What We Learned: West Ham
Chelsea defeated West Ham United 2-0 in the London derby, while Tottenham lost 1-0 at home to Fulham which means Chelsea are back to 3rd place (1 point above Spurs, 5 above Arsenal). Jaaskelainen kept the scoreline low, which doesn’t tell the full story. Chelsea dominated West Ham for most of the match, but West […]
Match Report : Chelsea v West Ham United
Chelsea are back to 3rd place thanks to goals from Frank Lampard and Eden Hazard. Tottenham fell 1-0 at home to Fulham which means that Chelsea are a point above Spurs for 3rd place. Lampard is now two goals behind Bobby Tambling’s all time club record after reaching the landmark against his former side with […]
Words on Marin
It has been a difficult first season in English football for the little German with the difficulties to adapt to the English game mostly coming from a total lack of game time. Signed in the summer from Werder Bremen for a fee of about £7million, all looked promising for him. Chelsea lacked depth in the attacking […]
The away goal rule – time for a change
The away goal rule has come into much talk as of recent weeks and mostly with English clubs. Arsenal lost 3-1 at home to Bayern Munich, but won 2-0 in Munich, but didn’t go through. Tottenham won 3-0 at home against Inter, but lost 4-1 in extra-time… they went through. Had Chelsea won 2-1 at […]
The fatigue factor
We survived a small scare against Steaua Bucharest on Thursday to progress to the last eight of the continent’s second-tier competition, again showing their fighting spirit after Sunday’s FA Cup comeback against Manchester United. We won the FA Cup last season and finished sixth in the top flight. We qualified for the Champions League at […]