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Team Focus: Chelsea's Supporting Cast Playing Key Role in Fast Start

by Miguel Delaney at Wednesday, Nov 19 2014 11:44
Team Focus: Chelsea's Supporting Cast Playing Key Role in Fast Start As Chelsea sit four points ahead of second-place at the top of the Premier League, and eight ahead of defending champions Manchester City, it seems far easier to list the reasons for that high positioning than it is to actually haul them back.Most obviously, as Jamie Carragher argued last week, ther...
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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

by Tancredi Palmeri at Friday, Nov 7 2014 15:30
WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips It's the French showdown - Le Classique - where the tactically astute Marcelo Bielsa takes his Marseille side to the French capital to face off against Laurent Blanc’s star-studded PSG. There is another game that could have had the same billing, but Liverpool’s current form means it woul...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

by Tancredi Palmeri at Friday, Oct 24 2014 17:08
WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips If only Manchester United were able to live up to expectations, then this weekend would have seen two sets of title contenders come to blows as the Red Devils face Chelsea the day after the Clasico. It's the game at the Bernabeu on Saturday afternoon that will rightly get the most attention. There s...

Player Focus: Interest in Imbula High Following Strong Start to the Season

by Martin Laurence at Thursday, Oct 23 2014 09:48
Player Focus: Interest in Imbula High Following Strong Start to the Season While a video of their hugely popular manager Marcelo Bielsa was doing the rounds on social media this weekend Marseille were easing to an eighth successive Ligue 1 victory against Toulouse. It was the display of a side now well versed in their coach's philosophy, playing at the very top of their ga...
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Match Report: Hazard Shines as Chelsea's Old Guard Reunite

by Jenny Brown at Wednesday, Oct 22 2014 09:35
Match Report: Hazard Shines as Chelsea's Old Guard Reunite With no sign of Diego Costa or his hamstring anywhere near the pitch last night, Loïc Remy got the call to start up front. However, within minutes of the game kicking off it was evident that Costa was not the only one carrying an injury. Remy’s understudy on the night, Didier Drogba, bega...
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Match Report: Oscar Inspires Stronger Chelsea to Victory at Selhurst Park

by Jenny Brown at Sunday, Oct 19 2014 10:15
Match Report: Oscar Inspires Stronger Chelsea to Victory at Selhurst Park Towards the end of last season, Chelsea had become accustomed to dropping points in matches that they were expected to win. After the defeat at Selhurst Park in March, Jose Mourinho noted on a journalist's pad what Chelsea were missing most were balls. Seven months on and they headed into Saturday's...
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Player Focus: Lacklustre Lukaku in Need of a Rest

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Oct 15 2014 17:30
Player Focus: Lacklustre Lukaku in Need of a Rest The shocking news that footballers are prone to tiredness was leaked this week as Raheem Sterling was criticised by some for admitting fatigue to national team boss Roy Hodgson.The issue of players burning out, particularly at such a young age, is a serious one. How often does 'the next big thing' a...
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Player Focus: Oscar Happy with Supporting Role to Chelsea's Stellar Cast

by Jonathan Wilson at Monday, Oct 13 2014 11:19
Player Focus: Oscar Happy with Supporting Role to Chelsea's Stellar Cast Everywhere you went in Brazil during the World Cup, you saw Brazil players on advertising posters. There were pictures of Neymar hawking everything from headphones to boots. There was the – frankly disturbing – image of David Luiz dressed as a pilot standing in front of a plane. And ther...
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Match Report: Snubbed Cesc Shows Arsenal What They Are Missing

by Jenny Brown at Monday, Oct 6 2014 10:00
Match Report: Snubbed Cesc Shows Arsenal What They Are Missing When Chelsea bought Cesc Fàbregas from Barcelona this summer, the transfer nearly brought Twitter to a standstill. So with Chelsea playing host to Arsenal this week, it was no surprise that the buildup focused on what might have been, had Fàbrgreas returned to his former club.Although ...
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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

by Tancredi Palmeri at Friday, Oct 3 2014 17:00
WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips A weekend to savour in Europe’s top 5 leagues. Match day 6 in Serie A, where Juventus and Roma - the two title favourites - go head-to-head in Turin. Similar was supposed to happen in Ligue 1, but Monaco have fallen from grace, allowing Marcelo Biela’s Marseille to step up. Finally, it c...