Chelsea ‘can’t rely’ on Palmer in every game – Maresca Chelsea host Fulham at Stamford Bridge in a London derby today, with the Blues looking to keep up the pressure on Liverpool at the top of the Premier League table. Enzo Maresca’s side missed the chance to briefly go top when they drew 0-0 to … Read more
A sharp, anxious intake of breath, followed by a round of applause that carries a mixture of quiet admiration and, more than anything, relief. On other occasions, it ends with supporters shaking their heads and asking why. We are talking about the crowd reaction to — and I’m borrowing this description from a colleague who … Read more
After 60 Women’s Super League (WSL) games, each team has played 10 of its 22 fixtures. Thus, the teams are at the so-called halfway mark. They enjoy the three-week-long winter break before the campaign returns on Jan. 17. Chelsea stormed to the top of the table with 28 points, still unbeaten, and won every game … Read more
“When we talk about ambitions, we need to turn words into actions,” said a frustrated Sonia Bompastor after Chelsea dropped their first points of the season to Leicester. “I need my players to be ready from the beginning of every game.” Demands at the highest level are brutal, but Chelsea are never top by luck … Read more
Big things were expected of Marko Mitrovic when he joined Chelsea as a 16-year-old in 2008. A prolific goalscorer in his youth, the Swede was snapped up by the Blues’ academy after making a name for himself at Malmo, having netted an astonishing 97 goals in 33 matches for the club’s under-16s. 3 Mitrovic bagged … Read more
Only Mohamed Salah has more goals and assists than Enzo Fernandez in the last six weeks in the Premier League. But he is more interested in the collective. His response when the numbers are put to him shows why he is seen as a leader by Enzo Maresca. “I’m not too big on statistics,” Fernandez … Read more
Moises Caicedo is best midfielder in the Premier League and Chelsea’s most important player over Cole Palmer. That’s the opinion of talkSPORT host and ex-Blues defender Jason Cunday, and it’s a controversial one considering the 11 goals and six assists Palmer has recorded so far this season. 5 Caicedo earned his reputation at Brighton and … Read more
Enzo Maresca says Ben Chilwell and Carney Chukwuemeka are likely to be the first Chelsea players to ask to leave in January due to their lack of playing time. England left-back Chilwell has made just one appearance this season which came as a half-time substitute in a 5-0 victory over Barrow in the Carabao Cup. … Read more
It was only six months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine when, on a balmy September evening in eastern Germany, I came across Mykhailo Mudryk shortly after midnight. This was September 2022 and Mudryk was by then an emerging talent for the Ukrainian champions, Shakhtar Donetsk. He scored and was the team’s major attacking threat in … Read more
Christian Horner is rebuilding his Red Bull family but he may need Frank Lampard to help his bragging rights inside his own home. Horner has surrendered the Constructors Championship but Coventry City also losing Championship ground to Watford would be adding insult to injury. 6 Horner and his wife Geri are fans of two Championship … Read more