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  • EPL: Chelsea, Man City play out thrilling 4-4 draw

    EPL: Chelsea, Man City play out thrilling 4-4 draw

    Cole Palmer scored a late penalty against former club Manchester City as Chelsea snatched a thrilling Premier League draw at Stamford Bridge.

    Palmer slotted calmly into the top corner in the fifth minute of added time after Armando Broja was fouled in the box by Ruben Dias.

    City thought they had the three points when Rodri’s shot from the edge of the area touched off Thiago Silva past Chelsea keeper Robert Sanchez with four minutes left.

    Chelsea, showing superb resilience, were not to be denied and Palmer – a £40m summer signing from Pep Guardiola’s side – stayed cool amid the mayhem to beat Ederson from the spot to leave City just a point clear of Liverpool at the Premier League summit.

    The reigning champions led in contentious fashion after 25 minutes when they were awarded a penalty for Marc Cucurella’s pull on Erling Haaland, despite Chelsea’s protests that the full-back had been fouled first.

    Haaland dispatched the penalty with ease, but the hosts were level four minutes later when Brazil centre-back Silva glanced home Conor Gallagher’s corner at the near post.

    Chelsea turned the game around when Raheem Sterling also scored against his former club after 37 minutes, turning in Reece James’ cross after Josko Gvardiol’s mistake.

    Read Also: Chelsea interested in signing Man City forward Palmer

    City, though, levelled on the stroke of half-time when the unmarked Manuel Akanji headed in Bernardo Silva’s cross.

    Two minutes after the break City went in front again when Haaland scrambled in Julian Alvarez’s cross at the far post.

    Yet Chelsea again battled back and deservedly drew level in the 67th minute when Nicolas Jackson pounced after Ederson pushed out Gallagher’s low drive.

    Guardiola’s side thought they had won it with Rodri’s stroke of good fortune – until the late penalty drama capped an entertaining, eventful encounter.

    Defender Ruben Dias was penalised for a foul on Chelsea substitute Armando Broja and Palmer’s calm finish left honours even. BBC

  • EPL: Palmer hits late penalty as Chelsea draw City in 8-goal thriller

    EPL: Palmer hits late penalty as Chelsea draw City in 8-goal thriller

    Cole Palmer’s stoppage-time penalty denied former club Manchester City victory in a thriller against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

    In a game of the highest quality in treacherous conditions, fortunes swung both ways.

    City thought they had the three points when Rodri’s shot from the edge of the area touched off Thiago Silva past Chelsea keeper Robert Sanchez with four minutes left.

    Chelsea, showing superb resilience, were not to be denied and Palmer – a £40m summer signing from Pep Guardiola’s side – stayed cool amid the mayhem to beat Ederson from the spot to leave City just a point clear of Liverpool at the Premier League summit.

    The reigning champions led in contentious fashion after 25 minutes when they were awarded a penalty for Marc Cucurella’s pull on Erling Haaland, despite Chelsea’s protests that the full-back had been fouled first.

    Haaland dispatched the penalty with ease, but the hosts were level four minutes later when Brazil centre-back Silva glanced home Conor Gallagher’s corner at the near post.

    Chelsea turned the game around when Raheem Sterling also scored against his former club after 37 minutes, turning in Reece James’ cross after Josko Gvardiol’s mistake.

    City, though, levelled on the stroke of half-time when the unmarked Manuel Akanji headed in Bernardo Silva’s cross.

    Two minutes after the break City went in front again when Haaland scrambled in Julian Alvarez’s cross at the far post.

    Read Also: Chelsea interested in signing Man City forward Palmer

    Yet Chelsea again battled back and deservedly drew level in the 67th minute when Nicolas Jackson pounced after Ederson pushed out Gallagher’s low drive.

    Guardiola’s side thought they had won it with Rodri’s stroke of good fortune – until the late penalty drama capped an entertaining, eventful encounter.

    Defender Ruben Dias was penalised for a foul on Chelsea substitute Armando Broja and Palmer’s calm finish left honours even.

    BBC

  • Liverpool joins Arsenal, Chelsea in pursuit of Osimhen

    Liverpool joins Arsenal, Chelsea in pursuit of Osimhen

    Liverpool have reportedly joined the race for Victor Osimhen‘s highly coveted signature.

    European giants are on high alert for the red-hot Napoli star after his public fallout with the club last month – when the Serie A outfit’s social media team appeared to mock him for missing a penalty against Bologna and labelled him a ‘coconut’.

    Jurgen Klopp sent one of his scouts to watch him in action on international duty, according to The Sun.

    Osimhen played 60 minutes of Nigeria’s friendly with Saudi Arabia in Portugal before a hamstring injury forced him off. He did not play in their next friendly against Mozambique.

    It means Liverpool join the list of clubs with a serious interest in the 24-year-old alongside Premier League rivals Arsenal and Chelsea.

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    Osimhen’s future at Napoli was thrown into doubt last month when the club released two controversial TikTok videos appearing to mock him.

    The first seemingly mocked him for missing a penalty and the second labelled him a ‘coconut’ in what has been widely condemned as a racial slur. Both videos were promptly deleted.

    In the wake of the scandal, his agent suggested they could take legal action, Osimhen demanded a public apology and removed all but one of his Instagram posts with a Napoli shirt, and the social media executive responsible resigned.

    Napoli did not publicly apologise following the outrage and insisted that they ‘never wanted to mock’ their talisman.

  • Bournemouth, Chelsea play out drab goalless draw

    Bournemouth, Chelsea play out drab goalless draw

    Bournemouth and Chelsea continued their lacklustre starts to the campaign with the first goalless draw of the Premier League season.

    The Cherries are yet to win in the league under Andoni Iraola, while Mauricio Pochettino’s Chelsea have one win to show from their five league games.

    Chelsea had the better chances with Nicolas Jackson and Raheem Sterling hitting the woodwork and Levi Colwill having a goal disallowed for offside.

    Read Also: Chelsea suffer shock home loss to Forest

    New Blues signing Cole Palmer had a chance to win the game late on but shot straight at Neto.

    Bournemouth had opportunities to win too with Dominic Solanke forcing a Robert Sanchez save and heading wide.

  • Chelsea suffer shock home loss to Forest

    Chelsea suffer shock home loss to Forest

    Substitute Anthony Elanga scored his first Nottingham Forest goal to secure a hard-fought Premier League victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

    Summer signing Elanga, introduced in first-half added time following an injury to Danilo, struck shortly after the break when he raced on to Taiwo Awoniyi’s pass and slotted home.

    Nicolas Jackson missed a glorious opportunity to equalise inside the final 10 minutes, firing over from inside the six-yard box after being teed up by Raheem Sterling.

    Read Also: TAIWO AWONIYI: My goals were result of hard work

    Jackson had earlier been denied by a last-ditch block by Willy Boly, while £40m deadline day signing Cole Palmer was introduced by boss Mauricio Pochettino, as Chelsea chased a response.

    But despite dominating possession, territory and chances, the hosts were punished for failing to take their opportunities by a resolute Forest.

    A second victory from four games lifted Steve Cooper’s visitors to ninth in the table, while Chelsea fell to 11th in the early standings.

  • EPL: Elanga’s first Nottingham goal sinks Chelsea

    EPL: Elanga’s first Nottingham goal sinks Chelsea

    Substitute Anthony Elanga scored his first Nottingham Forest goal to secure a hard-fought Premier League victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

    Summer signing Elanga, introduced in first-half added time following an injury to Danilo, struck shortly after the break when he raced on to Taiwo Awoniyi’s pass and slotted home.

    Nicolas Jackson missed a glorious opportunity to equalise inside the final 10 minutes, firing over from inside the six-yard box after being teed up by Raheem Sterling.

    Jackson had earlier been denied by a last-ditch block by Willy Boly, while £40m deadline day signing Cole Palmer was introduced by boss Mauricio Pochettino, as Chelsea chased a response.

    Read Also: Lukaku agrees to join Roma on loan from Chelsea

    But despite dominating possession, territory and chances, the hosts were punished for failing to take their opportunities by a resolute Forest.

    A second victory from four games lifted Steve Cooper’s visitors to ninth in the table, while Chelsea fell to 11th in the early standings.

    BBC

  • Lukaku agrees to join Roma on loan from Chelsea

    Lukaku agrees to join Roma on loan from Chelsea

    Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku has agreed to join Italian side Roma on a season-long loan deal from Chelsea.

    The 30-year-old returns to Serie A having spent last season on loan with Inter Milan, helping them reach the Champions League final.

    He is reported to have turned down a lucrative move to Saudi Pro League.

    “The welcome that this club and these fans gave me thrilled me and represents a further incentive to give everything for my new team,” Lukaku said.

    Read Also: Lukaku completes loan move  to Roma

    Lukaku is believed to have accepted a wage cut to be reunited with coach Jose Mourinho at Roma.

    Mourinho briefly managed Lukaku in 2013-14, during the striker’s first spell at Chelsea, before the Portuguese signed him for Manchester United from Everton in 2017 for £75m.

    Lukaku added: “I had the opportunity to speak with the owners in recent days and I was struck by their ambition.

    “Now we have to work, be humble and grow game after game. For my part, I can’t wait to make myself available to my teammates, on and off the field.”

    More to follow.

  • Chelsea interested in signing Man City forward Palmer

    Chelsea interested in signing Man City forward Palmer

    Chelsea have an interest in signing Manchester City and England Under-21s forward Cole Palmer.

    It is understood that no official bid has yet been made.

    Manager Mauricio Pochettino has said the Blues may look to bring in one more offensive player during this transfer window, but insists a new recruit would have to fit the right ‘profile’.

    Palmer can play in various positions both in the forward line and midfield.

    Read Also: Why players are choosing Chelsea, by Pochettino

    He was part of the England youth side which won the European Under-21 Championship earlier this summer.

    The 21-year-old has started the season well at City and scored in both the Uefa Super Cup win over Sevilla and the Community Shield loss to Arsenal.

    City manager Pep Guardiola has previously said that Palmer will not be allowed to leave on loan. West Ham had been interested in signing him earlier this summer but that was thought to be a loan approach.

  • Post Football Plans:  Ndidi, Tomori charting same way forward

     

    Leicester City Midfielder Wilfred Ndidi and Chelsea defender Fikayo Tomori may be playing for different clubs and different countries, but both players appear to tilting to the same direction in terms of making plans for post football era.

    For both players sound education is the key to securing a better future after parting ways with the round leather game.

    Recall that Ndidi recently enrolled at the  De Montfort University (DMU) where he is pursuing in Business and Management.

    In the same vein Fikayo Tomori has revealed that he doesn’t join team-mates for FIFA and Fortnite sessions… because he’s studying for a business management degree.

    The 21 year old is studying pursuing his own course via the Open University.

    “Football is not going to go on forever. Whenever I retire, or if I get an injury I have something I’m working towards that can stand me in good stead for the future. I spend about eight to 10 hours a week, reading all the time, trying to learn new things,”Tomori told BBC

    Fikayo Tomori (l) and Tammy Abraham (r)

    Tomori has broken into the Chelsea side this season and earned his first senior England call-up for the games against Czech Republic and Bulgaria although he could not make a debut in the 2-1 loss to Czech Republic.

    Tomori hopes to complete the degree next year

    After gaining experience on loan at Brighton, Hull and Derby, Tomori has been given an opportunity in the Chelsea first team by Frank Lampard this season and has certainly seized his chance with some excellent performances.

    Tomori was also eligible to represent Canada or Nigeria, but he has now committed to England and will hope to have a key part to play at Euro 2020 next summer if Gareth Southgate’s side qualify as expected even as he hopes that he gets a time to debut against Bulgaria tonight just like fellow Nigeria born player and teammate Tammy Abraham made his three minutes debut against Czech Republic.

     

     

     

  • Lampard to Abraham: Playing for England not a walk in the park!

     

    Chelsea Coach Frank Lampard has told his Nigeria born goal scoring sensation Tammy Abraham that although playing for England is a good idea; he will need to remain in his killer form to compete in the Three Lions’ den.

    He made the submission on the heels of Abraham’s call up by England ahead of their upcoming Euro 2020 qualifiers against Czech Republic and Bulgaria on the 11th and 14th October respectively.

    The former Chelsea legend opined that the Three Lions boasts of very good strikers which imply that competition will be stiff.

    “Naturally when he goes to the England squad he has the attributes to go there and be successful. It is another step for him but I am sure that he has the attitude to take that challenge of being a goal scorer for England.

    “There is competition there. When he steps into the squad he will see there are great strikers there already around him so it is a good challenge for Tammy.” he said

    Tammy gets a pat from Lampard

    England Coach Gareth Southgate confirmed that the former Aston Villa loanee’s invitation on Thursday was based on merit.

    The 22 year old has netted eight goals in eight starts this season his latest being 22nd minute goal in the 2-1 defeat of Lille of France in the Champions league on Wednesday.

    Tammy who cannot be said to be completely new to the Three Lions having featured in a friendly match in 2017 against Germany will be hoping to continue his scoring mission when Chelsea visit Southampton on Sunday in the premier league.

    It has been three wins in three outings for the Stamford Bridge boys with the biggest win coming against Grimsby Town who were hammered 7-2 in the league cup.