Chelsea loses two players

Chelsea failed to rise to the two big Premier League. Playing with nine players, the Blues have to recognize the benefits of the host Queens Park Rangers 0-1 at the Stadium Lotfus Road, Sunday (23/10).

This defeat left Chelsea remain in third position with 19 points, two points adrift of Manchester United who are still entitled to be in second position. QPR himself up to 10th with 12 points.

The game was nine minutes, QPR have got a penalty when David Luiz breaking Heldar Helguson in the forbidden box. Helguson himself yag be successful executioners carry out their duties properly.

Disaster again hit Chelsea on 33 minutes. Right-back Jose Bosingwa sent off for breaking Shaun Wright-Phillips is likely to score goals. A minute later QPR almost doubled the lead when Adel Taarabt action can still be secured goalkeeper Petr Cech.

QPR getting the upper hand when Chelsea had to play with nine players on 41 minutes when Didier Drogba was sent off the referee Chris Foy for two-foot tackle to Taarabt.

The advantages of these players are not able to be utilized by QPR for added advantage. Indeed Chelsea are able to create several chances to equalize in the second half.

Chelsea should be able to equalize in the 80th minute when a cross from Nicolas Anelka headlong Branislav Ivanovic, unfortunately the ball was right into the arms of goalkeeper Paddy Kenny.

Three minutes later Chelsea had another golden opportunity to equalize the score when Luiz salto kick on Frank Lampard's legs so that the rebound from the goalkeeper Kenny. 1-0 score stood until the referee blew the long whistle.

The composition of players:

QPR: Kenny, Young, Ferdinand, Hall, Hill, Derry (Mackie 81), Faurlin, Wright-Phillips, Barton, Taarabt (Smith 61), Helguson.
Goals: Helguson 10 pen.

Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Terry, Luiz, Cole, Mikel, Meireles (Malouda 72), Lampard, Sturridge (Ivanovic 36), Drogba, Eye (Anelka 45).
Sent Off: Bosingwa (33), Drogba (41).

Watch live Chelsea vs Swansea

Chelsea    2 - 0    Swansea

The match is underway at Stamford Bridge. Swansea have been awarded a corner by Mike Dean. Mark Gower steps up to take it. Chelsea's Raul Meireles gets his shot away but it misses the target. Ramires (Chelsea) goes for goal but the shot is blocked by an alert defence. Chelsea's Raul Meireles misses with an attempt on goal.

Ramires for Chelsea drives towards goal at Stamford Bridge. But the finish is unsuccessful. Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic breaks free at Stamford Bridge. But the strike goes wide of the post. Minute 29 Goal! Fernando Torres gives Chelsea a 1 - 0 lead. Mata with an assist there.

Mike Dean blows against Chelsea's Mata for offside. Chelsea's John Obi Mikel attacks the ball with his head but his effort fails to hit the target. Minute 34 At Stamford Bridge, Mata has been yellow-carded for the home team. Chelsea's Nicolas Anelka has run offside.

In minute 36 Goal! Chelsea extend their lead to 2 - 0 through Ramires. Great play from Ashley Cole to set up the goal. In minute 39 Chelsea are down to 10 men after Fernando Torres has been shown a red card. 2 minutes of injury time will be added to the first half. The ref's whistle signals the end of the first-half.

In minute 46 The away team have replaced Leon Britton with Wayne Routledge. This is the first substitution made today by Brendan Rodgers. The second-half has just kicked-off. At Stamford Bridge Mark Gower (Swansea) takes a corner from the left.In London, Nathan Dyer in Swansea is presented with a shooting opportunity. But the strike is blocked by the covering defence.

Mike Dean has awarded Swansea a corner. Mark Gower takes the kick from the right . Scott Sinclair (Swansea) gets in a strike but the shot is blocked by a defender. Ashley Williams (Swansea) is given an opening but the shot is blocked by a defender. Minute 54 Nathan Dyer for Swansea has been booked by Mike Dean and receives a first yellow card. At Stamford Bridge Raul Meireles (Chelsea) takes a corner from the left.

Ramires for Chelsea gets in a strike but fails to hit the target. Minute 59 Danny Graham is replacing Leroy Lita for the away team. Florent Malouda is on as sub for Mata for Chelsea. Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea) shoots – and rattles the crossbar! Chelsea drive forward but Ashley Cole is judged offside. Wayne Routledge for Swansea is whistled offside.

Chelsea's Raul Meireles gets in a shot on goal at Stamford Bridge. But the effort is unsuccessful. Swansea are coming forward and Wayne Routledge gets in a strike, it misses the target, however. Minute 71 Swansea make their third substitution with Stephen Dobbie replacing Nathan Dyer.

In minute 75 Ramires puts the ball in the net and the home team extend their lead. The score-line now reads 3 - 0. Jose Bosingwa instrumental with a fine assist. Minute 76 Gary Monk (Swansea) has received a first yellow card. And minute 79 The home team replace Nicolas Anelka with Didier Drogba. In London Swansea's Scott Sinclair is caught offside.In minute 83 Andre Villas-Boas is making the team's third substitution at Stamford Bridge with Joshua McEachran replacing Raul Meireles. Minute 86 Ashley Cole (Chelsea) has received a yellow card from Mike Dean. Minute 86 to, Ashley Williams (Swansea) heads in to reduce the deficit. The score is now 1 - 3. That's a fine assist from Mark Gower.In minute 87 Chelsea drive forward and Florent Malouda gets in a shot. Without netting, however. Minute 89 Neil Taylor (Swansea) gets a yellow card. Swansea's Danny Graham has run offside. Mike Dean will wait an extra 4 minutes before blowing the whistle to end the second half.

Swansea surge into the attack at Stamford Bridge but Ashley Williams’s header is off-target. Chelsea are pushing forward but Ramires's finish is wide of the goal. Minute 90 Chelsea's John Obi Mikel has been booked in London. Goal! Didier Drogba extends Chelsea's lead to 4 - 1. That's a fine assist from Florent Malouda. The match is over. Final score 4 - 1.

Threatens Chelsea Manchester United

Points Gap namely Manchester United and Chelsea just two points with the Red Devils are in the standings and the throne of the Blues was third.

But when the squad at this weekend's landing Andre Villas-Boas able to cope with Wayne Rooney as the two clashed in cs Premier League, then Chelsea will certainly surpass the points Sir Alex Ferguson's troops.

Conversely, if Chelsea are defeated, then there is the gap points to five points. This is the watch John Terry et al.

"We could be in the top of the standings after this match," commented Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic who describes his team's situation when tripoin.

Both teams put it an important target for the games this time. Because with three points will have a fine for each.

"Psychologically for both teams, this fight becomes very important. Every tentacle, each bait-bait, and whatever happens on the field will feel directly how strong your opponents in play," commentator Ivanovic.

Chelsea vs Norwich: Mission resounding win at home

Chelsea will face his guests Norwich City in English Premier League EPL advanced to the third matchday in this week, Saturday (08/27), at Stamford Bridge Stadium, London.

Chelsea past two Premier League games beginning with a less than satisfactory performance. Chelsea won one draw and one win with difficulty. Chelsea are now sitting in the top six English Premier League standings with four points.

Playing at home and face the club promotion, Chelsea is expected to achieve full points with a brilliant performance. The Blues should also appear more aggressive this time in order mentally to face the next match. Strength in midfield and two strikers wing must improve their performance and diligent stab the opponent's defense.

But, Norwich is also the opponent that can not be underestimated. Until the second week, they became the only club that has not touched a whopping promotion. Chelsea's record attendance was also a fierce counter-Norwich. The proof is in the last 10 meetings the two teams, Chelsea only won five victories, one tie and the remaining 4 meetings was won by Norwich City. The two teams last meeting occurred in February 2007 in the FA Cup. In the match, Chelsea managed to win with a score of 4-0.


DATA and FACTS

* Norwich won four of the last eight meetings with Chelsea in the Premier League scene. While Chelsea picked up three victories and one draw. This note makes Norwich became one of three teams who could win more than lose against Chelsea in the Premier League era.

* The last meeting occurred on the second team in February 2007 in the FA Cup. In the match, Chelsea managed to win with a score of 4-0.

* Chelsea are unbeaten in their last eight Premier League at home, Stamford Bridge. Dicatakan Chelsea's last defeat at Liverpool last February 6, 2011.

* Norwich never won his last 31 away games in the Premier League. They are incised 21 defeats and 10 draws. Their last away victory achieved on December 17, 1994 at Crystal Palace managed to cope with the score 0-1.

* In the 2004-05 season, Norwich lose 12 times out of 19 games away. The rest, seven games produced a draw.


Head to Head Chelsea vs Norwich City:
February 17, 2007: Chelsea 4-0 Norwich (FA Cup)
March 5, 2005: Norwich 1-3 Chelsea (EPL)
February 18, 2004: Chelsea 4-0 Norwich (EPL)

Last Five Matches Chelsea:
20 Aug 2011: Chelsea 2-1 West Bromwich Albion (EPL)
14 Aug 2011: Stoke City 0-0 Chelsea (EPL)
06 Aug 2011: Rangers 1-3 Chelsea (Friendly)
July 30, 2011: Aston Villa 0-2 Chelsea (Friendly)
July 27, 2011: Kitchee SC 0-4 Chelsea (Friendly)

Last Five Matches Norwich City:
24 Aug 2011: Norwich City 0-4 Milton Keynes Dons (Carling Cup)
21 Aug 2011: Norwich City 1-1 Stoke City (EPL)
13 Aug 2011: Wigan Athletic 1-1 Norwich City (EPL)
06 Aug 2011: Norwich City 3-0 Parma (Friendly)
July 30, 2011: Coventry 0-3 Norwich City (Friendly)


Prediction Teams:

Chelsea: Hilario - Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Terry, A. Cole, Ramires, Mikel, Lampard, Anelka, Torres, Malouda.

Norwich City: Ruddy - Naughton, De Laet, Ayala, Tierney, Bennett, Crofts, Johnson, Pilkington, Holt, Morison.

Chelsea closer to Arsenal after 1-3 win over West Bromwich

Ancelotti's men are decided to fight until the end. Chelsea got an important 1-3 win as visitors over West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns Stadium on Saturday.

West Bromwich scored the first goal by Peter Odemwingie, but Chelsea reacted thanks to Didier Drogba, Salomon Kalou and Frank Lampard.

Spanish star Fernando Torres entered in the second half, but he still cannot score his first goal with the Blues, a fact that now is called the "Torres curse".

Chelsea remains in the third position of the Premier League, one point behind Arsenal and eight behind Manchester United.

Chelsea vs. Everton: Drogba returns to the squad

Didier Drogba was designated by Carlo Ancelotti to be part of the starting team against Everton, in the FA Cup.

Coach Ancelotti was eager to give Fernando Torres as many minutes as possible, but he is not eligible for this match.

Even though Drogba is 33 now and the board is probably thinking about Torres becoming their most important strikers for the next years, the African star will prove that he is still a goal-scoring machine.

Chelsea eliminated from the Champions League by Inter Milan

It was Drogba vs. Eto'o. It was Mourinho against Chelsea. In the end, Inter Milan got a 1 - 0 win over the Blues and kick them out of the Champions League. However, the qualification, achieved by a 3-1 aggregate score after the Italian team had won the first leg, 2-1, was not that satisfying for Jose Mourinho. He was manager of a legendary squad of Chelsea and this was his first time facing his old home.

"Today I was the enemy, and today the enemy won," the Portuguese coach expressed.

Cameroon star Samuel Eto'o netted in the 78th minute to destroy the Blues' 21-game home unbeaten streak in the UEFA Champions League.

Inter booked a place in the next stage. And in Stamford Bridge, we will have to wait for the next season of the Champions League to see Chelsea finally winning the long expected crown of Europe.

Ricardo Quaresma for Didier Drogba: perfect deal?

According to a report in a British newspaper, Inter are hoping to take Chelsea's Didier Drogba to Milan at the end of the season.

Apparently, Nerazzurri head team boss Jose Mourinho is extremely eager to be reunited with the Ivory Coast striker and will offer Portuguese international winger Ricardo Quaresma in exchange.

Drogba excelled under Mourinho's management of the Blues, scoring 16 goals in 2004/05 and 2005/06, and an incredible 33 in the 2006/07 campaign.

Since the 'Special One' departed Stamford Bridge in September 2007, the Ivory Coast striker has struggled to find the same form.

This season he has played only 20 encounters, scoring just three goals, while Nicolas Anelka has made 32 appearances, finding the back of the net on 17 occasions.

It is claimed that the 30-year-old has also fallen out with current manager Luiz Felipe Scolari, so should Quaresma impress for the remainder of the season a swap deal may not be out of the question.

Didier Drogba talks with Inter Milan

Explosive forward Didier Drogba's Chelsea future has become surrounded in doubt, with the Blues striker understood to have held discussions with officials at Serie A club Inter Milan, according to a news website.

The popular Drogba is understood to have met with Nerazzurri coach Jose Mourinho’s agent Jorge Mendes and Marco Branca the technical director at the San Siro along with his powerful agent Pierre Frelot at a restaurant in West London.

As we know, former Stamford Bridge manager Mourinho was a huge influence on Drogba, while at Chelsea and had been heavily linked with a move to bring the former Marseille striker to Inter in the summer. However, Drogba, who is currently serving a three-match ban for throwing a coin in the Carling Cup defeat to Burnley, remained at the Premier League side.

Jose Mourinho has an abundance of striker’s at the San Siro, with Hernan Crespo, Adriano, Mario Balotelli, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Julio Cruz and Victor Obinna all fighting for a starting berth upfront for Inter. Despite this Mourinho is expected to offload brazilian Adriano in January, with Balotelli a reported target for Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea, while Crespo never made the grade under Mourinho at the Blues.

We must notice that young striker Obinna had been heavily linked with a loan move to Everton in the summer, but this didn’t materialise due to work permit problems and this deal could be resurrected in January, which if as Mourinho has stated recently that some forward’s will leave Inter in January then the path would be clear for Inter to sign Didier Drogba, who would be keen on a reunion with his former boss.

Close to heaven: Chelsea reach the Champions League Final with a 3 - 2 win over Liverpool

Historical night for every blue fan, player, board member and supporters around the world. After many years of struggling, Chelsea reached the Champions League Final for the first time in history.

What's more, it will be the first European Cup final between two English clubs, and beating Manchester United to win the title will make it even more special.

Owner Roman Abramovich wasn't at Stamford Bridge to see his expensively assembled team beat Liverpool 3-2 in extra time to advance to the final on May 21, but United manager Alex Ferguson was.

Manchester United and Chelsea are also neck-and-neck in the Premier League. The Blues beat the Red Devils 2-1 at Stamford Bridge on Saturday to draw level on points with United, which leads on goal difference with two encounters to go.

"An all-English final. I think everyone's looking forward to it," Chelsea leader John Terry said. "They have been very good in the league. Also we matched them the other week and managed to defeat them here. All in all, they're playing very well. I think we're at the top of our game so in three weeks time it's going to be a very tough game."

It's important to notice that even though it's the first time two English teams have made it to the final, there are no English coaches.

The last Englishman to lead a team to a European Cup triumph was Liverpool's Joe Fagan in 1984. That was at a time when English coaches did well in the competition with seven triumphs in eight seasons, including victories from Liverpool's Bob Paisley (three), Nottingham Forest's Brian Clough (two), Aston Villa's Tony Barton and Fagan between 1977 and '84.

Manchester United has had the veteran Ferguson in charge for 22 years, and the Scot has led the Red Devils to nine Premier League triumphs and five FA Cups and is now chasing his second Champions League title to go with the one he won in 1999.

As for Avram Grant, he is the former coach of Israel who has led Chelsea to its first Champions League final after the man he replaced, Jose Mourinho, failed three times. Mourinho moved to Stamford Bridge in June 2004, a month after leading FC Porto to a triumph in the competition.

And although he won two league titles in a row, Chelsea's first in half a century, portuguese Mourinho couldn't capture a European success and the club replaced him in September. Now, the fact that two English teams are playing each other thousands of miles away in Moscow for a major prize is good timing.

Now talking about the semifinal match, we can say it was one of the most exciting games of the year. Didier Drogba scored the first goal that seemed to assure their ticket to the final. But Fernando Torres kept the emotion alive up to the 90th minute.

In the extra time, the referee downed a goal scored by Kalou, but just two minutes later a penalty shot was converted by Frank Lampard. His celebration is now inprinted in the memory of every blue fan.

Drogba appeared again to score the third one, to unleash the emotion of every Chelsea supporter. Babel scored a goal for Liverpool, but that was not enough to save his team.

Now Chelsea will face Manchester United knowing all about Cristiano Ronaldo's dribbling and shooting skills and how to stop him from adding to his 38 league and cup goals this season. It also has to break open the solid defensive partnership of Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic.

Because it played Chelsea on Saturday, Manchester United is aware of the dangers posed by Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard, Joe Cole and Michael Ballack and the defensive strengths of Terry and Ricardo Carvalho.

Ferguson's team has a 65-41 record against Chelsea with 44 draws. But the last time they met in a final, Chelsea edged Man. United 1-0 in last season's FA Cup at Wembley.