, Nov 30 2015 17:20
Player Focus: Classless Costa at the Forefront of Chelsea's Goalscoring Struggles “With Diego I wanted him to do a certain movement that he didn’t and I was disappointed and reacted and he reacted too, but at half time in the dressing room there were a few kisses and cuddles,” Jose Mourinho said of Diego Costa following Chelsea’s 4-0 win over Maccabi Tel A...
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Match Report: Spurs and Chelsea Divide the Points as Costa Watches On

by Jenny Brown at Monday, Nov 30 2015 10:00
Match Report: Spurs and Chelsea Divide the Points as Costa Watches On While a point at home to Chelsea may have felt like a loss to Tottenham on Sunday, the North London side have extended their impressive unbeaten run to 13 matches. Only Bayern Munich and PSG are currently on longer unbeaten runs in Europe’s top 5 leagues this season. It is their longest run wi...
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