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Nice assists from our skipper. Nice goals from Giroud and pulisic.

TEAM NEWS
Aston Villa right-back Frederic Guilbert could be involved after a knee injury but Bjorn Engels remains out.

Loanee Danny Drinkwater is ineligible to face his parent club.

Chelsea defender Fiikayo Tomori faces 10 days out because of a muscle injury, while Callum Hudson-Odoi is not fit enough to be involved and Jorginho must complete a two-match ban.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek is available for the first time since rupturing his Achilles 13 months ago.

MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head

Aston Villa have lost nine of the past 10 league meetings, winning the other at home in March 2014.
Chelsea's current five-match winning league streak against Villa is their best in this fixture.
This is the 50th Premier League fixture between the clubs. Chelsea lead by 25 wins to Villa's 12, with 12 draws.
Aston Villa

Dean Smith's side have taken just two points from their last 21 games against the established top-six Premier League sides since beating Spurs away in April 2015.
Villa's midweek draw against Sheffield United ended a run of four straight league defeats.
They can keep consecutive top-flight clean sheets for the first time since goalless home draws against Sunderland and Crystal Palace in December 2014 and January 2015.
A win on Sunday would ensure Villa become just the second team in top-flight history to win a match on all seven days of the week within a season, emulating Tottenham in 1986-87.
Their only victory in the past eight league fixtures came at home to Watford on 21 January.
Chelsea

Chelsea haven't won any of their four Premier League away games in 2020 (D3, L1), having won seven of the previous nine.
The Blues have not won a Premier League match outside of London since beating Watford on 2 November.
They could register successive Premier League victories for only the second time this season. They won six in a row between September and November.
Frank Lampard' side have conceded 39 league goals in the current campaign, as many as in the whole of 2018-19.
Chelsea are vying to keep consecutive league clean sheets for the first time this season.
Lampard only won on four of his 16 Premier League visits to Villa Park as a player (D8, L4). He scored twice in a 2-1 victory on his last appearance there with Chelsea to become the club's all-time leading goalscorer.
Olivier Giroud has scored eight goals in his last six games against Aston Villa in all competitions, all while playing for Arsenal.
Tammy Abraham scored 26 goals in 40 appearances on loan at Villa last season.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/51779560

Lol what a team. L back to back.

Up Barca.

Debroslink:
Lana1, as he don survive Corona, if DDG die, abeg wetin kill am?

Na shot wey be goal kill am o.

Ibime:
Not worse than 6-0 bro.

The 4-0 against Bournemouth should be the worst sef. Common Bournemouth.

That Bournemouth sef I no sabi wetin dey occur since that conte 2nd season. I think we were humiliated by them this season too.

Bimffo:
Outright worst was against Mancity when we suffered without the ball. That game was eyesore.

Yeah that second leg is the worst I have ever seen Chelsea. It just beats that 6-0 trashing by City.

raumdeuter:
How much did Chelsea pay us for Ballack and why

nothing because he was a free agent almost the same as Lewa except that Lewa was at the peak of his career and Ballack was over 30 and on his way down. He basically came to collect his pension.

iamoyindamola:
I remove am sharp sharp as ibime talk, e be like fenibeso Dan take over ibime this day

it was too late for me. This is why Aguero rarely features in my fpl team.

raumdeuter:
When your people claim Bayern weaken shey dem no dey pay for players under contract ni

Una too like economics for Bayern. Na that Lewa matter dey pain people.

Guess the players

https://mobile.twitter.com/Oligxrchy/status/1272538067778314241

Thank God for Chelsea in sarri's managerial career.

I remember Nihilist telling everyone to get Aguero after that Luiz video came out.

Leyqute:
The only City player in my FPL team is Debruyne. And it’s even risky sef.

I swear down. The rotation from Pep is crazy, only Sterling and bruyne is sure but Sterling hasn't been performing this season. I thought Aguero was a surer starter than Mahrez so I went for him. As it turns out I was wrong.

raumdeuter:
Do you get tired and bored of winning?

We owe it to teams like yours who help us to weaken our rivals. Werner and Sancho will soon leave too

Weaken? Dem no collect money ni?

F*ck pep F*ck him f*ch him. Mehn if any of Mahrez or de bruyne or Aubameyang so much as assist in this match, I would be back with more rants.

raumdeuter:
Its shameful. Leipzig is already in the quarters, With the proposed 1 game format maximum they play quarter semi and final (if they get that far)
So he cannot give 3 games to the team that put him in the limelight

It a shame sha. Really sucks for leizpig, I like the team sha.

By the way congratulations on your#8inarow bundesliga title. You guys aren't bored or tired of winning every season, are you?

raumdeuter:
Werner asks Leipzig to leave him out of CL. I think UEFA should sanction him if that happens. Maybe a 3yr ban from all UEFA competition will be okay

I was quite surprised when I reqd the news article. The guy no get any loyalty to the club ?

Ibime:
BLM have allowed White Anarchists to hijack their movement, now they are trying to tear down Winston Churchill's statue, turning most of the country against them.

Winston Churchill's crime is writing racist reports as a reporter during The Boer War in South Africa in 18-something, same as Mahatma Gandhi did. I wonder if these anarchists would try this rubbish to Gandhi's statue in India as they are doing to who most Britons consider their greatest ever leader

This is why I can't join hands with confusionists and repeat once again that Britain is one of the most liberal countries on Mother Earth. I can't look at countries like Russia, India, Eastern Europe, even US and join hand with those who harshly accuse Britain of not being a fair society in comparison especially coming from a country like Nigeria where my life doesn't matter and Hausa man will not give Igbo man job and vice-versa. They should try attack the statue of the greatest leader in any country and see if they won't leave that place in bodybags.

Imagine trying to pull Jaja of Opobo statue down for his crimes against Igbo and Ibeno tribes, meanwhile Churchills crime is just writing racist words as a young reporter during a racist era. If say Churchill had not stepped up to fight the Nazis, Hitler would have killed or enslaved all our grandparents. George Floyd died far away in Minnesota, and you allow some anarchists to hijack your movement in a way that could make your life uncomfortable where you are enjoying decent life. These people should behave with sense please.

People are beginning to take things too far. aren't they? I just read reports of groups amassing to protect national statues, some of them far right. All it takes is a face off that leads to death and wildfire of anarchy spreads through out the country.

nihilistjnr:
Nah Wilder fight will happen first

Fury himself has confirmed it.

larride:
Chelsea women crowned champions.

Undeserved.

Why the hating spirit for all una body Just dey ressurect this days?
Anyway do you follow women's football?

What is this I hear? A cabal formed by the gods of this section in order to chase and banish another god?


I trust Nihilist sha he don already send him own counter strike. A Lannister always pay his debt [\b]quickly[b]

Swissh:
LMAO. Thunder fire Abramovich for letting a tin pot club like Chelsea gain relevance.

Lol. May Kroenke become even more miserly. You people need to swim in the murky waters of bottom ten.

Swissh:
Really really interesting and lovely. I love how he called Chelsea a small club.

Look at this shameless Assnal fan.

Ibime:
Wow, if he had signed Jaap Stam and Brian Laudrup, that would have been amazing.

I was a Chelsea fan then. We were always in the top4 to top6 but Jaap Stam and Brian Laudrup could have given us that extra leap forward.

He said he was sacked over contract issues? He really liked Chelsea sha, he said he hasn't forgiven his friend concerning that sack issue.

donjazet:
Tammy has displayed a strong potential. I believed that he would grow from strength to strength with more game time but the purchase of Werner if the rumours are true presents a huge obstacle for Tammy's improvement because he would obviously be stuck on the bench for the new expensive signing.

I think Werner can play on the wings and I believe Tammy needs quality competition.

A very interesting piece on Ruud Gulit on his time at Chelsea. It seems the player Manager style is almost extinct in top football.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/52904670

donjazet:
What happened to the youth revolution

Do we have promising young strikers?

How good is Werner sef? I have only seen him play once against spurs (2nd leg) .

nihilistjnr:
Werner!

Just saw the news we are in for him on BBC. Why do our transfer news always leak before completion of signing?

afrodoc2:
I am a big Mayweather fan but he is not the GOAT.

He is in the conversation for greatest defensive boxer of all time though. Others are Muhammed Ali, Pernell Whittaker, and of course Willie Pep.

I think his weight category does not help him, the heavyweight has always been numero uno plus his park the bus style of boxing dulls people's spirit. Vitali Klitschko is my personal favorite.

Whom do you regard as the GOAT?

https/www.nairaland.com/5897135/floyd-mayweather-jnr-rated-greatest/2?iorg_service_id_internal=1646953538912597%3BAfoiNXc3TsWL2e57

Another boxing GOAT discussion thread.

raumdeuter:
Seems like the George Floyd murder is really opening a lot of revelation

He worked with the killer cop in the same club and probably knew him or at least run into him before

George was very popular with the ladies and his killer seems like a loser.
He was even a p0rnstar, Not the type of job small dickk niggas will do Search kimberly brinks banged freak bleeped bbc texas style (you can google this not on a work computer)

So the arrest was probably motivated by the desire to even back with a guy you cannot match in real life. While George was living his life, his Stan was getting so jealous and looking forward to the day he would "punish" him for being much so cool

If you look at how the killer cop knelt on him and gritted his teeth like he wanted to apply more pressure on a guy that was way better than him
In a fair fight, this cop doesnt last 2 mins with George but with the uniform on, he can become the champ momentarily and have George begging for his life while he looks all macho
Looks like the killer cop was a Stan of George who had always watched George with envy and waiting for the day he can avenge his beef while George was just living his life not mindful of the hater living in the shadow

May God save us from STANS

See the way he posed, that is the way you pose when you win a world cup, when you become the heavyweight champion, when you make your first billion, when you just fvvcked a celebrity

Kneeling on George was the equivalent of world cup, heavyweight belt, making billion and the greatest moment of his life and career

Once again, May God save us from STANS

Amen o.