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Match Report: Tinkerman Mourinho's Half Time Change Helps Chelsea Secure Victory

by Ben McAleer at Sunday, Sep 14 2014 10:55
Match Report: Tinkerman Mourinho's Half Time Change Helps Chelsea Secure Victory Heading into this meeting, these two were the only teams boasting 100% starts to the Premier League season, though it was Chelsea who extended that run at the expense of Swansea. However, it was Swansea who took the lead after just 11 minutes. The WhoScored match forecast had suggested that the visi...
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Player Focus: Dependable Ivanovic Key to Chelsea's Blistering Start

by Ben McAleer at Thursday, Sep 11 2014 17:30
Player Focus: Dependable Ivanovic Key to Chelsea's Blistering Start When Filipe Luis signed for Chelsea from Atlético Madrid over the summer, some felt it was time for Branislav Ivanovic to revert to centre-back, with César Azpilizueta moving to his favoured role on the right. However, three games into the Premier League season and Ivanovic has once mo...
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Match Report: 'Injured' Costa Fires Chelsea to High-Scoring Win at Everton

by Jenny Brown at Monday, Sep 1 2014 10:25
Match Report: 'Injured' Costa Fires Chelsea to High-Scoring Win at Everton After facing two promoted sides in their opening 2 games, Chelsea were up against their first real test of the season as they headed to Goodison Park for Saturday's late kick off. Having netted just twice in their last 3 games there and amidst claims that their first choice striker was facing a batt...
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Player Focus: Fàbregas Signing Should Bring Out the Best in Schürrle

by Ben McAleer at Thursday, Aug 21 2014 10:00
Player Focus: Fàbregas Signing Should Bring Out the Best in Schürrle Cesc Fàbregas rightly won the plaudits for his performance in Chelsea’s 3-1 win over Burnley. The Spaniard capped off an impressive Blues debut on Monday with 2 assists to help secure an impressive WhoScored rating of 8.73 on his first game back in English football.The second of his ass...
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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

by Tancredi Palmeri at Friday, Aug 15 2014 16:00
WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips The most balanced league begins again. Nobody can really question who Le Championnat favourites are, which started a week ago, while the Premier League returns, where Chelsea are tipped to wrestle the title away from Manchester City after their summer spending spree. There are a number of teams capa...
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Team Focus: Fábregas Signing Addresses Key Flaw at Chelsea

by Miguel Delaney at Wednesday, Aug 13 2014 10:46
Team Focus: Fábregas Signing Addresses Key Flaw at Chelsea It wasn’t something Jose Mourinho was so willing to touch upon last season, and he certainly didn’t mention it as much as he did the obvious flaws up front. Yet, now that Chelsea have made their major change in the area, the Portuguese was better prepared to discuss the other deciding fa...
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Team Focus: Is Chelsea's Decision to Sell Lukaku the Right One?

by Alistair Tweedale at Thursday, Jul 31 2014 16:19
Team Focus: Is Chelsea's Decision to Sell Lukaku the Right One? A new chapter indeed this is for Romelu Lukaku. Originally purchased as Didier Drogba's long-term replacement at Stamford Bridge, the 21-year-old has seen the tables turned by the return to west London of the Ivorian veteran. Shipped off to Everton this week on a permanent deal, Lukaku has left in s...

League Focus: 2014/15 Premier League Opening Fixtures Analysed

by Ben McAleer at Monday, Jul 21 2014 14:30
League Focus: 2014/15 Premier League Opening Fixtures Analysed The World Cup has drawn to a close and the pre-season programme is now in full swing. It’s purgatory for English football fans though, who have only the fitness attaining fixtures and the transfer window to keep them occupied until the Premier League campaign returns in 26 days.To whet their a...
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Team Focus: Chelsea Progressing Despite Consecutive 3rd Place Finishes

by Ben McAleer at Monday, Jun 2 2014 16:30
Team Focus: Chelsea Progressing Despite Consecutive 3rd Place Finishes Despite eventually finishing 4 points off top, José Mourinho regularly insisted Chelsea were never in the title race last season. “Champions are only one (team) and the champions will be City or Liverpool,” the Portuguese said after their surprising 2-0 win over Liverpool at Anfie...
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Player Focus: Cast Aside Cole Has Mourinho to Blame

by Alistair Tweedale at Wednesday, May 21 2014 15:58
Player Focus: Cast Aside Cole Has Mourinho to Blame The return of José Mourinho, The Special One, the messiah, the manager who can do no wrong in the eyes of Chelsea fans, was supposed to be a 'happy' homecoming. After 7 different managers and 7 trophies won, a still unsatisfied Roman Abramovich reinstated the Portuguese at the helm, and with ...