All posts tagged "Chelsea"

  • MOTD: Chelsea 1-2 Paris Saint-Germain

    Chelsea were undaunted by a 2-1 deficit heading into the second leg of their Champions League Round of 16 tie with Paris Saint-Germain. Tonight, their performance was persistent and heartfelt despite the odds stacking up against their...

    • Posted March 9, 2016
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  • Chelsea quietly confident heading into PSG clash

    Chelsea have been under a lot of pressure this season. First, they carried the burden of reigning Premier League champions. Then when their season rapidly began to unravel, they faced even greater expectations to get themselves out...

    • Posted March 7, 2016
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  • MOTD: Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 Chelsea

    This was not the blowout win that Paris Saint-Germain had envisioned after weeks of preparation for their Champions League Round of 16 tie with Chelsea.  Nor, however, did the narrow, 2-1 win for the home side particularly...

    • Posted February 16, 2016
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  • PSG sharpen the knife ahead of Champions League clash with Chelsea

    “It’s never easy,” said Paris Saint-Germian midfielder Marco Veratti, per The Guardian. “We can’t say we are going to win the Champions League.” With hundreds of millions of Euros poured into the Parisian club over the last...

    • Posted February 15, 2016
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  • MOTD: Chelsea 1-1 Manchester United

    Manchester United and Chelsea drew level in a classic Premier League potboiler at Stamford Bridge, although a late equalizer for the home side spoilt the occasion for United in a match that was supposed to be their...

    • Posted February 7, 2016
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  • John Terry’s seven best center-back partners at Chelsea

    John Terry was the last man off the pitch today, per usual, as Chelsea beat MK Dons 5-1 in the FA Cup.  At the age of thirty-five, he’s also the last remaining starter for Chelsea from that...

    • Posted January 31, 2016
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  • MOTD: Arsenal 0-1 Chelsea

    In years past, Didier Drogba always seemed to save his best for meetings with London rivals Arsenal. In his nine years at the club over the course of two separate spells, the Ivorian striker netted fifteen goals...

    • Posted January 24, 2016
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  • Can Arsenal break through a psychological barrier against Chelsea?

    Arsenal have a psychological barrier standing in the way of beating Chelsea, who, with due respect to north-London rivals Tottenham, have been their fiercest London foes in recent years.  The Gunners haven’t triumphed over the Blues in...

    • Posted January 21, 2016
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  • MOTD: Chelsea 3-3 Everton

    John Terry surely couldn’t have imagined a more breathtaking 700th appearance for Chelsea. Twice he turned the ball into the back of the net in Chelsea’s topsy-turvy 3-3 draw with Everton, first via an embarrassing own goal...

    • Posted January 16, 2016
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  • Willian: Chelsea’s standout in an otherwise dismal season

    Willian Borges da Silva was nine during the 1998 World Cup. The Brazilian boy lived in Ribeirao Pires, a small city in Sao Paulo, where his father Severinho sold car parts and his mother also worked to...

    • Posted January 3, 2016
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