Match reports The Observer, Jamie Jackson: “Chelsea deserve a little of the stuff they sometimes lack - goodwill - for at least keeping the Premier League title race alive with this victory, which maintains the pressure on Manchester United. They deserved this win, though their performance was, like the match, hardly vintage. Still, with Arsène Wenger [...]

Well, just three days after an outing to the sun drenched city of Istanbul where our brave/courageous or apathetic/arrogant boys (delete as appropriate) suffered a setback in the Euro Big Cup first quarter-final play-off against Fenn Her Barchy (as spelt in the subtitles I inadvertently activated during the game and couldn’t work out how to [...]

Match reports Independent on Sunday, Steve Tongue: “A lot of water has flowed under Stamford Bridge since Eriksson took tea with owner Roman Abramovich in the summer of 2003 to discuss becoming manager of Chelsea. Jose Mourinho was given the job and the rest is history; or was until Avram Grant took over eight matches ago. [...]

Not a lot happening today, so I thought I’d rekindle the Sven-Goran Eriksson to Chelsea conspiracy. The facts: Eriksson was again seen in the presence of Roman Abramovich when recently a guest on his yacht in a Norwegian fjord (I wonder what Jose Mourinho thinks about this?). He has also been ‘playing away from home’ with [...]

Since being appointed manager in September 2000 Claudio Ranieri has done nothing but improve the fortunes of Chelsea Football Club, to the point where last night’s breaking of the Arsenal hoodoo made club history (Chelsea reached the semi-finals of the Champions League for the first time). Clearly this demonstrates Ranieri’s exceptional talent as a [...]