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Match Report: Controversy Masks Chelsea Inadequacies at Villa

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Match Report: Controversy Masks Chelsea Inadequacies at Villa Although Jose Mourinho refused to comment post-match on the potential impact of his side's 1-0 defeat at Aston Villa, the upset unquestionably strengthened the chasing trio's chances in the title race. Two red cards shown to the away side, along with Mourinho’s late dismissal, will have taken ...

Match Report: Errors Costly as Chelsea Put Spurs to the Sword

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Match Report: Errors Costly as Chelsea Put Spurs to the Sword Chelsea moved 7 points clear at the summit of England's top tier as goals from Samuel Eto'o, Eden Hazard and Demba Ba secured a 4-0 win over Tottenham in Saturday's late kick-off. The visitors will feel aggrieved to have come away with nothing having been more than a match for their London rivals pr...

Team Focus: Chelsea's Step Back Has Taken Them Strides Forward

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Team Focus: Chelsea's Step Back Has Taken Them Strides Forward It's easy, in retrospect, to see the moment at which Jose Mourinho decided he had had enough. His Chelsea side had just lost to Sunderland in the quarter-final of the Capital One Cup and, in his post-match interview, he seemed weary and distant, and yet at the same time defiant. We may have to take ...

Player Focus: What John Terry Could Bring to England's Defence

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Player Focus: What John Terry Could Bring to England's Defence For once, Jose Mourinho caught the general mood, rather than one that just suits his own agenda. The Chelsea manager had been asked about John Terry’s form.“I was not expecting it after the season he had last season,” Mourinho said. “I would like to see him play the same way ...

Match Report: Spirited Chelsea Secure Vital 3 Points

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Match Report: Spirited Chelsea Secure Vital 3 Points Chelsea ensured they ended the weekend at the summit of the Premier League following John Terry's last gasp goal in a 1-0 win over Everton. The visitors held out until deep into stoppage time, but came unstuck late on as they defence failed to deal with Frank Lampard's free-kick, allowing Terry to b...

Match Report: Lacklustre Newcastle Fall to Title Favourites Chelsea

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Match Report: Lacklustre Newcastle Fall to Title Favourites Chelsea Chelsea capitalised on Arsenal and Manchester City's dropped points on Saturday to move to the summit of the table, strengthening their title credentials in the process. On the back of the 1-0 victory in Manchester on Monday night, the Blues ensured they maintained their good run of form to dispatch...

Team Focus: Pragmatic Mourinho Proving Hard to Predict

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Team Focus: Pragmatic Mourinho Proving Hard to Predict Not for the first time this season, or indeed his entire career, it was a little difficult to accept that José Mourinho actually believed what he was saying. The comment about the “little horse” already looks set to become one of his more memorable quotes, as he insisted the press...

Match Report: Resilient West Ham Frustrate Dominant Chelsea

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Match Report: Resilient West Ham Frustrate Dominant Chelsea Chelsea were forced to make do with a point in a rain drenched London derby against West Ham United, despite turning out a performance that warranted all 3. The Blues dominated from the first minute to the last, but were unable to break down their east London counterparts as the hosts lost ground in...

Match Report: More Misery for Moyes as Eto'o Puts United to the Sword

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Match Report: More Misery for Moyes as Eto'o Puts United to the Sword Chants of David Moyes, we want you to stay rang out at Stamford Bridge on Sunday afternoon, but while the visiting fans might have voiced unrelenting support for their team, it was the Chelsea fans that sang the under-pressure Manchester United manager's name the more vociferously. Opposing fans are...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips Plenty of goals and away wins - that's the focus for this weekend's betting tips, though there is one team that goes against the grain and for good reason. Chelsea will look to maintain their formidable home record against the Premier League's big guns and assert their authority against an underwhel...