New Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata turned down a move to Tottenham Hotspur because he feared the competition from striker Harry Kane, Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino has claimed. Morata, 24, joined champions Chelsea from Real Madrid last month for a reported fee of £58 million ($76.8 million, 64.7 million euros). Pochettino …
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Arsenal thumps Swansea to go third
Olivier Giroud opened the scoring for the visitors before own goals from Jack Cork and Kyle Naughton and an Alexis Sanchez strike sealed the victory Arsenal moved up to third as they downed Swansea City 4-0 in Paul Clement’s first Premier League game in charge of the hosts on Saturday. …
Read More »Chelsea ‘extremely’ disappointed over Costa ban
The Blues made known their feelings over the Football Association’s decision to ban their striker for three games, but will wait for the written reasons before commenting further Costa slapping Koscielny Chelsea say they are “extremely disappointed” with the Football Association’s decision to ban striker Deigo Costa for three matches …
Read More »Chelsea Striker Diego Costa slammed By FA, Charge For Violent Conduct
Chelsea Striker Diego Costa, who has been labelled as the master of dark arts, has been charged with Violent conduct by the English FA for the part he played in the match between Chelsea and Arsenal at the weekend. Costa slapping Koscienly Costa appeared to slap Arsenal Defender Laurent Koscielny …
Read More »Arsenal’s lack of guile costs them defeat against Chelsea
If you’d tuned into this match by accident, you may have thought you were watching an episode of “Premier League Years” from around 2006. Chelsea defeated Arsenal in the Premier League yet again, winning 2-0 on Saturday, and while Arsene Wenger ended his poor run against Jose Mourinho with last …
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