Showing posts with label Chelsea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chelsea. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Wolves Knock Off Chelsea At Home

 At Wolverhampton, England:


In English Premier League action on Tuesday, Daniel Podence (65') and Pedro Neto (90'+5) each scored once as Wolverhampton Wanderers came from behind to upend visiting Chelsea 2-1.

Saturday, August 01, 2020

GUNNERS WIN FA CUP

At London:

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice (PK-26', 67') as Arsenal defeated London (and English Premier League) rivals Chelsea on Saturday to win the FA Cup Final.

The victory extended the Gunners' record for most FA Cup titles to 14 and locked up a berth in next season's Europa League group stage.

American Christian Pulisic scored for the Blues in the fifth before having to leave the game due to a hamstring injury.

Chelsea had already locked down a berth in the group stage of next season's UEFA Champions League.

Monday, July 27, 2020

Chelsea Blank Wolves In Season Finale; Wolverhampton Finishes Seventh In EPL Standings

At London:

Mason Mount (45'+1) and Oliver Giroud (45'+4) each scored a goal in the waning moments of the first half on Sunday as Chelsea blanked visiting Wolverhampton 2-0 in the English Premier League season finale for both clubs.

Wolves finished in seventh place in the EPL standings.

Saturday, September 14, 2019

Chelsea Gives Wolves The Blues

At Wolverhampton, England:

Tammy Abraham scored a natural hat trick (34', 41', 55') on Saturday as Chelsea dominated Wolverhampton Wanderers 5-2 on the road in English Premier League action.

Wednesday, August 14, 2019

REDS TOP BLUES IN SUPER CUP GAME IN PK SHOOTOUT

At Istanbul, Turkey:

After a 2-2 deadlock through 120 minutes in which each club scored once in regulation and once in overtime on Wednesday, Roberto Firmino, Fabio Henrique Tavares, Divock Origi, Trent Alexander-Arnold, and Mohamed Salah all converted their spot kicks as Liverpool (last season's UEFA Champions League winners) defeated Chelsea (last season's Europa League titlists) 5-4 in the penalty-kick shootout and won this year's edition of the UEFA Super Cup in an all-English affair in the Turkish capital.

Wednesday, May 29, 2019

FOUR-GOAL SECOND HALF WINS EUROPA LEAGUE CROWN FOR BLUES

At Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan:

In Wednesday's Europa League final, Eden Hazard (that's him holding the Europa League Trophy) scored twice (PK-65', 72') as Chelsea scored four second-half goals to dominate London rivals Arsenal 4-1.

The Blues already had clinched a berth in next year's UEFA Champions League group stage; with the Chelsea victory, Frances Lyon has qualified for the Champions League's group stage.

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Monday, March 11, 2019

Wolves Battle Chelsea To Draw In London

At London:

Eden Hazard's stoppage-time equalizer (90'+2) carried Chelsea to a 1-1 Sunday English Premier League home deadlock with Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Raul Jimenez scored for Wolves in the 56th minute.

Wednesday, January 02, 2019

Christian Pulisic's New Gig

He's heading to Chelsea on a $73.1 million transfer, the most expensive ever for an American soccer player.

He'll finish this season in the Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund.

Wednesday, December 05, 2018

Wolves Knock Off Chelsa, Ends Six-Match Winless Run

At Wolverhampton, England:

Raul Jimenez (59') and Diogo Jota (63') each scored a second-half goal four minutes apart on Wednesday as Wolverhampton Wanderers snapped a six-match English Premier League winless streak by knocking off visiting Chelsea 3-1.

Saturday, May 27, 2017

GUNNERS KNOCK OFF CHELSEA TO WIN 13TH FA CUP TITLE

At London:

Alex Sanchez (4') and Aaron Ramsey (79') each scored once on Saturday as Arsenal defeated Chelsea 2-1 in the FA Cup Final contested at Wembley Stadium.

The Gunners have now won 13 FA Cups and their embattled manager Arsene Wenger has now won a record seven.

With Arsenal having already clinched a berth in the group stage of next season's Europa League due to their fifth-place finish in the recently-concluded English Premier League season, Everton---the highest-finishing club who hadn't qualified for Europe---will enter the Europa League through the third round of qualifying.

Thursday, December 17, 2015

Don't Feel So Bad, Jose

I think the Los Angeles Football Club is still seeking it's first head coach or manager.

Sunday, March 01, 2015

English League Cup Final: Blues To Much For Spurs; Jose Wins First Trophy In Second Stint As Chelsea Manager

At London:

John Terry (45') and Diego Costa (56') delivered the goals on Sunday as Chelsea blanked London rivals Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 in the final of the English League Cup tournament, enabling manager Jose Mourinho to win his first piece of silverware in this, his second stint in charge of the Blues. 

Friday, August 30, 2013

Bayern Top Chelsea In PK Shootout To Claim Super Cup As Pep Gets Measure Of Jose Again

At Prague, Czech Republic:

Javi Martinez delivered the equalizer in the 120th minute as Bayern Munich forced a 2-2 draw with Chelsea in Friday's UEFA Super Cup contest(the contest was deadlocked at 1-1 after regulation), then won the penalty-kick shootout 5-4 as David Alaba, Toni Kroos, Philipp Lamm, Franck Ribery (who scored in the 47th minute of regulation), and Xherdan Shaqiri all converted their spot kicks.  The Blues' Romelu Lukaku failed on his spot kick, which would have sent the shootout to a sixth round.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

STOPPAGE-TIME HEADER BAGS EUROPA LEAGUE CROWN FOR CHELSEA

At Amsterdam, Netherlands:



Goals from Fernando Torres (59') and Branislav Ivanovic (90'+3, shown here) carried Chelsea to a 2-1 victory over SL Benfica (Oscar Cardozo converting a penalty kick in the 68th minute) enabling the Blues to win the Europa League crown, a year after winning the UEFA Champions League title.  The Blues became the fourth club (after Juventus, Ajax Amsterdam, and Bayern Munich) to win all three major European club tournaments (Chelsea also won the now-defunct Cup-Winners Cup in 1971 and 1998).

Photo from ESPN FC website

Monday, December 17, 2012

CORINTHIANS KNOCK OFF CHELSEA TO CAPTURE FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP TITLE

At Yokohama, Japan:

Jose Paolo Guerrero scored the only goal of the match in the 68th minute on Sunday as Corinthians defeated Chelsea 1-0 to win the FIFA Club World Cup championship.

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Rockin' Robin and Chicharito Combine To Help Lead Red Devils Past Chelsea On Road

At London:

Goals from David Luiz (OG-4'), Robin Van Persie (12'), and Javier Hernandez (75') carried Manchester United to their first English Premier League road win against Chelsea in ten years with a controversial 3-2 Sunday triumph over the nine-man Blues.

Friday, August 31, 2012

UEFA Super Cup: Falcao Hat Trick Carries Mattress Makers Past Chelsea In Monaco

At Fontvieille, Monaco:

Falcao delivered a natural first-half hat trick on Friday (6', 19', 45') as Atletico Madrid dominated Chelsea 4-1 in the UEFA Super Cup contest, the final one in the series to be played in Monaco.

It was the Matress Makers' second Europa League-Super Cup double.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

End Of An Era At Stamford Bridge

He sure picked a perfect time to go out on top.

Saturday, May 19, 2012

DIDIER DROGBA COMES THROUGH FOR CHELSEA; LATE EQUALIZER AND GAME-WINNING PK IN SHOOTOUT NETS UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE CROWN FOR CHELSEA ON GERMAN SOIL

At Munich, Germany:


Didier Drogba


After Thomas Muller's 83rd-minute header put Bayern Munich ahead 1-0 in Saturday's UEFA Champions League final at Alianz Arena, Chelsea's Didier Drogba headed in the equalizer in the 88th minute to force overtime.  With the game deadlocked at 1-1, Arjen Robben's penalty kick in the 95th minute was saved by Blues goalkeeper Petr Cech.  In the penalty-kick shootout, after David Luiz, Frank Lampard, and Ashley Cole made their spot kicks, after Bayern's Bastien Schweinsteiger's try hit the goalpost, it was Didier Drogba who netted the winning kick (shown here) that carried Chelsea to their first-ever Champions League crown (the first for a London-based club).  The Blues, as champions, automatically won their way to the group stage of next season's Champions League (knocking Tottenham Hotspur [who would have entered the playoff round as the fourth-place club in the English Premier League] out of the running as a result).


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Saturday, May 05, 2012

DIDIER DROGBA SCORES WINNING GOAL, PETR CECH MAKES BIG SAVE AS BLUES TOP REDS FOR 7TH FA CUP CROWN

At London:


Andy Carroll


Ramires (11') and Didier Drogba (52') provided the scoring and Petr Cech came up with the save of the match in the 82nd minute (shown here), robbing Andy Carroll (who had scored in the 64th minute) of what would have been the equalizer as Chelsea held off Liverpool 2-1 on Saturday to capture their seventh FA Cup championship.


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