Feet on the ground - Andy Woodman's calm reaction to late equaliser : Picture by @YTJourno The message was clear: We shouldn't expect Bromley to roll over everyone who visits Hayes Lane between now and the end of the season. It was obviously a blow to concede deep into injury time, but the 2-2 draw for the Ravens at home to Crewe on Tuesday night was hardly a disaster, according to the boss. Andy Woodman's side are now unbeaten in 10 games and have a handy six-point cushion

Crystal Palace (0) 1 v Chelsea (1) 3 Estêvão 34 João Pedro 50 Fernández (pen) 64 Richards 88 By a Capital Football reporter at Selhurst Park Premier League Matchweek 23 An Estêvão Willian wonder goal set Chelsea on the way to a comfortable victory at Selhurst Park, with a second half penalty and then a red card contributing to Crystal Palace being comprehensively crushed. Jaydee Canvot crucially suffered a nightmare afternoon, as he gave away the ball to Estêvão for the vital

Popular shirts in these parts : Picture by @YTJourno League Two Bromley (1) 2 Whitely 31, Thompson 70 Crewe Alexandra (0) 2 Pond 54, Demetriou 90+4 Bromley are living the dream. And they are determined not to wake up from it. OK, so they did not quite get the win they wanted to extend their lead at the top of the division to eight points, but if they can still come close to winning on an off day where they had only 31 per cent of the ball, things are looking good. The weekend

By Alessandro Schiavone Igor Thiago's dream to be called up for Brazil's World Cup squad has just become a bit harder to realize. And not only because the uncapped Samba star drew two consecutive blanks against the likes of Chelsea and Nottingham Forest. Sixteen goals in 23 Premier League are still the stuff dreams are made of for someone who was still playing in Bulgaria's top-flight a couple of years ago. But Endrick might have just stolen a march on the Brentford striker a

Bees v Tricky Trees BRENTFORD 0 NOTTINGHAM FOREST 2 Flat, loose, a lack of vibrancy and colour. It turned out to be one of those days for Brentford. The Bees remain at relatively soaring Premier League altitude – but there was nothing remotely high about this display, as they slumped to surprising home defeat against resourceful Nottingham Forest. A goal in each half, from Igor Jesus and another, late on by substitute Taiwo Awoniyi, were examples of a Forest outfit, largely u

No half measures on the pitch : Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Arsenal (1) 2 Martinez og 29, Merino 84 Manchester United (1) 3 Mbeumo 37, Dorgu 50, Cunha 87 Two sensational second-half strikes condemned Arsenal to a first home loss of the campaign to extend their run of off-key results just when they desperately wanted to keep their foot on the gas. It looked like the Gunners had salvaged a late draw when Mikel Merino prodded home from close range following a corner, but

Signs of life : Picture by @capitalfootball Just when they seemed dead and buried, West Ham have suddenly sprung to life. A couple of weeks ago they lost at home to relegation rivals Nottingham Forest to plunge the club into despond. Now, a week on from a last-gasp win at Spurs they claimed a 3-1 win against Sunderland to breathe more life into their hopes of survival. A first half blitz brought goals from Crysencio Summerville, Jarrod Bowen (from the penalty spot) and Mateu

Exclusive by Alessandro Schiavone at San Siro An Italian legend praised Cristhian Mosquera and William Saliba for making life hard for Lautaro Martinez. Giuseppe Bergomi, who won the 1982 World Cup with Italy and is now a famous co-commentator for Sky Italia, leapt to the Argentine's defence. He exclusively told Capital Football: "Lautaro did well for what was possible. "He was up against two very strong Arsenal central defenders. "But he and Thuram worked well and enabled Su

Burnley (1) 2 v Tottenham Hotspur (1) 2 van de Ven 38 Tuanzebe 45 Foster 76 Romero 90 By a Capital Football reporter at Turf Moor Premier League Matchweek 23 Cristian Romero rescued Tottenham Hotspur from an ignominious defeat at relegation-threatened Burnley with a 90th minute equaliser, but the 2-2 draw at Turf Moor did little to ease the pressure on the beleaguered Spurs head coach Thomas Frank. In the Premier League, Tottenham have now won just once in their last eight ma

Match day at the Cottage : Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Fulham (0) 2 Chukwueze 72, Wilson 90+2 Brighton (1) 1 Ayari 28 They do love their injury time goals against the Albion. Fulham repeated their trick from the opening weekend of the season when an injury time goal saved the day - and a point - at Brighton - here it was the magical boot of Harry Wilson doing the trick. This time it meant three points. Wilson is having a golden season to remember and when sub Charalam

Tottenham Hotspur (2) 2 v Borussia Dortmund (0) 0 Champions League MD7 Talking Points By Kaz Mochlinski at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium “What I feel the whole time is that - I feel the staff is with us, I think the players are with us. The ownership, everyone wants the same thing. And we’re on the same page. We do a lot of things in the right direction, and today was a big performance and a big win.” That is how Thomas Frank summarised the mood inside the club after Tottenha

By Alessandro Schiavone in Prague Slavia Praha 2-4 Barcelona Ferociously convinced he could hold his own at Barcelona, Fermin Lopez snubbed Chelsea in the summer. And how that wise decision is proving prophetic as Lopez spearheaded Hansi Flick's Barcelona machine to a 4-2 win over Slavia Prague yesterday night. Operating as a modern no.10 just off Robert Lewandowski in the Catalans' 4-2-3-1 system, Lopez was a really thorn in the Czech giants' side. The kind of thorn Cole Pa

Stamford Bridge Chelsea 1 Pafos 0 It was a nervy night, characterised with a superb showing from the visitors from Cyprus – but patient Chelsea eventually prevailed with a narrow win which just about forced them into the top eight of the Champions League. The Blues dominated proceedings at Stamford Bridge in Liam Rosenior’s first experience as a head coach in Europe’s elite competition. Yet it took until the 77 th minute for the illustrious west Londoners and world champions

Kassam confrontation : Picture by Will Powell Championship Oxford United 0 QPR 0 The Hoops fired another blank against Oxford United on a rainy night at the Kassam Stadium. It follows a 0-0 away four days ago at Stoke City. The game betwewn the sides at Matrade Loftus Road in October was also 0-0. Oxford started the evening in 23rd spot having come into the game off the back of one win against Southampton (home) 2-1, two draws against Bristol City (home) 0-0 last time out and

By Alessandro Schiavone at the San Siro, Milano Champions League Matchday 7 Inter Milan 1-3 Arsenal Goals : Gabriel Jesus 10', 31' (A), Sučic 18' (I), Gyökeres 84' (A) Inter were taught a lesson by Arsenal who made it seven wins in as many Champions League games thanks to an emphatic 3-1 victory over last season’s finalists at the San Siro. The Gunners were already assured of a top-eight finish before a ball was even kicked last night and now have the certainty to finish top.

Out you come : Picture by @capitalfootball Champions League MD7 Tottenham Hotspur (2) 2 Romero 14, Solanke 37 Borussia Dortmund (0) 0 Svensson s/o 25 So now we know what Spurs need to do - get themselves into the Bundesliga somehow. Thomas Frank's men were unrecognisable from the rabble seen at the weekend - and in most matches on their home patch in the league this season. For once it was a case of Dr Dortmund to the rescue rather than Dr Tottenham as Spurs breezed past a f

Nottingham Forest 0 v Arsenal 0 By Kaz Mochlinski at the City Ground Premier League Matchweek 22 Arsenal were held to a second successive scoreless draw in the Premier League but the point gained at Nottingham Forest was still seen by Mikel Arteta as another small step towards taking the title for the first time in 22 years. Matz Sels made a series of superb saves in the second half to stop Arsenal from scoring a winning goal, with the visitors being left frustrated by Forest

By Alessandro Schiavone in Brussels Canadian striker Promise David was quizzed on reports he turned down West Ham due to an apparent unwillingness to be involved in a relegation scrap. The Hammers turned to Lazio's Argentine striker Taty Castellanos when it filtered out the Union Saint-Gilloise hitman wanted to see out the season in Brussels. But David, who has bagged 14 goals across all competitions this term including two in the Champions League, was desperate to set the re

Frank fronts up after the 2-1 defeat to West Ham : Picture by @capitalfootball Pressure? What pressure? Thomas Frank was in fine straight-bat mode as he played down the feeling of mutiny at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium after his side flopped on home soil yet again. Supporters in the massed South Stand were in an unforgiving mood after seeing their side slump to a 2-1 defeat to rivals West Ham - their sixth home defeat of the campaign. And chants were less than supportive of

High Road hosts : Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Tottenham Hotspur (0 1 Romero 64 West Ham United (1) 2 Summerville 15, Wilson 90+3 Can they take much more of this? Spurs fans did not hold back at the final whistle. The boos and catcalls underlined the derision. It's now six home defeats in the league and still only two home wins. And all this against a West Ham side apparently marooned in the bottom three and certs for relegation. The Irons were well worth their win an

Exclusive by Capital Football Reporter Ahead of the trip across west London to face Chelsea today, Capital Football have caught up exclusively with Michael Kayode. Here is what he said. Michael, after your convincing win over Sunderland last week, Brentford are fifth against all expectations in the Premier League standings. Can you stay there until the end of the season? “We hope we can stay up there. There’s still a big chunk of the season to be played but we’re doing well i

Welcome Liam. Rosenior takes charge of the Blues at the Bridge for the first time : Picture by @YTJourno Carabao Cup semi-final first leg Chelsea (0) 2 Garnacho 57, 83 Arsenal (1) 3 White 7, Gyokeres 49, Zubimendi 71 You don't usually win a two-leg tie in the first clash, but you can often lose it and Chelsea came close to doing just that. But a vital double from sub Alejandro Garnacho means Arsenal's advantage going into the second leg at the Emirates next month is a slender

Charlton Athletic (0) 1 v Chelsea (1) 5 Hato 45+5 Tosin Adarabioyo 50 Leaburn 57 Guiu 62 Neto 90+1 Fernández (pen) 90+4 By Kaz Mochlinski at The Valley FA Cup Third Round Liam Rosenior’s reign at Chelsea got off to a spectacular start with a 5-1 thrashing of Charlton Athletic as the visitors were victorious at The Valley and eventually ended up enjoying themselves on their new head coach’s debut. Jorrel Hato’s first goal for Chelsea opened the scoring before the break, and Ma

There is still plenty of capital interest in the FA Cup, but little action will take place on London on the weekend of the fourth round ties - February 15/15. Arsenal are the only ones to get a home tie - with League One Wigan Athletic being handed a clash with the Gunners at Emirates Stadium. For the rest of our teams, travel is involved. Brentford's reward for a comfortable 2-0 win at Championship dead men Sheffield Wednesday is a clash against the darlings of the competi