Author: Paul Lagan

Only one team went top of the Premier League tonight and it was not Chelsea who were well beaten 2-0 by Leicester City and the Blues sit uncomfortably in eight position.

Fran Kirby sliced open the Manchester United defence to score the winner in a pulsating 2-1 victory at Kingsmeadow and at the same time propelled the Blues to top of the WSL table.

The pressure resumes on Frank Lampard this weekend, when his Chelsea charges take on struggling Fulham at Craven Cottage on Saturday.

Timo Werner scored his first goal in 12 games which, some wags might claim was the the shock of the FA Cup 3rd round, but his goal, the second of four for the Blues was enough to settle any nerves and set the Stamford Bridge outfit up for a secure 4-0 win over League Two Morecambe.
German Werner was on the spot to tap home just before the break at the end of the first half.

Danny Drinkwater – a forgotten man at Stamford Bridge – is heading out on loan this month to Turkey. The former Leicester City Premier League title-winner, who joined the Blues from the Foxes in 2017 for £35million will see out the season playing for Kasimpasa in Istanbul.

Chelsea were thrashed 3-1 by Manchester City this evening at Stamford Bridge to drop to eighth in the Premier League.

Apart from a possible penalty call for Timo Werner early on, this was as an abject performance that has graced the hallowed turf in SW6 in many a decade.

Callum Hudson-Odoi gave the Blues a consolation goal deep into added time, but it failed to cover up what was a torrid opening first half, that only marginally improved in the second half.

The pressure on Frank Lampard has ramped up significantly this week as Chelsea prepare to face Manchester City at Stamford Bridge on Sunday with German Thomas Tuchel waiting in the wings.

Olivier Giroud did his bit by scoring, but the Blues were rather insipid and could only draw 1-1 against Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge this evening.

Tammy Abraham will retain his striking spot for the Boxing Day clash at Arsenal after getting a brace against West Ham United on Monday night.

Frank Lampard is a smart and perceptive man. He knows now what it’s like to be Chelsea head coach after successive league defeats – it’s not pleasant. He knows he cannot lose his next match.

Beth England and Sam Kerr scored the goals that saw off Benfica 3-0 at Kingsmeadow as Chelsea thrashed the Portuguese side 8-0 on aggregate.

Sam Kerr’s glancing header was the difference between the two sides as her first half strike saw the Blues beat rugged Brighton 1-0 this afternoon at Crawley.

The Australian took full advantage of the space created by Pernille Harder, who clipped in the perfect left byline cross and her deft glancing header, from the six-yard area zipped past goalkeeper Cecillie Fiskerstrand.

A careless error by Edouard Mendy gifted Everton all three points and denied Chelsea the chance to return to the top of the Premier League as the west Londoners lost 1-0 tonight at Goodison Park to end a 17-game unbeaten run.

Mendy needlessly bundled over Dominic Calvert-Lewin inside the away side’s penalty area to concede the spot lick after 22 minutes.

Fran Kirby opened the scoring after just two minutes and netted a brace as the Blues got their Champions League campaign off to the perfect start, thrashing against Benfica 5-0, in Portugal this afternoon.

When a game has little riding on the result, you can either get a goal-fest or an encounter that can be a boon for an insomniac – this 1-1 draw against Russian outfit in a dead rubber of a Champions League group match was in the second category.

Sam Kerr showed all her predatory instincts as she smashed home a hat trick as Chelsea ran out 3-2 winners against West Ham United in the WSL derby at Kingsmeadow.

Kurt Zouma bullet-headed Chelsea back to the top of the Premier League as the Blues came from behind to beat old foes Leeds United 3-1 at Stamford Bridge tonight.

Olivier Giroud will be back on the bench tomorrow despite bagging all four goals for Chelsea in their midweek thumping of Sevilla in the Champions League.

Olivier Giroud rammed home four goals as Chelsea put Sevilla to the sword with an emphatic 4-0 thrashing in Southern Spain tonight to top Group E of the Champions League.

Giroud, 34, secured the perfect hat-trick before adding to it by smashing home a penalty.

Olivier Giroud scored  a last minute winner to see Chelsea nab all three Champions League points with a 2-1 win to secure group qualification against Rennes tonight.

Callum Hudson-Odoi scored with a first half strike, having been put through with an inch-perfect ball by Mason Mount to set the ball rolling. 

Tammy Abraham put in a man of the match performance as the Blues went top of the Premier League for the first time since September 2018 as the striker notched up the second goal in a 2-0 win away win at Newcastle United.