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Team Focus: Something Still Lacking as Chelsea Face Toughest Test Yet Against PSG

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Team Focus: Something Still Lacking as Chelsea Face Toughest Test Yet Against PSG It’s been the bind that has so far created the only real doubt about Chelsea’s otherwise fine season, as well as Wednesday’s Champions League second leg with Paris Saint-Germain. Because, as high-quality as Jose Mourinho’s team is, as imposing as they should be for the French...

Player Focus: Why Unassuming Azpilicueta Has Cemented His Place at Chelsea

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Player Focus: Why Unassuming Azpilicueta Has Cemented His Place at Chelsea When facing this Chelsea team, the aim of opposition managers must be to attempt to highlight any slight weakness of which they can try and take advantage. So far this season, their only defeats have come when Nemanja Matic has been missing or had a rare off day. It isn't at all clear how, therefore...

Match Report: Belgian Blues Seal Victory Over Impressive West Ham

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Match Report: Belgian Blues Seal Victory Over Impressive West Ham After their surprise loss to Crystal Palace on Saturday, the last team West Ham needed to face was league leaders Chelsea. West Ham had won just 1 in their last 10 league matches. They had not managed to score against Chelsea since December 2012 and over the course of his two spells in charge, the E...

Match Focus: Capital One Cup Final - 5 Key Managerial Decisions

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Match Focus: Capital One Cup Final - 5 Key Managerial Decisions On Sunday, Chelsea and Tottenham resume their rivalry to contest the first major piece of silverware of the season. These two have already met twice this campaign, with each side winning on home soil. Spurs put 5 past Chelsea on New Year’s Day; only the second time a José Mourinho side ...

Player Focus: Happy and Committed Zouma Has Potential to Become Chelsea Stalwart

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Player Focus: Happy and Committed Zouma Has Potential to Become Chelsea Stalwart It all started, as with so much in the world of football at present, with Harry Kane. Tottenham had started the game at Stamford Bridge at breakneck speed, with the striker picking Gary Cahill’s pocket on the left wing before turning him inside out and getting a shot away. A clash of heads for...

Fantasy Football: Draft 11 Premier League Tips in Gameweek 24

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Fantasy Football: Draft 11 Premier League Tips in Gameweek 24 WhoScored.com are teaming up with unique fantasy football platform Draft 11 to help you decide who to choose ahead of the weekend's upcoming Premier League fixtures. Draft 11 is different to other fantasy football offerings in that they enable you to choose a new XI every week, with a $100k wage bud...

Player Focus: Is Versatile Cuadrado an Upgrade on Schürrle for Chelsea?

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Player Focus: Is Versatile Cuadrado an Upgrade on Schürrle for Chelsea? Back about a year ago, as José Mourinho was still assessing the Chelsea squad in his first season back, the Portuguese called over André Schürrle for what was already becoming a regular chat. Mourinho again instructed the German that he “needed to change”, both his gam...

Match Report: Impressive City Held by Resolute Chelsea at Stamford Bridge

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Match Report: Impressive City Held by Resolute Chelsea at Stamford Bridge A relegation 6-pointer is one of the more clichéd terms for a fixture in league football, but it's fair to say the top of the table meeting between Chelsea and Manchester City on Saturday evening was as big a 6-pointer as they come. City came into the fixture 5 points behind their title rival...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips It's already match point. At least it could be in the Premier League and the Bundesliga, which is odd considering that the Germans are back in action for the first time since Christmas. Accumulators could have value with bets on the weekend's big games.LIKELY BETSGenoa vs Fiorentina: BOTH TEAMS TO S...

Match Report: Chelsea's Experience Edges the Battle of the Bridge

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Match Report: Chelsea's Experience Edges the Battle of the Bridge After a fiercely contested draw at Anfield a week ago, many would have anticipated the fiery affair that followed in the return leg between Chelsea and Liverpool. It was a match full of controversy on an off the pitch. Mourinho missing the winning goal epitomised the hostility of this heated battle,...