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Premier League – Who Scores When
Contrary to popular belief, the most clutch club in the Premier League this season is not Manchester United, with “only” six goals scored during the final 15 minutes of the match but Manchester City, with 8 goals of their 20 netted in during the final stage of the 90 minutes.
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Chelsea FC – Mark Clattenburg Case Not Going Well
On one front, the Chelsea claims that referee Mark Clattenburg used inappropriate language and was racial abusive towards John Obi Mikel have failed to cause any sort of dent in the man’s armor as the police have dropped the case due to no one actually coming forth and presenting them with evidence.
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Chelsea FC – Fernando Torres Can’t Score vs Ex
A comeback goal from John Terry signaled it would be a great day for Chelsea, but he was taken off the pitch shortly after from a collision. It was up to Eden Hazard and Juan Mata to pick up the slack and find the net, but they couldn’t and grew tired and ineffective as the match drew on, while the man who wanted to score more than everyone, Fernando Torres, was taken off goalless once more.
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Luis Suarez Saves the Day (Chelsea vs Liverpool)
For more than 60 minutes, it didn’t really look like Liverpool were planning to score, let alone win, against a superior yet lackluster Chelsea side, leading thanks to John Terry scoring from a corner kick. But Luis Suarez woke up and finally found some room, connecting with a Jamie Carragher cross to make it 1-1, keeping it that way till the end of the match.
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Premier League – Chelsea vs Liverpool Predictions
Last season, despite a terrible 2012 and missing out on almost every goal set before them, Liverpool managed sweep Chelsea in the league, beating them at Stamford Bridge with a beautiful Glen Johnson goal and thrashing them 4-1 at Anfield, when Roberto Di Matteo was giving up the Premier League and focusing everything he had on parking the bus and winning in the Champions League.
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Chelsea FC – Fernando Torres Scores But Doesn’t Impress
Like his entire team, this isn’t a match that Fernando Torres would like to remember. Yes, he poached a goal in the opening minutes of the game, but didn’t do much else for the rest of it. Just like Oscar before the end of the half. For the second time in two weeks, Chelsea were outclassed by a better side, only this time had enough of a head start to win.
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Chelsea FC – Ending Mark Clattenburg’s Career
It doesn’t matter if you think Chelsea are right or wrong in pursuing Mark Clattenburg for alleged racial slurs he made directed at John Obi Mikel; The club didn’t have a choice once players told them what they think they heard. Meanwhile, Clattenburg has once again been left off the list of officials who will be on duty for the matches in all the football leagues this weekend.
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Chelsea FC – Fernando Torres Keeps Disappearing
It was bound to be a tough away visit for Chelsea at Swansea; a week of thinking about referees and racism wasn’t helpful preparation. Not being an aggressive, physical side, like the ones that make the Welsh team shake in its boots, was going to be another problem. Having Fernando Torres reverting back to last season’s form and confidence levels is more of the same.
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Mark Clattenburg was Bad way Before Chelsea vs Manchester United
Whether Mark Clattenburg used racist language against Chelsea players remains to be seen, or at least the FA version of what happened into those events. What is certain is that the 37 year old referee made a mess of things in favor of Manchester United, and not for the first time.
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Chelsea FC – The Problems Beyond Juan Mata & Eden Hazard
The easy thing for Chelsea would be to simply blame the referee, and think to themselves that Juan Mata and Eden Hazard being brilliant would have been enough to beat Manchester United. But despite the official complaints for racism against Mark Clattenburg, Chelsea have their own problems.