Enzo Fernandez: Wikimedia Commons Have the bridges been burnt down completely or will it all be forgotten before we know it? Within seconds of Argentina claiming a 2-1 win over England in Wednesday's World Cup semi-final in Atlanta, Chelsea's social media had posted a picture of Enzo Fernandez, ears cupped goadingly, after his late equaliser to dash those Albion hopes. They weren't reading the room too well. The post was soon taken down. England fans had plenty of despair to

Photo by Alessandro Schiavone By Alessandro Schiavone While Spain reached the final of the FIFA World Cup courtesy of a convincing 2-0 win over France in Dallas yesterday, one particular detail may have been lost on Tottenham Hotspur fans: Pedro Porro's strike pulled their club level with Chelsea on three goals in World Cup semifinals. Up until yesterday’s clash between the neighbouring countries, the Blues were 3-2 ahead in these London charts thanks to Oscar (1) and Schurrl

Mikel Merino in the red of the national team : Picture from Wikimedia Commons The World cup's final chapters are about to be written - with London players still very much involved in the chase for sporting immortality. The tension that is about to grip the nation on Wednesday as England take on Argentina in Atlanta will be underscored by the subtext of a north London confrontation between Tottenham's Crstian Romero and soon-to-be club team-mate Marcos Senesi for the world cha

wikimedia commons By Alessandro Schiavone Rafa Leao showed Premier League clubs that he’s far from being a fading force after setting up Gonçalo Ramos’ winning goal against Croatia in Toronto yesterday. In extra-time, the mercurial Portuguese maverick star looked up and picked out his new AC Milan teammate Ramos with an inch-perfect delivery into a crowded box. During the game he was a real handful for Croatia’s defence, who just couldn’t live with his darting runs and bursts

Gunners fans in euphoric mood It has been 22 long years but at last the Gunners have shed the nearly-men tag to land the Premier League title last won by the Invincibles. They are the champions. The fact they have done it without playing will be greatly appreciated by their fans, who have had to witness the torment of many narrow nail biting wins in recent weeks. Closing in on that elusive title has felt tortuous and Monday night's desperately grim 1-0 win over Burnley seemed

Once more unto the Bridge. Chelsea hosted their last home game of the season : Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Chelsea (1) 2 Fernandez 18, Andrey Santos 67 Tottenham Hotspur (0) 1 Richarlison 74 Never under-estimate Chelsea's capacity to rouse themselves if Spurs are the opponents. No matter how abject they may have been in the past month and a half, the Blues looked eager to shake off their Wembley disappointment by making life as difficult as possible for their north Lo

Blue afternoon at Wembley : Picture by @YTJourno FA Cup Final Chelsea (0) 0 Manchester City (0) 1 Semenyo 72 A brilliant backheel from Antoine Semenyo - gliding in front of Levi Colwill to reach an Erling Haaland cross - was enough to condemn Chelsea to a fourth defeat in their last four FA Cup finals. It was a goal worthy of settling such a grand occasion and barely reflected the Mancunians' superiority for most of the contest. The Blues did have a few good moments but overa

Back to the Bridge of Sighs : Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Chelsea (0) 1 Joao Pedro 90+3 Nottingham Forest (2) 3 Awoniyi 2, 52 Igor Jesus 15pen What was supposed to be an easyish afternoon against a team saving itself for a European semi-final turned out to be anything but, as Chelsea's grim league form continued. It is now six Premier League defeats in a row for the humbled Blues. Forest boss Vitor Pereira fielded a virtual shadow side to save legs for the trip to Vi

A game with a certain ring to it : Picture by @YTJourno FA Cup semi-final Chelsea (1) 1 Fernandez 23 Leeds United (0) 0 Managerless they may be, but old habits die hard for the Blues as they once again made it through to the FA Cup final and another shot at silverware. Their recent form has been so wretched, and their fans so disillusioned, that a pathway to any success this year seemed out of the question. A route to the Champions League has started to look beyond them but a

Brighton & Hove Albion (1) 3 v Chelsea (0) 0 Kadıoğlu 3 Hinshelwood 56 Welbeck 91 By Kaz Mochlinski at the Amex Community Stadium Premier League Matchweek 34 Chelsea’s collapse under Liam Rosenior went into freefall at Brighton as the Blues were beaten for a fifth consecutive league game without scoring, to record their worst run of results for over a century. This is the first time that Chelsea have experienced such a sequence since 1912 - and it was completed by a capitulat