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Chelsea and Frank Lampard finally collected their long-awaited first clean sheet of the season as they comfortably beat Brighton 2-0 at Stamford Bridge. A bright and enterprising start to the game should’ve been taken advantage of as Pedro, Ross Barkley and Marcos Alonso were all guilty of spurning good chances. By deploying Barkley and Mason […]
Reece James and Callum Hudson-Odoi are both in line to start Saturday’s match against Brighton after the pair single-handedly tore apart Grimsby’s defence in midweek. Billy Gilmour also dazzled on and off the ball with some crisp passing play to break the lines and ease Chelsea’s transition play. The 18-year-old will now be eager to […]
Despite once more failing to pick up a victory at Stamford Bridge this season, many fans were left feeling optimistic about Chelsea’s prospects for the future as a second-half resurgence nullified Liverpool’s attacking prowess whilst also creating some guilt edged chances to rescue a point from the game. Grimsby should provide a far less strenuous […]
Even the assistance of VAR couldn’t prevent Chelsea from falling to defeat against Valencia in their first Champions League game for over a year and a half. Ross Barkley saw his late penalty, awarded by VAR for a handball, clip the top of the bar on its way over leaving the outcast English midfielder to […]
Tammy Abraham’s monstrous display may have reinvigorated the groundswell of youthful optimism after the international break, but consistency is the key to establishing a legacy and Valencia could well prove a thankless task for Frank Lampard as he seeks to record his first victory on home soil. Whether or not injuries to N’Golo Kante and […]
An eventful international break that saw Mason Mount earn his first senior caps for England and Emerson Palmieri return to Cobham injured has concluded with the news that Reece James has returned to training after a lengthy spell out. The return of domestic football sees Chelsea travel to Molineux in search of just their second […]
Following on from last weekend’s maiden Premier League victory of the season at Norwich, Chelsea now have the opportunity to build momentum ahead of the international break with a win over another newly-promoted side in Sheffield United. Victory at Carrow Road, whilst also handing Frank Lampard his first win as Chelsea boss, was a crucial […]
Italian full-back Emerson Palmieri has endured somewhat of a renaissance this season after previously being deemed too small to play effectively in Maurizio Sarri’s system last term. Said opinion must be tendered with the caveat of having only witnessed the opening weeks of what is a long and arduous campaign, but nonetheless, Frank Lampard seems […]
Chelsea were again punished for their lack of killer instinct as they were pegged back by Brendan Rodgers’ combative Leicester City side in Frank Lampard’s first home game as manager. Chelsea frantically sought about unnerving Leicester’s backline in the early stages with Olivier Giroud ensuring the highly coveted Caglar Soyuncu received a rather rude awakening […]
The thinly veiled nostalgic grandeur that has encapsulated a fan base so unequivocally despondent with the taciturn effectiveness of the previous regime, must now give way to the mooted acceptance of a season distinctly lacking in prospects beyond the return of a club legend exuding the golden haze of Chelsea’s postmillennial boom. A transfer ban […]
Two second-half penalties rescued a draw for Chelsea in their final game of pre-season, as Borussia Monchengladbach became the latest team to exploit the Blues’s defensive frailties. A torrid first-half display saw Chelsea concede for the fifth game running, as Alassane Plea capitalised on a poor clearance to put Monchengladbach ahead after just 13 minutes. […]
After back to back wins against Reading and Barcelona, Chelsea head to Austria not just in search of another win but also a marked improvement upon their defensive efforts, having shipped five goals in their last three pre-season outings. There is, of course, an obvious caveat to this problem, first-choice keeper’ Kepa Arrizabalaga has only […]
