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Match Report: Integration of the Lone Striker Sets Chelsea and Villa Apart

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Match Report: Integration of the Lone Striker Sets Chelsea and Villa Apart Chelsea continued their strong start to this Premier League season with what was a relatively routine and predictable victory against an Aston Villa side whose lofty standing in the table was never likely to last long.Jose Mourinho's side took an early lead at Stamford Bridge, scoring inside the 7th...

Player Focus: Re-signed Matic Growing in Importance at Chelsea

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Player Focus: Re-signed Matic Growing in Importance at Chelsea Imagine, for a moment, that things had gone badly. Imagine that in January Chelsea had paid £21 million to bring Nemanja Matic – a player they had let go as a makeweight in a deal that also saw them give Benfica £21million for David Luiz – back to the club, and that he had pl...

Match Report: Milner is Unlikely Star as Lampard Breaks Chelsea Hearts

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Match Report: Milner is Unlikely Star as Lampard Breaks Chelsea Hearts After a number of surprising results throughout the Premier League this weekend, the much anticipated clash between Manchester City and Chelsea played out as the most predictable result - with each team seeing just a point for their efforts.City and Chelsea each faced difficult German opponents in t...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips Despite it still being so early in the season, there are two games this weekend that could decisive come May. But while Manchester City against Chelsea was always going to be a tie-breaker in the title race, it is something of a surprise to be referring to Milan vs Juventus in relation to the fight ...

Match Report: Tinkerman Mourinho's Half Time Change Helps Chelsea Secure Victory

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Match Report: Tinkerman Mourinho's Half Time Change Helps Chelsea Secure Victory Heading into this meeting, these two were the only teams boasting 100% starts to the Premier League season, though it was Chelsea who extended that run at the expense of Swansea. However, it was Swansea who took the lead after just 11 minutes. The WhoScored match forecast had suggested that the visi...

Player Focus: Dependable Ivanovic Key to Chelsea's Blistering Start

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Player Focus: Dependable Ivanovic Key to Chelsea's Blistering Start When Filipe Luis signed for Chelsea from Atlético Madrid over the summer, some felt it was time for Branislav Ivanovic to revert to centre-back, with César Azpilizueta moving to his favoured role on the right. However, three games into the Premier League season and Ivanovic has once mo...

Match Report: 'Injured' Costa Fires Chelsea to High-Scoring Win at Everton

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Match Report: 'Injured' Costa Fires Chelsea to High-Scoring Win at Everton After facing two promoted sides in their opening 2 games, Chelsea were up against their first real test of the season as they headed to Goodison Park for Saturday's late kick off. Having netted just twice in their last 3 games there and amidst claims that their first choice striker was facing a batt...

Player Focus: Fàbregas Signing Should Bring Out the Best in Schürrle

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Player Focus: Fàbregas Signing Should Bring Out the Best in Schürrle Cesc Fàbregas rightly won the plaudits for his performance in Chelsea’s 3-1 win over Burnley. The Spaniard capped off an impressive Blues debut on Monday with 2 assists to help secure an impressive WhoScored rating of 8.73 on his first game back in English football.The second of his ass...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips The most balanced league begins again. Nobody can really question who Le Championnat favourites are, which started a week ago, while the Premier League returns, where Chelsea are tipped to wrestle the title away from Manchester City after their summer spending spree. There are a number of teams capa...

Team Focus: Fábregas Signing Addresses Key Flaw at Chelsea

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Team Focus: Fábregas Signing Addresses Key Flaw at Chelsea It wasn’t something Jose Mourinho was so willing to touch upon last season, and he certainly didn’t mention it as much as he did the obvious flaws up front. Yet, now that Chelsea have made their major change in the area, the Portuguese was better prepared to discuss the other deciding fa...