Mauricio Pochettino has a lot to work on after damaging 3-1 loss against West Ham
After a promising start to life at Stamford Bridge, Pochettino’s Chelsea fell short at the London stadium with goals from Paqueta, Antonio and Aguerd inflicting a 3-1 defeat. Here are my three takeaways from today : Disasi’s sloppiness costs the Blues : Grabbing a goal on his debut and looking at home in the premier […]
Enzo Fernandez dominated the midfield in opening day draw against Liverpool
Beginning his Chelsea Premier League coaching career with a home fixture against Klopp’s Liverpool, Pochettino led the Blues’ to a seventh consecutive draw (over regulation time) against the Reds. Here are three things we learnt from the opening day : Chelsea had a shaky start but showed quality to overcome it : A lineup consisting […]
Lewis Hall was a bright spark against Manchester City at the Etihad
Lewis Hall certainly has a bright future but should he remain at Chelsea or go out on loan? Academy graduate Lewis Hall started back-to-back games in the Premier League for just the second time in his young premier league career against Manchester City this afternoon. Playing as a Left wing back today in Frank’s 5-4-1 […]
Badiashile and Felix fire Chelsea to their first victory in six matches
Managing his sixth game since returning on an interim basis, Frank Lampard finally got his first win in an entertaining 3-1 win at the Vitality stadium. Here are three talking points from the match : Madueke the main threat again: Coming off the back of an impressive midweek performance against Arsenal, Frank Lampard kept faith […]
Frank Lampard is clueless! Chelsea continue losing streak at home to Brentford
Having a record of zero wins in 5 games played probably doesn’t justify how terrible Frank Lampard’s return to the helm at Stamford Bridge has been so far but defeat here against Brentford signifies a new low since the interim appointment of Frank Lampard. Here are 3 lessons learnt from the game : Bizarre lineups […]
Chelsea get battered and bruised at home to Roberto De Zerbi’s Brighton
Coming off a midweek defeat at the hands of Real Madrid, Chelsea hosted in-form Brighton & Hove Albion at Stamford Bridge with the hope of gaining some momentum heading into the most crucial game of the season in the return leg at home against Real Madrid. That, as predicted, did not happen, and instead Chelsea […]
Frank Lampard shows tactical inefficiency as Chelsea fall to Wolves
Chelsea were defeated 1-0 by Wolves in a match where the change of manager for the fourth time this season failed to have the desired impact. Chelsea retrogresses in Frank’s first game back : Frank Lampard’s first game back in charge didn’t go as planned as Chelsea fell to the hands of Wolves courtesy of […]
Chelsea 2-2 Everton : Koulibaly and Kepa shambles cost Chelsea three points
The last game before the first international break of the year, Chelsea were by held by Everton to an entertaining 2-2 draw at the Bridge. Here are 3 lessons learnt from an entertaining Stamford Bridge affair : Felix proves doubters wrong : Since his mouth-watering first couple of games against Fulham and West Ham, many […]
Leicester 1-3 Chelsea : Three at the back offers winning formula in times of pressure
Coming into a high-pressure period after the distasteful loss to Tottenham Hotspur, Graham Potter has delivered three wins on the bounce against Leeds, Borussia Dortmund and now Leicester City. Here is what we can take from today’s match : Key players still have the ability to rise to the occasion, even in difficult times : […]
Chelsea 1-0 Leeds : Wesley Fofana on fire – it might have saved Graham Potter’s job
With the pressure on Potter to deliver at home against Leeds, Chelsea barely scraped through to record a one-nil victory at Stamford Bridge. Here’s 3 main talking points from today.. Back three could cause Potter a headache ahead of the Dortmund tie. A makeshift defence to make up for the absences of Thiago Silva and […]