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Match Report: Hazard Shines as Chelsea's Old Guard Reunite

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Match Report: Hazard Shines as Chelsea's Old Guard Reunite With no sign of Diego Costa or his hamstring anywhere near the pitch last night, Loïc Remy got the call to start up front. However, within minutes of the game kicking off it was evident that Costa was not the only one carrying an injury. Remy’s understudy on the night, Didier Drogba, bega...

Match Report: Oscar Inspires Stronger Chelsea to Victory at Selhurst Park

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Match Report: Oscar Inspires Stronger Chelsea to Victory at Selhurst Park Towards the end of last season, Chelsea had become accustomed to dropping points in matches that they were expected to win. After the defeat at Selhurst Park in March, Jose Mourinho noted on a journalist's pad what Chelsea were missing most were balls. Seven months on and they headed into Saturday's...

Player Focus: Lacklustre Lukaku in Need of a Rest

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Player Focus: Lacklustre Lukaku in Need of a Rest The shocking news that footballers are prone to tiredness was leaked this week as Raheem Sterling was criticised by some for admitting fatigue to national team boss Roy Hodgson.The issue of players burning out, particularly at such a young age, is a serious one. How often does 'the next big thing' a...

Player Focus: Oscar Happy with Supporting Role to Chelsea's Stellar Cast

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Player Focus: Oscar Happy with Supporting Role to Chelsea's Stellar Cast Everywhere you went in Brazil during the World Cup, you saw Brazil players on advertising posters. There were pictures of Neymar hawking everything from headphones to boots. There was the – frankly disturbing – image of David Luiz dressed as a pilot standing in front of a plane. And ther...

Match Report: Snubbed Cesc Shows Arsenal What They Are Missing

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Match Report: Snubbed Cesc Shows Arsenal What They Are Missing When Chelsea bought Cesc Fàbregas from Barcelona this summer, the transfer nearly brought Twitter to a standstill. So with Chelsea playing host to Arsenal this week, it was no surprise that the buildup focused on what might have been, had Fàbrgreas returned to his former club.Although ...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips A weekend to savour in Europe’s top 5 leagues. Match day 6 in Serie A, where Juventus and Roma - the two title favourites - go head-to-head in Turin. Similar was supposed to happen in Ligue 1, but Monaco have fallen from grace, allowing Marcelo Biela’s Marseille to step up. Finally, it c...

Match Report: Integration of the Lone Striker Sets Chelsea and Villa Apart

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Match Report: Integration of the Lone Striker Sets Chelsea and Villa Apart Chelsea continued their strong start to this Premier League season with what was a relatively routine and predictable victory against an Aston Villa side whose lofty standing in the table was never likely to last long.Jose Mourinho's side took an early lead at Stamford Bridge, scoring inside the 7th...

Player Focus: Re-signed Matic Growing in Importance at Chelsea

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Player Focus: Re-signed Matic Growing in Importance at Chelsea Imagine, for a moment, that things had gone badly. Imagine that in January Chelsea had paid £21 million to bring Nemanja Matic – a player they had let go as a makeweight in a deal that also saw them give Benfica £21million for David Luiz – back to the club, and that he had pl...

Match Report: Milner is Unlikely Star as Lampard Breaks Chelsea Hearts

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Match Report: Milner is Unlikely Star as Lampard Breaks Chelsea Hearts After a number of surprising results throughout the Premier League this weekend, the much anticipated clash between Manchester City and Chelsea played out as the most predictable result - with each team seeing just a point for their efforts.City and Chelsea each faced difficult German opponents in t...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips Despite it still being so early in the season, there are two games this weekend that could decisive come May. But while Manchester City against Chelsea was always going to be a tie-breaker in the title race, it is something of a surprise to be referring to Milan vs Juventus in relation to the fight ...