London is Blue

Who would have thought the biggest London derby will be so so one sided. Well to be honest all us Chelsea fans expected Mourinho to have the upper hand on Wenger as always but beating him by such a huge margin, that was unexpected. Defeating Arsenal 6-0 and literally knocking them out of the title race, that's a dream come true for any Chelsea fan. Arsene Wenger will surely never forget his 1000th game in charge thanks to our boss, the special one, Jose Mourinho.
What a start it was to the game. Fast, positive, looking for the goal right from the word go were Chelsea and they broke through early again thanks to a superb left footed finish from Eto'o. Schurrle continuing his good form made it two for the Blues within a couple of minutes and it was 2-0 after 7 mins for Chelsea and as Jose Mourinho said in his post match press conference the game was over at that point only. Then came one of the most hilarious referring decisions I have ever seen. One player handed the ball and another one was sent off. Andre Marriner surely needs to get his eyes checked. Hazard made it three from the penalty spot and Oscar scored a much needed goal for his own confidence to make it four before half time. Jose seems to love Arsene just too much, against any other team he would have asked his team to consolidate in the second half starting it with a 4-0 lead but Hazard said that Jose asked them to go out and score more goals in the second half. He really wanted to annihilate Arsenal it seems. And Chelsea did carryout the boss' instruction successfully scoring two more goals without conceding any to make it 6-0. Oscar scored a brilliant curling goal from outside the penalty box to make it five before he was subbed. His replacement Mohamed Salah went on to score his first Chelsea goal from a beautiful long pass by Nemanja Matic to complete the drubbing. It was one of the best Chelsea performance I have seen in a while. Boring they said, scored six they never said.
Everything was positive for Chelsea in the game other than maybe the hamstring injury to Samuel Eto'o, although everyone's hoping it's not a serious one. All the players were very good, even Fernando Torres, made some good runs and passes helping his teammates in notching up the goals. Nemanja Matic, what a player, what a beast of a player, he surely is soon gonna be the best CDM in the world. Brilliant defensively and has the talent to see and execute a forward pass. His two assists played a vital role in the victory. Matic's signing in January could well be a title winning one. The best defense in the league was again at it's best, Cesar Azpilicueta was again at his best. He at the moment is simply unbeatable, no one can go past him the way he's playing. He performed brilliantly again and was rewarded with the Man of the Match award. Totally deserved it. He is turning out to be the best full back of the season in the league and one of the best in the world on current form. And we all must remember he is a RB playing as a LB. Attacking wise it was a flawless performance, what else can anyone say when the scoreline is 6-0. The best thing though about the attacking display was Eden Hazard wasn't at his menacing best, he was good but not as hazardous as he can be and yet Chelsea pumped in six against a "very good" defense, at least that's what the pundits had to say about the Gunners' defense before the match. Oscar getting two goals was the best part about it all. He probably needed it the most, will be a huge confidence booster for him. Schurrle getting goals regularly will be massively helpful for him personally and the team as well. Mourinho is making a dangerous team for the future. With this momentum gain Chelsea will hopefully go on to win most of their remaining league games and fight for the title till the very end. Jose Mourinho's "Little Horse" is giving the big ones a run for their money. Up the Chels. Keep the Blue Flag Flying High. Always remember Arsene Wenger and other London clubs. London is Blue.

England's only hope

It's Chelsea again who are left as England's only hope in Europe. As always it's the Blues saving british pride in the competition.
It was an emotional night at Stamford Bridge as it marked the return of King Drogba to his home. He got a brilliant ovation as he came out on the field from the tunnel. And after the match was over he was the last one to leave the field after soaking in the rapturous applaud from entire stadium.
The match was a pretty easy one for the Blues. It was 1-1 from the first leg. Chelsea got a brilliant start to the match, dominating possession and not letting Galatasaray settling in at all. The opening goal came as early as the 4th minute from Eto'o. It was a brilliant Chelsea build up for the goal. Hazard's ball control and turn, Oscar's run and precise pass and a calm cool finish from "the old man" Eto'o. After the goal Chelsea continued dominating the game. They were defensively rock solid as well. Cesar Azpilicueta, what a player he has become. Unbeatable, unbreakable, he has become one of the best LB's in the world at the moment. What a steal he was for the Blues at the price of only 7 million. "Super Frankie" Lampard bossed the pivot by himself. Didn't get much help from Ramires who was again pretty wasteful throughout the game. It was so good watching Lampard play so well, everything was perfect from him through the game be it passing, making crucial runs or deliveries from set pieces. It was his corner only which ultimately led to the second goal by Gary Cahill. 2-0 lead at half time at Stamford Bridge under Jose Mourinho, Chelsea were simply unbeatable from that position. In the second part of the game Chelsea didn't get any more goals but were simply flawless in their defending, the only thing which lacked a bit was the finishing. But it's getting better.
Lampard, Oscar, Azpilicueta, Hazard were all just too good last night. We saw some wonderful link up play from the front four. Eto'o is growing in confidence as the season moves on and  that's very good news for Chelsea. John Terry and Gary Cahill are soon becoming one of the best and most consistent CB pairings in the world. Oscar seemed to be peaking again after a few barren games. And as I have said in some previous posts as well I don't have any words left for Eden Hazard, he is from another planet. We should all thank Didier Drogba for winning us that Champions League else we wouldn't have got the talent named Hazard.
It was a perfect night at Stamford Bridge, a comprehensive win for Chelsea courtesy which they are now in the last eight of the most prestigious club competition in the world. Drogba got the ovation and love from the Chelsea fans he deserved before and after the game, hopefully soon we will get to see more of the King at the Bridge again. But for now it's time to wait to see who we face in the quarter final. To be the best you have to beat the best, bring on any team.

ROBBED

Robbed of the game, robbed of three very crucial points and maybe just maybe robbed of the title. Indeed it was Chris Foy vs Chelsea again and the ref came out on top. One or two decisions going against a team can be considered a mistake by the officials but so many, right from the beginning to the very end, no, Foy surely hates Chelsea.
7 red card in 8 matches to Chelsea players and none against that surely can't be a coincidence. He sends Chelsea players off even if they shoulder barge into an opposing player whereas last season he didn't send Aguero off when he stomped with both feets on David Luiz. Yesterday's game was similar, Foy and his assistants were pathetic continually giving offside decisions when the Chelsea players were clearly onside. Cancelling out Matic's goal after giving it. I mean how can the linesman who only had a view of Matic's back have an influence on that decision. To not giving a red card to a Villa player for a last man tackle to penalizing Chelsea players for nothing, that was the story of the first half in which Chelsea weren't at their fluent best either. Not creative enough, looking tired and with a striker in Fernando Torres who can't do anything correct, that was the Chelsea eleven.
Chelsea though started the second half really well. Aggressively, creating lots of pressure on the Villa goal and seeing loads of possession. But then Mr Foy struck again with the moment of the match, probably a title defining one. Sending Willian off with a second yellow card for not much of a tackle. Reducing Chelsea to 10 men by sending off one of their most creative players Foy literally won Villa won the match. At least he made sure they can't lose. Then with the man advantage came immense pressure from Villa which led to the match winning goal from Delph. Credit must be given where it's due it was a brilliantly worked goal from Villa and a pretty awesome finish the Villa man. From that there was no coming back for the 10 men Chelsea. They tried to put some pressure on the Villa goal by throwing players up the field but to no use. Then finally as time drew near came another blow for Chelsea as Ramires was sent off with a straight red. Now with that decision the Chelsea fans can't complain that one deserved red. And with the very poor kind of form Ramires has been in Chelsea will do better without him for a few games. Oh let's not forget Mr Foy also sent Mourinho off to the stands cause he wanted to talk to him. Well done ref, you're a disgrace to the league.
All that being said some of the Chelsea players seriously need a reality check. Ramires and "the best striker" we have Fernando Torres. Haven't seen any players from the top sides performing so so badly. They simply can't do any right. Absolutely nothing.
Cesar Azpilicueta and Nemanja Matic were again the best two Chelsea players on the field. Although Matic faded off a bit in the second half of the game. These are the kind of games where Chelsea fans hope a Hazard or Oscar will turn it up and win it on their own. But sadly as of now they  haven't done it. Hopefully we will see those performances really soon as well. I have faith in those players. They are world class, they are the best.
Six points the gap and Manchester City having three games in hand Jose's comments are actually coming true, this is now most definitely City's title to lose, they are now the favorites to win the Barclays Premier League.
Two very important home games coming up in the week. One which will mark the return of the King to Stamford Bridge and the other a visit from Arsene Wenger. These two games will be season defining for the Blues. Positive results hopefully without anymore "Foy" moments.

VICTORY, that's what matters

Yet another London derby, yet another poor first half performance, yet another attacking display in the second half, yet another victory for the Blues to extend their lead at the top of the Barclays Premier League table. Seven points gap between the top two teams, that's all that matters to us Chelsea fans right now, even though our opponents have games in hand but we have points in the bank and that's always a  good thing. The pressure is now on the other title contenders to not slip up.
A London derby against Spurs is always one of the most anticipated games of any season for Chelsea. Stamford Bridge is an absolute fortress which is proved by the fact that Spurs haven't been able to win a game here in the premier league era and this fact didn't change after this Saturday as well as Chelsea routed Tottenham 4-0. Chelsea started off the game very brightly creating a couple of clear goal scoring opportunities but not being able to convert them. After the initial burst Spurs settled into the game and it turned out to be what I can say a pretty boring first 45 minutes of football. Neither team had any clear chance to score a goal. Chelsea were pretty wasteful again whenever they had possession and weren't too good on the ball. The creative midfield of Schurrle-Hazard-Ramires was just not working. It was a poor first half from the Blues attacking wise but defensively they were rock solid. The four man defense of Ivanovic-Cahill-Terry-Azpilicueta guarded by Nemanja Matic seemed unperturbed by any Spurs attack. The best defense in the Premier League seemed to be working really well again.
At the start of the second half the immediate introduction of Oscar had a good positive effect in the game and with him in the hole Chelsea started creating a few chances. Ultimately the opening goal came courtesy a defensive error from Spurs. The "OLD MAN" Eto'o was quick to latch on to the mistake and calmly finished to give Chelsea the lead. After a couple of minutes the Blues were awarded a penalty for a foul on Eto'o by Kaboul for which he was sent off. Well many people said it shouldn't have been a red card, maybe true but what's also true then is that Sandro committed so many fouls that he should have been sent off in the first half itself. So, stop complaining rival fans. Anyway, Hazard as coolly as ever converted the penalty to give Chelsea a comfortable lead. And after that it was basically impossible for 10 men Spurs to break down Chelsea. Willian's introduction to the game was fantastic as Stamford Bridge started chanting 'He Hates Tottenham'. Banter at it's best. What added insult to injury for Tottenham was two more defensive errors in the end moments of the game which led to two Demba Ba goals and finally it ended 4-0 with Mourinho extending his unbeaten Premier League streak at Stamford Bridge to 75 games. Freaky.
Overall it was a very good performance from the Blues against a pretty good Tottenham side. Cech along with his four defenders kept a clean sheet again. Matic as usual was outstanding, it's hard to imagine a Chelsea pivot without him now. Eden Hazard is from another planet, I don't have any words left for him. Three of the four goals came from the strikers. It was a close to perfect game which resulted in a victory, that's what matters.

A game of two halves

Indeed the latest west london derby was a game of two halves. Chelsea showed that how in one game they can provide a pathetic, probably the worst performance of the season in one half and a solid aggressive attacking performance in the other half.
In the first half of the game at Craven Cottage Chelsea looked completely out of sorts. The team looked tired, uninterested and clueless. They didn't create any sort of chances whatsoever proven by the fact that they had zero shots on target and were extremely slow whenever they had possession. The likes of Ramires, Oscar and Schurrle were worse than bad. Even Eden Hazard wasn't at his very best but it was worse cause whenever he had the ball with him he didn't get any sort of support from his teammates. The performance in the first half left Jose Mourinho so furious that he didn't speak to the team during the break and reportedly spent the half time outside the dressing rooms gathering information about the results of the other ongoing matches. Though Schurrle denied Jose's claim of not speaking at all at half time and said jokingly that at half time Jose uttered 10 seconds of unrepeatable words and left. This funny statement shows how angry Mourinho was.
But in the second half it all changed for Chelsea, they started the half really well and were on the attack straightaway. An Eden Hazard through ball to Schurrle who finished calmly led to the opening goal at 52 minute mark and in the next 18 minutes Schurrle went in to score two more goals and get his first Chelsea hat-trick and with that also more than redeemed his very poor first half performance. Players like Ramires and Oscar were still not at their best but they improved a bit for sure. Eden Hazard was different class in the second half, the way he ran past defenders, controlled the ball, provided crucial passes and two assists, he was outstanding. Fernando Torres seemed to be trying a lot and honestly he wasn't that bad either but he couldn't get his goal yesterday, I personally feel he is the best option at that position from the current lot in the Chelsea squad. Chelsea wouldn't have been too pleased after conceding a cheap goal though, those sort of defensive lapses can prove costly in other matches. Pretty sure Terry & co. will work on that aspect of the game. Matic again was fantastic in the work he was allotted. The Chelsea team looks secure with him in front of the back four guarding them.
Overall it was a pretty decent performance from Chelsea if we take both halves into consideration and now they are 4 points clear at the top of the league. Was really good seeing Schurrle get his first Chelsea hat-trick, this will surely help his confidence and it will be important for Chelsea as in the end stages of the league squad depth will come into play and these players will play a pivotal role.