Chelsea travel to the Etihad Stadium on Saturday afternoon to take on the current reigning champions. This fixture last year produced a convincing 6-0 slaughtering of Chelsea by Pep’s team with Sergio Aguero scoring a hat-trick. City outshone a lacklustre Chelsea team that was under-performing with Sarri at the helm of the Blues and struggling…
Seven Away Wins on The Spin
Chelsea arrived at Vicarage Road after a disappointing result in midweek to Manchester United in the Carabao Cup. Even though Watford hasn’t won a game in the league yet, this was not going to be an easy fixture for Chelsea. Lampard was well aware of the dangers of being complacent as he had mentioned it…
Captain America and Batman are Back
Christian Pulisic and Michy Batshuayi may not be first choice starters at the moment for Chelsea but they are knocking down doors to be there. With Batman’s winner against Ajax and Pulisic’s hattrick away at Burnley, Chelsea has real depth to their attack for the first time since Mourinho’s first period in charge where he…
Winning Ugly
Chelsea were up against Steve Bruce’s Newcastle on Saturday afternoon in which provided to be a test of patience for The Blues. After a scrappy first half where few chances were created, Chelsea took home all three points after a left foot drive from Marcus Alonso, in a much improved second-half performance. As many people…
Blue Lions to roar?
Lampard’s faith in Chelsea’s youth academy has seen a change in the club’s culture this season, with quality selected over reputation. This has allowed the likes of Tomori and Abraham to be playing regular first-team football for Chelsea, which would not have happened under previous managers. Abraham is currently the top English striker in the…
The Winning Feeling Returns At The Bridge
Finally, after seven games, Chelsea managed to keep Brighton at bay and keep a clean sheet. After a dominant first-half performance from the home side which saw Chelsea spur numerous chances, Chelsea finally broke the deadlock from the penalty spot after Mason Mount was fouled by Adam Webster. Webster took a heavy touch which allowed…
Relegation Zone Time Looms
After a mixed start to the Premier League for Chelsea, they return to action at Molineux on Saturday afternoon against tough opposition then follow that up a week later against Premier League contenders Liverpool. Chelsea could easily lose both of these fixtures and be left on 5 points after six games. If other results go…
Young Blues Inspire Chelsea
Since Lampard’s arrival at Stamford Bridge over the summer, Chelsea have been eagerly awaiting Lampards attacking philosophy of free-flowing attacking football. Although Chelsea were torn apart by the counter-attacking prowess of Manchester United on the opening day of the season, there were plenty of positives to take away from the defeat. Chelsea looked energetic, positive…
Reasons For Optimism at the Bridge
Since the Abramovich era started 16 years ago, Chelsea have failed to bring through any academy players to the first team. John Terry is still the last youth prospect to regularly play for the Blues. Chelsea fans are desperate for one of their own academy players to make it to the big stage and be…
Premier League Weekly Round-up
Man City 2-2 Tottenham In what was a thrilling encounter between two of the top teams in England, VAR was the main talking point after the game. Jesus and Man City were denied a late winner after VAR correctly gave a handball against Laporte in stoppage time after the ball brushed his arm before Jesus…
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