With Chelsea’s victory over Hull City on Saturday Jose Mourinho has set a record by becoming the manager to reach 400 Barclays Premier League points in the fewest matches. The 2-0 victory over Hull took Mourinho’s tally to 401 points, ensuring he broke the 400 barrier in just 174 Barclays Premier League matches, 17 fewer than his […]
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Chelsea continued their scintillating start to the season by brushing London rivals Tottenham aside with ease at Stamford Bridge. The Premier League’s leaders brushed aside a poor Spurs side 3-0 at Stamford Bridge to remain six points clear of title rivals Man City who came from behind to win at Sunderland. It was another convincing […]
Chelsea failed to win for only the third time in the Premier League this season as they were held to a goalless draw at Sunderland. The draw sees Chelsea seven points clear at the top of the table ahead of Southampton, who play third-placed Manchester City on Sunday. It was a spirited performance by Sunderland, […]
Fresh off becoming the all-time leading scoring in La Liga, Barcelona star Lionel Messi on Tuesday became the record goalscorer in Champions League history as he led Barcelona to a 4-0 victory over APOEL Nicosia. After Luis Suarez had opened the scoring with his first goal for Barca, Messi scored for the 72nd time in […]
I thought MLS had moved away from signing over the hill overseas players, but it looks like former Chelsea star Michael Essien could be coming to Major League Soccer as early as January. Essien has just changed his agent to US-based Clavijo Soccer Agency, operated by Nicolas Clavijo, son of former player and now-FC Dallas […]
Chelsea are set to announce profits of almost £20m and a record turnover of around £325m when the Premier League leaders release their annual financial results. The current Premier League leaders will report a turnover of £325m for the year up to June 30, and will comfortably pass UEFA’s Financial Fair Play (FFP) test thanks […]
Out of favor defender Gerard Pique is set to hold showdown talks with Barcelona about the club’s plan for him. The former Manchester United defender’s relationship with boss Luis Enrique has become increasingly strained in recent weeks and reports in Spain suggest that Enrique would be happy to see the Spanish defender leave. Pique’s relationship […]
Robin van Persie’s injury-time strike denied Chelsea all three points against Manchester United at Old Trafford as the teams finished level at 1-1. Chelsea had been leading through Didier Drogba’s header but Branislav Ivanovic’s foul on Angel di Maria saw the defender sent off for two bookable offences and from the free-kick Van Persie slammed […]
Cesc Fabregas scored early in the second half as Chelsea maintained their five-point lead at the top of the table with a 2-1 win away to Crystal Palace. Sergio Aguero scored all four in a 4-1 win for Manchester City over Tottenham in the lunchtime kick-off, while Danny Welbeck netted in injury time to salvage […]