Match reports The Guardian, Kevin McCarra: “Despair in a football match cannot come more intolerably or improbably. Barcelona vaulted over..
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Match reports The Guardian, Kevin McCarra: “The resilience of Chelsea was formidable and it has preserved their hopes of a..
Match reports Daily Telegraph, Henry Winter: “This was epic stuff, one of the most memorable, fluctuating games in the history..
Stevie Wonder, despite being eminently qualified to become a Premiership referee, was probably more of a fan at heart. “Very..
Match reports The Guardian, Kevin McCarra: “Liverpool’s disbelief must be very nearly as great as their despair. Nobody had anticipated..
The draws for the Champions League quarter- and semi-finals are scheduled to take place in about 10 minutes. I will..
Match reports The Guardian, Dominic Fifield: "Chelsea have their quarter-final and scars aplenty to show for this skirmish with the..
Match reports The Guardian, Kevin McCarra: "A 1–0 win will make Stamford Bridge misty-eyed with reminiscences of the hardiness shown..
Match reports The Guardian, Kevin McCarra: "The sense of jeopardy was a figment of the imagination, but Chelsea were not..
Match reports The Guardian, David Hytner: "Chelsea had this game and their qualification for the knock-out phase in the palm..
Match reports The Independent, Jason Burt: "Two defeats in four games? It is not a crisis at Chelsea but it..
Match reports The Guardian, Kevin McCarra: "Chelsea made progress with a backward step. No home supporter could have complained about..
Match reports The Guardian, Louise Taylor: "It is several centuries since visitors to Transylvania routinely ran the risk of a..
Match reports The Times, Martin Samuel: "A convincing first Champions League victory for Luiz Felipe Scolari was only the half..
The draw for the group stages of this season’s Champions League has taken place in Monaco. Chelsea will be in..
Match reports The Guardian, Kevin McCarra: “Even predictability can carry its trace of surprise. The Champions League final did go..
Mark, our intrepid reporter in the field, is photoblogging his journey to the Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow. 6:54 a.m. Check-in, Stansted..
Match reports The Guardian, Kevin McCarra: “The road to the final against Manchester United in Moscow on May 21 was..
Match reports The Guardian, Kevin McCarra: “The roars of the Anfield crowd at the close were solely of defiance. Lesser..
Match reports Daily Telegraph, John Ley: “Another year, another semi-final. For the fourth time in five seasons, Chelsea reached the..
Match reports The Guardian, David Hytner: “Having forged ahead through an own-goal from Deivid, [Chelsea] had a fistful of first-half..
Match reports The Guardian, Stuart James: “It is now 60 matches unbeaten in all competitions for Chelsea at Stamford Bridge,..
Match reports The Times, Matt Hughes: “Grant was employed to echo Ruud Gullit by introducing sexy football, but this performance..
Match reports Daily Telegraph, John Ley: “Chelsea achieved another milestone last night when they extended their unbeaten Stamford Bridge record..
Match reports The Guardian, Dominic Fifield: “The Champions League was supposed to have done away with mismatches like this. Chelsea..
Match reports The Times, Matt Hughes: “Avram Grant’s mission impossible is to make Chelsea the most attractive team in the..
Match reports The Times, Matt Hughes: “Given that his boss is the man who has everything, it is perhaps just..
Match reports The Guardian, Kevin McCarra: “Mourning no longer intruded and Chelsea, just as they did on their previous visit..
Match reports The Guardian, Dominic Fifield: “Chelsea must feel further away than ever from a first European Cup. Their owner,..
The draw for this season’s Champions League group stages has taken place in Monte Carlo. Chelsea have been drawn in..
Match reports The Guardian, Kevin McCarra: “These sides grappled with one another so fiercely that it was as if neither..
Match reports The Guardian, Kevin McCarra: “It was a match to make grudges respectable. While Chelsea are out to avenge..
