It will go down as one of the best European nights at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea beat Napoli 4-1 after extra time at a loud and boisterous Stamford Bridge to progress into the Champions League quarter-finals. Chelsea were led tonight by the old guard; Petr Cech made some really important saves while Didier Drogba, John […]
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It was a day to remember in the Premier League for Didier Drogba and Nikica Jelavić as Drogba’s 100th goal in the Premier League helped Chelsea beat Stoke 1-0, while Jelavic’s goal gave Everton the win over Spurs. Chelsea struggled all day against 10-man Stoke, who played a man short for 65 minutes after icardo […]
The media is reporting that Roman Abramovich wants Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola to become the next Chelsea manager. The Mirror is reporting that Guardiola is Abramovich’s stand-out first option, with the architect of the finest team on the planet the man the Russian believes can deliver his vision of “Barcelona in blue shirts”. Interestingly nobody […]
The Andre Villas-Boas era at Chelsea is over after he sacked today. Chelsea also announced assistant manager Roberto Di Matteo would take charge of the team until the end of the season. Chelsea said in a statement on their official website, www.chelseafc.com: “Andre Villas-Boas has parted company with Chelsea Football Club today. “The board would […]
Manchester City moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League after beating Bolton Wanderers 2-0 to pick up their 14th successive home victory of the season. Roberto Mancini’s side went ahead through a Gretar Steinsson own goal and Mario Balotelli doubled City’s lead with 20 minutes remaining, courtesy of an excellent backheeled […]
For the second time, Chelsea’s John Terry has been stripped of the England captaincy. The English Football Association confirmed that Terry was informed of the decision by FA chairman David Bernstein in a phone call Friday morning. Terry is due to stand trial in July over racial abuse allegations after an incident with QPR’s Anton […]
Chelsea continue to hemorrhage money after announcing a loss of £67.7million for the financial year ending June 30, 2011. That is only a slight drop decrease from the loss of £70.9million in 2010, as Chelsea struggles to fall in line with UEFA’s new financial fair play rules. Since Roman Abramovich bought the club, Chelsea have […]