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Willian was not one of Chelsea fans’ favoured players prior to today’s game – and he’s done himself absolutely no favours being caught on camera doing this. His club has just been defeated in a cup final penalty shootout, following events which may well lead to the sacking of his manager. Does he give even […]View the full article

Kepa Arrizabalaga may have been unable to prevent Chelsea losing the shootout, but he certainly took the attention away from manager Maurizio Sarri. If you haven’t seen the incident, we have footage of it here. Kepa refused to leave the field even though the fourth official was holding his number aloft, with Willy Caballero poised […]View the full article

We have just witnessed something extraordinary here. Player power has outranked Maurizio Sarri in front of the entire footballing world. Kepa Arrizbalaga was down injured and appeared as though he needed to come off. Sarri readied Willy Caballero, who had stripped down and was waiting to come on. The fourth official raised his board, but […]View the full article

Ruben Loftus-Cheek has just pulled off something quite remarkable at Wembley – and on another day it may have ended with an assist! Loftus-Cheek will have been disappointed not to have been given an opportunity to start today, with Maurizio Sarri instead fielding Ross Barkley in the third midfield position. He’s got his opportunity as […]View the full article

Marcos Alonso is nowhere to be seen at Wembley today – and as per reports, the Spaniard isn’t even injured. He’s finally been dropped! When the team sheets came out and Alonso wasn’t even among the substitutes, we all assumed that he had been struggling with some kind of injury ahead of the game. He […]View the full article

Marcos Alonso is nowhere to be seen at Wembley today – and as per reports, the Spaniard isn’t even injured. He’s finally been dropped! When the team sheets came out and Alonso wasn’t even among the substitutes, we all assumed that he had been struggling with some kind of injury ahead of the game. He […]View the full article

Chelsea fans on Twitter are not best pleased with the starting eleven that Maurizio Sarri has named for today’s Carabao Cup final. Are they ever? Sarri’s job as Chelsea boss may well be on the line today. He needs to (somehow) defeat a team and a manager who massively outplayed his underperforming Blues just a […]View the full article

Chelsea and Manchester City have confirmed their starting elevens for today’s Carabao Cup final. More to follow… Here’s how the Blues line up for #CHEMCI! 💪 pic.twitter.com/5xSI81BCzJ — Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) February 24, 2019 Your City starting line-up for #CHEMCI… 🗒 XI | Ederson, Zinchenko, Laporte, Otamendi, Walker, Fernandinho, Silva (C), De Bruyne, Bernardo, Sterling, […]View the full article

Former Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas has issued a rallying cry to his former teammates ahead of today’s Carabao Cup final. Fabregas won this competition at Chelsea under the stewardship of Jose Mourinho back in the 2014/15 campaign. Our manager at the time continually grabbed cup finals by the scruff of their neck and swung them […]View the full article

The money that Chelsea could get from winning today’s Carabao Cup has been revealed, and to be honest, it’s not a great deal. When heading into a cup final, most supporters are more concerned about bagging the silverware than the prize money, but there’s always an added cash bonus for the victors of the contest. […]View the full article

Ross Barkley is confident that Chelsea will not capitulate today in the manner they did at the Etihad Stadium earlier this month. We’ve all attempted to erase the result from our minds in its entirety ever since the players left the turf at the Etihad, but the result has been dug up again in the […]View the full article

We’ve had a punt at predicting both teams’ starting elevens ahead of today’s Carabao Cup final clash at Wembley. What do you think, Blues? Chelsea Maurizio Sarri is fighting for his job today, make no mistake. He needs to convince those above him that he is the right man to take this team forward, and […]View the full article

Manchester City have four players facing late fitness tests ahead of their Carabao Cup final clash with Chelsea this afternoon. City head into today’s game firm favourites. How couldn’t they? Chelsea were defeated 6-0 by today’s opponents earlier this month, that’s what has led to us all heading into today’s final with such a glass […]View the full article

Chelsea take on Manchester City at Wembley later today in the Carabao Cup final. Here’s our injury report, with information provided by Physio Room. Kepa Arrizabalaga Kepa is the one player in particular that Maurizio Sarri will be sweating on ahead of today’s game. He missed our clash with Malmo midweek after suffering a hamstring […]View the full article

Manchester City are firm favourites to win tomorrow’s Carabao Cup final, but Pep Guardiola isn’t completely content ahead of the big game. You’d think that Guardiola would be on top of the world heading into tomorrow’s game, having already pulled Maurizio Sarri’s pants down during a 6-0 demolition earlier this month. However, that fixture is […]View the full article

Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud has compared teammate Callum Hudson-Odoi to Paris Saint-Germain superstar Kylian Mbappe. Olivier Giroud knows a good attacking player when he sees one. He’s played with some of the best throughout his career. From Eden Hazard and Antoine Griezmann, to Karim Benzema and Kylian Mbappe. He appears willing to place Callum Hudson-Odoi […]View the full article

There are three certainties in life: death, taxes, and Tottenham Hotspur bottling a Premier League title challenge. You may think it absurd for us to laugh at Spurs, with Chelsea not being anywhere near the top of the table, but how could we ever pass up a challenge to rub their noses in it? They […]View the full article

Maurizio Sarri faces the possibility of being sacked by Chelsea, but he’s getting no sympathy from former boss Aurelio De Laurentiis. De Laurentiis made Sarri’s move to Chelsea as difficult as he possibly could have in the summer. As a result, the Italian had less time to work with his new squad in pre-season, which […]View the full article

In the event that the transfer ban is upheld, Chelsea could consider scrapping club policy to keep us afloat, according to the Guardian. In case you missed it, Chelsea have been banned from making transfers for the next two transfer windows following rule breaches relating to the signing of younger players. We had expected this […]View the full article

Chelsea have reportedly identified their number one target to replace manager Maurizio Sarri, should he be sacked in the next week. Sarri is up against it at Stamford Bridge, despite the Blues’ progression into the last 16 of the Europa League. A 3-0 win over Malmo does not undo how shocking we have been over […]View the full article

Callum Hudson-Odoi has been one of the best players in the Europa League this season. This stat proves what we already knew. Hudson-Odoi showed yesterday evening, once again, just how ready he is to compete in the professional game. Bayern Munich can see it and hopefully Maurizio Sarri will now too. He is competing with […]View the full article

Callum Hudson-Odoi was filmed showing his class at the end of Chelsea’s 3-0 victory over Malmo on Thursday evening. Hudson-Odoi put in the kind of performance that we were all hoping to see from him, having finally been granted the opportunity to start a Chelsea game by manager Maurizio Sarri. A brilliant goal and further […]View the full article

Chelsea have drawn Ukrainian side Dynamo Kiev in the Europa League round of 16, having breezed past Malmo on Thursday night. Following weeks of underwhelming performances and poor results in the Premier League, Maurizio Sarri finds himself in a situation where his most realistic avenue into the Champions League may well be through winning the […]View the full article

This is the news that we’ve all been fearing. FIFA have handed Chelsea a two-window transfer ban for breaching the rules on signing underage players. Deep down we knew that this was likely. With the current state that the club is in at the current time, we just needed that one final nail to come […]View the full article

Speaking to the media following Chelsea’s 3-0 win over Malmo, Callum Hudson-Odoi didn’t rule out earning himself a start on Sunday. Hudson-Odoi has been waiting patiently for Maurizio Sarri to budge on his continual stubbornness and give him an opportunity to start from the beginning. At least, that’s what it’s appeared from the outside looking […]View the full article