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Match Focus: Chelsea Prove Gap to PSG is Not Too Far to Bridge

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Match Focus: Chelsea Prove Gap to PSG is Not Too Far to Bridge If a 2-1 home win is one of the most open-ended and unclear of first-leg final scores, this was a game that made clear precisely where these two sides are. Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain are still quite close in quality, but the French side are enjoying a much better season, with their key stars on...

WhoScored Tipster: The Smart Money on this Week's Champions League Action

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WhoScored Tipster: The Smart Money on this Week's Champions League Action The Champions League is back and bet365 are celebrating its return by offering new and existing customers a £50 risk-free in-play bet for this week's big match between PSG and Chelsea if you place a bet of the same value on the match before kick-off.The promotion certainly adds extra intri...

Player Focus: Costa Rediscovering his Best Form Under Hiddink

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Player Focus: Costa Rediscovering his Best Form Under Hiddink Jose Mourinho’s sacking was met with widespread criticism by the Chelsea faithful, but one can’t deny the results have improved upon the Portuguese manager’s departure. A 1-1 draw with Manchester United on Sunday means the Blues are unbeaten in the 10 games interim manager Guus Hid...

Player Focus: Mikel Key in Chelsea's Rebuilding Process

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Player Focus: Mikel Key in Chelsea's Rebuilding Process The single biggest change that Guus Hiddink has made to Chelsea’s line-up since his arrival to replace Jose Mourinho in December has been the elevation of John Obi Mikel to the starting XI. Mikel has been a bit-part player for most of his 10-year Chelsea career, but Hiddink has started him in ...

Weekend Preview: A Look Ahead to this Week's Best Action in Europe

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Weekend Preview: A Look Ahead to this Week's Best Action in Europe There's plenty of crucial matches across Europe to whet the appetite this weekend, and here we summarise the best of the action by league.Premier LeagueWhile Chelsea vs Manchester United was no doubt earmarked as the top match of gameweek 25 in the Premier League at the start of the season, ther...

WhoScored Tipster: The Top Tips Across Europe this Weekend

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WhoScored Tipster: The Top Tips Across Europe this Weekend Raise your hand those who looked at the Premier League calendar at the beginning of the season and when coming across matchday 25, you backed Manchester City-Leicester in place of Chelsea-Manchester United as a title decider. In that case, you truly deserve the 5000/1 winnings on offer for Leicester...

League Focus: Winners and Losers of the January Transfer Window

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League Focus: Winners and Losers of the January Transfer Window It goes without saying that this transfer window has been one of the dullest in recent memory, but despite there being little action from any of the elite clubs in the Premier League, spending still managed to finish at a five-year high of £175m.Here, WhoScored.com looks at the teams that can ...

Player Focus: Is Fabregas Back to His Best After a Year to Forget at Chelsea?

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Player Focus: Is Fabregas Back to His Best After a Year to Forget at Chelsea? Just before half-time of Chelsea's latest win over Arsenal, the boos were increasing in volume, and the pressure seemed to be increasing on Guus Hiddink's side. Cesc Fabregas had the ball just in front of his own box, and was facing his own goal, with Joel Campbell rushing to press him.It could have...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips Across Europe

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips Across Europe Europe’s top five leagues have their full compliment again with the Bundesliga set to resume this weekend following the winter break. However, the two biggest fixtures of the weekend are in the Premier League and Serie A. League leaders Arsenal will look to secure their first competitive win o...

Player Focus: Mikel Providing Necessary Balance to Chelsea Under Hiddink

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Player Focus: Mikel Providing Necessary Balance to Chelsea Under Hiddink “You can play with all creative players – Matic, Fabregas, Oscar, Willian coming inside – but sometimes you have to choose a different way,” interim Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink said last month. The choice of players was somewhat surprising to some. Granted, Cesc Fabregas, Os...