Hector Bellerin’s late strike denied Chelsea a comeback victory at the Emirates against Arsenal, in a pulsating 2-2 draw. The first-half saw both Thibaut Courtois and Petr Cech called into action on multiple occasions but the deadlock wasn’t broken and the sides went in level, with Morata and Sanchez spurning good opportunities to put their […]
Chelsea kept the pressure on Manchester United with a remarkably comfortable 5-0 thumping of Stoke City at Stamford Bridge. Stoke had barely touched the ball by the time Chelsea took a commanding 2-0 lead, as goals from Antonio Rudiger and Danny Drinkwater seemingly put the game beyond the Potters with just nine minutes played. Rudiger’s […]
A second-half blitz saw Chelsea stroll to a comfortable 2-0 victory over Brighton at Stamford Bridge. As has become a common theme this season Chelsea have dominated possession without finding a breakthrough, and this was especially true for the Blues’s first-half performance. Victor Moses came closest to opening the scoring when his late dart into […]
Chelsea were held to a frustrating 0-0 draw against Everton, as they lost more ground on league leaders Manchester City. In the first-half Chelsea dominated and should’ve found the back of the net, but twice Phil Jagielka cleared off the line in quick succession – first from Bakayoko and then from Willian. Jordan Pickford then […]
Chelsea needed the help of their more senior players to make it through against Bournemouth in the Carabao Cup quarter-final, with Alvaro Morata striking deep into stoppage time to secure a place in the semi-finals. Antonio Conte heavily rotated his side for the visit of the Cherries, with Danny Drinkwater, Kennedy, Michy Batshuayi, Willy Caballero […]
A first-half masterclass from Fraser Forster saw Chelsea scrape a 1-0 win at home to Southampton on a bitterly cold afternoon in West London. The English shot-stopper made saves from Kante, Bakayoko, Cahill and Pedro in the first-half to keep the scores level, whilst the Spanish winger also hit the base of the post with […]
Chelsea didn’t have to be mightily impressive in order to take a commanding lead in the first-half as they latched onto a series of poor defensive errors from Huddersfield. The visitors were afforded acres of space out wide as Huddersfield’s defence was set up narrowly to deal with the interchanging front three of Pedro, Hazard […]
Chelsea slumped to their first defeat since October, as West Ham held on for a hard-fought 1-0 victory at the London Stadium. A slow start to the first-half seems to be a bad habit that this Chelsea team are getting into, as for the second Premier League game running Chelsea fell behind to an early […]
Chelsea had to settle for second place in their Champions League group after a Steven Savic own goal secured a point at home to Atletico Madrid, who needed to win in order to stand any chance of progressing. The first-half wasn’t much of a spectacle, with Chelsea dominating but failing to test the mightily impressive […]
Chelsea coasted to a comfortable 3-1 victory over Newcastle, despite Dwight Gayle’s early opener, as the Magpies’ away day blues continued. Chelsea began the game in the driving seat, controlling possession as Newcastle sat deep in the hope of using Gayle as an outlet on the break, and it was expected that Gayle’s isolation would […]
Chelsea staggered towards a 1-0 win against a lowly Swansea side at Stamford Bridge. In the first half, Chelsea were extremely dominant in possession, but their lethargic approach yielded very few clear-cut opportunities, with only Morata testing Fabianski with a hooked volley from inside the area. Willian and Pedro, both picked on the basis of […]
A late Willian goal helped Chelsea secure a 1-1 draw at Anfield against a Liverpool team that opted to bench Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino. In the first-half Chelsea again had to grow into the game, starting slowly and failing to break Liverpool’s press, with the Reds accumulating 68% possession. As the game wore on […]