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Chelsea face the next challenge of their
Barclays Premier League title defence
when they welcome Southampton to
Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
A run of three straight victories for Jose
Mourinho's men came to an end with a
2-2 draw at Newcastle United and a 2-1
defeat to Porto in the UEFA Champions
League over the last week.
As a result, the pressure is back on Chelsea
as they face a Saints side who are on a
high after winning their last two matches,
scoring nine goals in the process.
Mourinho, who has led the champions to
just eight points from seven matches, has
never lost to Southampton in the BPL,
although both of last season's meetings
were 1-1 draws.
Midfielder Willian, who netted Chelsea's
goal at Porto on Tuesday with a superb
free-kick, says he and his team-mates have
little time to dwell on their latest defeat
with Saturday's match with Southampton
looming.
"I am happy with the goal but I am not
happy with the result, because we want to
win," he told www.chelseafc.com.
"We tried to win, so we are disappointed.
We have more games coming and we
have to stay focused. I think we have to
continue to fight, to train, to stay
concentrated because we have more
games coming."
Despite the champions' struggles this
season, Southampton defender Cedric
Soares is in no doubt as to the ability of
Portuguese manager Mourinho, his fellow
countryman, and is relishing the chance to
play against the Blues.
"Everybody knows that the qualities he
[Mourinho] has, he is an amazing coach,"
the 24-year-old told the Southern Daily
Echo.
"It will be a pleasure for me to play against
him and for sure it will be a great game. It
is a big game and every player wants to
play those big games. It is about football.
"Big stadiums, big environment - you
want to play that high level and Chelsea is
one of the best teams, so everybody
wants to play. We will do our best to win."
Ronald Koeman's men are on a poor run
of away form, with no league win on the
road in 10 matches - a run only equalled
by Newcastle.
The Dutchman will hope Graziano Pelle can
continue to find the net after the striker
netted four goals from seven matches to
kick off the season. No Chelsea player has
scored more than one goal in the league.
Diego Costa is suspended and Thibaut
Courtois (knee) is still a long-term
absentee, while Jordy Clasie could return
to the squad from Southampton, who are
without Steven Caulker, Fraser Forster and
Florin Gardos.
Chelsea (from): Begovic, Blackman,
Azpilicueta, Cahill, Djilobodji, Ivanovic,
Rahman, Terry, Zouma, Fabregas, Hazard,
Loftus-Cheek, Matic, Mikel, Oscar, Ramires,
Traore, Willian, Falcao, Kenedy, Pedro,
Remy.
Southampton (from): K Davis, Gazzaniga,
Stekelenburg, Bertrand, Cedric, Fonte,
Martina, McCarthy, Targett, Van Dijk,
Yoshida, S Davis, Isgrove, Mane, McQueen,
Ramirez, Reed, Romeu, Tadic, Wanyama,
Ward-Prowse, Juanmi, Long, Pelle,
Rodriguez.
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We r here. Come on chelsea

Pedro and Remy to score.

B L U E S 4Life. No shaking

chelshiit to draw or loose. "quote me and die. "up barcelona 4 life.

Chelsea please don't fall my hands oh. Love u guyz
Modified. Yaaaaaaaay. It's a goal, up Chelsea

Up Chelsea

I see Chelsea winning

sweetorgasms:
chelshiit to draw or loose. "quote me and die. "up barcelona 4 life.

barcelona how market na??

This is the worst season for chelsea . They going down everyday

Chimerase2 how you feeling tonight

Lose lose chelshit is going to lose

Hmm...Chelsea...na God win

Three points na must.

Enjoy while your country is on fire.

I dey meditate for now
Abeg call me when Mourinho aka mr tok tok gets sacked by Abramhimovich for playing a goaless draw against the underdog, Southampton.
Surely its gonna be a terrible season for Chelsea.

I no understand dis Ivanovic-mourinho love at all.

Chelsea has lost their formation!..imagine Chelsea losing against Mancity, Crystal palace and Everton. Southampton will definitely trash them real bad. my condolence visit in arias to all the Chelsea fans in the room!



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Ivanovic again

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We the Southampton fans are here. No shaking!!!

Blues for life. No shaking.

Reporting for duty......

C'mon Pelle,Tadic and Mane

Please say Amen to the picture below

He start falcao, iva, fabregas... hahaha na God go save us today o

A red card for Southampton could be an advantage.

Whoever is going to score, I just need the 3 point

ivanovic again!!!

I only want to watc Mane vs Ivanovic