Crystal Palace (0) 1 v Chelsea (1) 3 Estêvão 34 João Pedro 50 Fernández (pen) 64 Richards 88 By Kaz Mochlinski 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 opening goal

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

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

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

Picture by @capitalfootball With five midweek Premier League games taking place in the capital this week, it has felt as though something is going on just about everywhere. And ahead of Wednesday's three games at Brentford, Fulham and Crystal Palace there was the little matter of the latest calamity at the London Stadium for West Ham United where distress signals are peppering the sky. You can read about that 2-1 defeat to Nottingham Forest for the ailing Irons and the impl

Blues v Cherries by @JTaylorSport Chelsea 2 Bournemouth 2 Chelsea’s final game of the calendar year saw some festivities in the shape of an entertaining draw at Stamford Bridge. Yet there will be little seasonal fun for embattled Enzo Maresca, who left the stadium feeling unwell at the climax. Naturally, the consequence of stalemate, disjointedly thrilling or not, will provide significantly more satisfaction for Bournemouth than it will for the Blues, who now have one win fro

T'was meant to be the season to be jolly :Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Chelsea (1) 1 Joao Pedro 37 Aston Villa (0) 2 Watkins 63, 84 Rampant. Dominant. Urgent. Chelsea played Villa off the park for nearly an hour, but ended up empty-handed. It was impossible to see how such a vibrant, physically imposing first-half display could bring no reward but the visitors somehow found the gears to get back into it and had Ollie Watkins up their sleeve. The England striker came of

By Alessandro Schiavone at Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund Signal Iduna Park Bundesliga MD 15 Borussia Dortmund 2-0 Borussia Moenchengladbach Goals: Brandt 10' , Beier 97' Former Chelsea starlet Carney Chukwuemeka's Borussia Dortmund bagged the last three points of the calendar year thanks to a 2-0 Bundesliga win over Borussia Moenchengladbach on Friday night. Introduced in the 71st minute to replace goalscorer Julian Brandt, the man who quit Stamford Bridge for Signal Iduna Park