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  • Chelsea boosts European hopes after thrashing West Ham

    Chelsea boosts European hopes after thrashing West Ham

    Chelsea kept up their electric goalscoring form at home and boosted their hopes of European football with a 5-0 thrashing of West Ham on Sunday.

    Mauricio Pochettino’s side have now scored 22 times in their last six Premier League games at Stamford Bridge.

    There was a fluency to their attacking play that could well have yielded substantially more than the goals they put past the hapless visitors on Sunday.

    Chelsea were three up at the break with Cole Palmer netted the 21st league goal of his debut season in West London, steering a loose ball into the corner, thereafter Conor Gallagher volleyed home.

    Noni Madueke headed the third near the end of an excellent first half, before Nicolas Jackson took his tally for the season to 13 in the league with a brace after the interval.

    Chelsea climbed to seventh after recording back-to-back league wins for the first time since January, and there is increasingly the feeling that, after a difficult start, the players are responding to their head coach’s methods.

    For David Moyes’ Hammers, this was a calamitous display, eliminated from Europe and now all but out of the race to qualify again next year,

    It was hard to avoid a sense of a promising season petering out as the Chelsea goals flew past Alphonse Areola and their players came to look more and more dejected.

  • Tottenham defender: What we failed to do in Chelsea defeat

    Tottenham defender: What we failed to do in Chelsea defeat

    Tottenham defender Micky van de Ven admits they are in a tough spot in the Premier League.

    Spurs were beaten 2-0 by Chelsea on Thursday night in a blow to their top four hopes.

    On the game, the rapid defender stated they were not good enough on and off the ball.

    He told Sky Sports: “Today was not a good performance from us. We can do much better.

    “First half we didn’t try to play. We didn’t push forward when we come out. We tried to play in the second half but there was not that confidence today.

    “We have to take a look back a this game and bounce back better at the weekend.”

    On their top-four chances, van de Ven added: “It will be difficult. I don’t want to look up to the Champions League after this game, it was not a good performance from us and it is important we play a good game on Sunday.”

  • Chelsea make transfer decision on Romelu Lukaku

    Chelsea make transfer decision on Romelu Lukaku

    Belgian forward Romelu Lukaku is set to finally leave Chelsea on a permanent transfer.

    The attacker is on loan at Italian capital club AS Roma this past season, having previously been at Inter Milan.

    Per The Sun, there will be no more loan moves for Lukaku when the season concludes.

    The Blues are determined to sell him for a reasonable fee to recoup some cash.

    Lukaku has a £38 million release clause that many teams may be ready to trigger.

    If Chelsea do sell, they will look to replace him in the squad with Napoli’s Victor Osimhen.

  • Women’s Champions League: Barcelona beat Chelsea 2-1 on aggregate to reach fourth consecutive final

    Women’s Champions League: Barcelona beat Chelsea 2-1 on aggregate to reach fourth consecutive final

    Barcelona femini on Saturday reached their fourth Women’s Champions League final with a controversial 2-0 win against Chelsea in the semi-final second leg.

    Barcelona overturned a 1-0 first leg deficit, Jonatan Giraldez’s side took the lead through Ballon d’Or winner Aitana Bonmati at Stamford Bridge.

    Chelsea’s Kadeisha Buchanan was sent off in the second half for a contentious second booking.

    And Fridolina Rolfo wrapped up Barcelona’s 2-1 aggregate victory with a debatable penalty.

    It will be Barca’s fourth successive final berth as they look to lift the trophy for the third time.

    “We are very happy. We deserved the victory. The first leg we were not better than the opponent. Today we created more clear chances,” Giraldez said.

    “The connection with the players is amazing. I’m proud of them. I’m really happy to get another final. It’s special.”

    Chelsea’s first-leg victory last week is the only defeat Barca have suffered this season, ending the club’s five-year unbeaten record on home turf.

    But Blues boss Emma Hayes, who leaves to take charge of the USA women’s national team at the of this season, said Chelsea would have to produce a perfect display to overcome “the best team in the world” again in the rematch.

    Chelsea were unable to rise to the challenge and their wait for a first Champions League crown goes on.

    They have now lost to Barca in successive Champions League semi-finals after being beaten by the Spanish club in the 2021 final.

     

     

  • EPL: Pochettino slams VAR after Chelsea’s 2-2 draw with Aston Villa

    EPL: Pochettino slams VAR after Chelsea’s 2-2 draw with Aston Villa

    Mauricio Pochettino the Chelsea manager  has slammed Video Assistant Referee shortly after Chelsea drew 2-2 with Aston Villa on Saturday night.

    The Blues conceded two goals in the first half but came back fighting hard to restore parity in the second half of the encounter.

    Chelsea defender, Alex Disasi thought he had headed in the winner, but VAR intervened and the goal was ruled out.

    The result leaves Chelsea in 9th place with 48 points.

    Speaking after the game, Pochettino said: “Two different things: the referee said it was a foul and disallowed the goal and then went to the VAR to confirm.

    “The referee is unbelievable and it’s ridiculous. It is difficult to accept these types of things; in the semi-final [FA Cup against Man City] two weeks ago it was handball and it was no penalty; the referee, he didn’t check it.

    “It is painful as it has damaged English football and I think Villa players and their fans didn’t understand why the goal was disallowed.

    “They said it was foul and if you see the challenge, what happens if we go into every single challenge like this, it is going to be a foul and we wouldn’t finish the game with 11 [players].

    “We can talk about the performance or the decision – it is damaging the game.”

  • Chelsea prepared to axe Mauricio Pochettino

    Chelsea prepared to axe Mauricio Pochettino

    Premier League cllub Chelsea are thinking about making a managerial change in the off-season.

    The Blues are likely to finish outside of the European places this term.

    While they did reach a Carabao Cup final and FA Cup semi final, their season has been a failure.

    Per The Mail, the Blues will seriously consider sacking Mauricio Pochettino and hiring a new manager in the summer.

    Sporting CP manager Ruben Amorim is a candidate, while a return for Thomas Tuchel is possible.

    Many fans and pundits do believe that Pochettino should get more time to implement his ideas on a very young squad.

  • EPL: Why we lost 5-0 to Arsenal – Chelsea manager, Pochettino

    EPL: Why we lost 5-0 to Arsenal – Chelsea manager, Pochettino

    Mauricio Pochettino, the manager of Chelsea has opened up on  why his players lost scandalously to Arsenal 5-0 on Tuesday night.

    The Blues conceded 1-0 as early as the 4th minute of the encounter.

    Leandro Trossard opened the floodlight of goals when he received a pass s from Declan Rice and slammed in a smart finish at the near post.

    Kai Havertz and Ben White both scored braces in the second half to seal the win.

    “I think we started the game not so well.

    “We conceded the goal and then it was difficult for us to recover from this goal. I think in the first half we compete after 10, 15 minutes.

    “We could not approach the game like we started in the first half and we didn’t compete the way we needed to compete and then when they scored the third it was easy for Arsenal to control the game,” Pochettino told TNT Sports.

  • EPL: Arsenal revive title hopes after thrashing Chelsea 5-0 at the Emirate

    EPL: Arsenal revive title hopes after thrashing Chelsea 5-0 at the Emirate

    Arsenal football club on Tuesday night kept English Premier League title hopes alive after thrashing Chelsea 5-0 at the Emirate.

    Trossard opened the floodlight of goals as early as the 4th minute of the encounter to win the first half of the encounter for the host.

    Upon resumption of the second half, Ben White latched on to a through ball and put it past Chelsea goalie Petrovic in the 54th minute to put scores at 2-0.

    Chelsea reject, Kai Harvertz connected to a pass to blast home the 3rd goal in the 57th minute to put the game beyond visiting Chelsea.

    Harvertz again scored the fourth in the 65th minute to bag a brace before White  struck again on the stroke of 70th minutes to complete the rout against Chelsea.

    All efforts by Pochetinno’s boys to at least score a consolation goal met a brick wall as Arsenal’s defence stood solid in the thrilling encounter.

    The result meant Arsenal sit top of the log after 33 games but Liverpool and City have 1 and 2 two outstanding games respectively.

  • You’ll know my future in coming days – Thiago Silva

    You’ll know my future in coming days – Thiago Silva

    Chelsea defender Thiago Silva has privately decided on his future beyond the end of the season.

    The 39-year-old center half played in the club’s 1-0 FA Cup semi-final loss to Manchester City on Saturday.

    Silva was seen in tears at the final whistle, while many of his younger teammates appeared unbothered by the loss.

    Asked about his future, Silva told reporters: “You are going to know in the coming days. I don’t want to say anything now after a defeat.

    “I’m sad about the result, but sooner or later, the news will come out.

    “I do have a decision made in my mind, but it’s not the moment to share it.”

    He then added: “My four years here were very good. Not that I didn’t believe in myself, but with my age and the intensity of this league…it’s rare to see players in a high level at 39.

    “I don’t like to talk about myself, but you can see this. Today, I was ready to play the extra time! I can see I have some years in me to keep enjoying football.”

  • Thiago Silva’s wife confirms defender is leaving Chelsea

    Thiago Silva’s wife confirms defender is leaving Chelsea

    The wife of Thiago Silva has confirmed he is leaving Chelsea.

    The veteran defender was emotional at the end of Chelsea’s FA Cup semifinal defeat to Manchester City.

    And wife Belle later posted to social media, “It [is] the last dance on [sic] Wembley,” with a photo of herself waving a ‘Thiago Silva’ scarf.

    Thiago also posted to social media: “It is difficult to describe in words what I feel now.

    “We are very sorry we didn’t make it, we left everything on the pitch. Proud of this group.

    “Thanks to all of you for never leaving us.”