Tag: Chelsea
Arsenal v Chelsea Preview: Emery’s Gunners Aiming To Snuff Out Sarri’s Fire?
Arsenal has not gotten the kind of start that they wanted for the new season and will like to pick up points against Chelsea to kick-start their seasons.
Sarri At Chelsea: Jorginho, Hazard and A New Role For Ngolo Kante?
With a new Chelsea boss, Sarri at the helm of affairs at The Blues, there is promise of a different style of play than what the Stamford bridge faithfuls are used to. Chelsea in recent times have been renowned for their astute defenses bar...
Wobbling Chelsea and the Weight of Heightened Expectations
Not even the most optimistic Chelsea fan would have thought that retaining the Premier League title, won against expectations last season, would be an easy task. So far, however, even the most pessimistic Blue fan would admit it is seeming quite harder than anticipated....
Chelsea vs Arsenal Match Preview: Battle At The Bridge On Super Sunday
Chelsea favorites but Arsenal COULD spring a surprise.
Another London derby looms between two rivals whose recent meetings have been very eventful. While Chelsea had a rude awakening with an opening day 3-2 loss to league minnows Burnley, they have bounced back, winning three matches...
UEFA Champions League Match Preview: Chelsea vs FK Qarabag
Chelsea's shock opening day defeat by Burnley had football fans speaking massively of the supposed unrest at the club. The players were unhappy and the manager wanted to leave blah blah. Three wins on a bounce, coupled with the deadline acquisition of Davide Zappacosta,...
The English Premier League: Team By Team Analysis Of The 2017/18 Summer Transfers – Part 1: Chelsea To Arsenal
We take a look at the business done by each Premier League team this summer from defending champions, Chelsea to new boys Huddersfield Town.
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Á. Morata (Real Madrid-€62M), T. Bakayoko (Monaco €40M), D. Drinkwater (Leicester City €37.9M), A. Rüdiger (AS Roma €35M), D. Zappacosta (Torino...
Tottenham Hotspur vs Chelsea Review: Mark Of Champions…… And Potential Champions
There are three possible scenarios that follow every football match a team plays and these are, of course, win, lose or draw. There are some instances however when the wishful thinker in you imagines a fourth scenario: where both teams could win. A scenario...
352 Predictions: The English Premier League Top Six (6) Predictions For The 2017/18 Season
Welcome to the 2017/2018 English Premier League season. Friday’s dustup between Arsenal and Leicester gave us a taste of what we should expect this season. The weekend games were even more astonishing. And we can’t be any more excited.
Of course, top spots are...
Why Taking Chelsea’s Title Will Require A Lot of Work
This will be the most competitive Premier League season ever - but I'm backing Chelsea to defend their crown. The countdown’s started to the big kick-off – and it’s shaping up to be the most competitive rollercoaster ride in the ¬history of the Premier...
Community Shield Review: Has Stamford Bridge Fallen Down Already?
Community Shield line-ups
Arsenal (3-4-3): Cech; Holding, Mertesacker (Kolasinac 33), Monreal; Bellerin, Elneny, Xhaka, Oxlade-Chamberlain; Welbeck (Nelson 88), Lacazette (Giroud 66), Iwobi (Walcott 66)
Unused subs: Ospina, Maitland-Niles, Willock
Goal: Kolasinac 83
Booking: Bellerin 16
Manager: Arsene Wenger
Chelsea (3-4-3): Courtois; Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Cahill; Moses, Fabregas,...