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41 minutes ago, chippy said:

Utd obviously had to field a weakened side and save something for the Liverpool game, but that line up was basically throwing the game. The Liverpool players will be furious and pumped up to the eyeballs on Thursday. Slaming some money on them to win it.

 

Ironically it was rashford who shat  the bed on the corner. Their c team was holding up fine 

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33 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

Is it possible for us to leapfrog United? 6 points behind with 3 games to go ... maybe not as probable. Would need them to basically lose all their games.

Don’t think they will lose all their games.. 

I don’t really care wheter we finish 2nd or 4th.. Make it into top 4, then concentrate on FA cup and CL final.

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The Telegraph

Wednesday May 12 2021

Matt Law's Chelsea briefing

 
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Young Scot's European Championship dream may not be over after all

By Matt Law,
Football News Correspondent

Billy Gilmour has not given up on making a late run into Scotland’s squad for the European Championship after making his first Premier League starts of the year.

Gilmour’s bid may also have been aided by an injury to Norwich City midfielder Kenny McLean, and the fact that Uefa this month confirmed that countries will be able to name 26-man squads for next month’s tournament.

It had looked certain that Gilmour was going to miss out on the Euros after being left out of Scotland manager Steve Clarke’s last squad and the 19-year-old still faces an uphill battle to force his way in.

But the last few weeks have provided Gilmour with some encouragement that his dream may not quite be over and he will hope to get more Premier League minutes over the course of Chelsea’s closing games, particularly if they can secure their top-four place before the final-day trip to Aston Villa.

Gilmour had not started in the Premier League for Tuchel until the victory over Fulham at the start of the month, when he suffered a tough first-half but then improved markedly after the break.

And Gilmour started again in the league win over Manchester City, impressing in the centre of midfield alongside N’Golo Kante and then Jorginho.

It was following that success last weekend that news came through that McLean will miss the Euros after suffering a knee injury in Norwich’s final game of the season away at Barnsley.

While Gilmour will have been upset for McLean, his injury frees up a space in Clarke’s squad that has been expanded by Uefa’s decision to allow countries to select 26 players instead of 23.

It would make sense for one of those extra spots to go to a player such as Gilmour, who would undoubtedly benefit from tournament experience so early in his career and who is clearly going to be an important player for Scotland for years to come.

Clarke had been in favour of Gilmour going out on loan to try to earn his place in the Scotland squad by playing regularly over the second half of the season.

But seeing him being involved in a Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid, albeit as a substitute, and performing so well at Manchester City cannot have failed to catch Clarke’s attention.

With Mateo Kovacic on his way back from injury, Gilmour may well have to sit out of Chelsea’s FA Cup and Champions League finals, but there is every chance he could start against Aston Villa on the final day if Chelsea have secured their top-four status with a Premier League game to spare.

Tuchel this week praised Gilmour, saying: “Once we missed Kova now for so many games, so many weeks, it was on Billy to step up and I was very happy that he could deliver when it was needed. So full credit for that.”

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