Player Focus: January Signings Struggling to Solve Problems
by Alistair Tweedale
at Wednesday, Mar 26 2014 16:35
The sight of Mohamed Salah netting a sixth goal for Chelsea against Arsenal at the weekend gave the first slightest of hints that the £11m Chelsea invested in the Egyptian may have been wise. Given that in his first two months in England he has spent just 36 Premier League minutes on the pitch...
Team Focus: Chelsea's Step Back Has Taken Them Strides Forward
by Jonathan Wilson
at Wednesday, Mar 5 2014 15:11
It's easy, in retrospect, to see the moment at which Jose Mourinho decided he had had enough. His Chelsea side had just lost to Sunderland in the quarter-final of the Capital One Cup and, in his post-match interview, he seemed weary and distant, and yet at the same time defiant. We may have to take ...
Benfica vs Chelsea: Swapped Stars Compete in Key Battle
by Martin Laurence
at Wednesday, May 15 2013 09:28
When Chelsea and Benfica exited from the Champions League back in December the two were immediately installed at the upper end of the odds market to become Europa League champions. It should be no surprise then that arguably the two strongest teams to drop down from Europe's elite club competition w...