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mehn the way City is conceeding these days is outrageous. it time for a swap of goalie.

[i][/i]TEAM NEWS
Watford head coach Javi Gracia has no fresh injury concerns for the visit of Chelsea on Boxing Day.
Injured quartet Will Hughes, Andre Gray, Sebastian Prodl and Adalberto Penaranda remain sidelined.
Chelsea forward Alvaro Morata is back in full training after a knee injury and Blues head coach Maurizio Sarri is confident he will be fit to face the Hornets.
Defender Andreas Christensen remains a doubt because of a hamstring injury.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
Watford's 4-1 victory in the most recent meeting ended a 13-game winless run against Chelsea in all competitions (D3, L10).
The Hornets have not won back-to-back matches against Chelsea since April 1987.
The last four Premier League meetings have featured 21 goals.
Watford
Watford could win three consecutive Premier League matches for the second time this season.
Victory would give them 30 points after 19 matches of a top-flight season for the first time since 1982-83.
The Hornets could equal the club top-flight record of conceding multiple goals in four consecutive home matches. They have done this on three previous occasions.
They have kept just two clean sheets in their nine home league matches this season.
Gerard Deulofeu is vying to score in three consecutive top-flight matches for the first time.
Chelsea
Chelsea have lost three of their last six Premier League matches, including two of their last three away games.
They could fail to score in consecutive league fixtures for the first time since April 2016 under Guus Hiddink.
The Blues are unbeaten in their last 13 Premier League games played on Boxing Day, winning eight and drawing five.
They have kept four clean sheets in their eight away league matches this season.
Eden Hazard needs one goal to become the 10th player to reach 100 for Chelsea

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Griffon:
I lost my mother two days ago.

Accept my condolences. All she left behind will not depreciate.

we have to beat the spursy boys from up North this time.

TEAM NEWS
Tottenham will be without Lucas Moura for Tuesday's Carabao Cup semi-final first leg against Chelsea.
Moura picked up a knee injury in the FA Cup win at Tranmere, while Eric Dier and Victor Wanyama are also out.
Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri is expected to name a strong line-up as Pedro, Olivier Giroud and Willian are all set to return from injury.
Midfielder Mateo Kovacic should recover from illness but Ruben Loftus-Cheek is ruled out with a back injury.
There could be a start for 18-year-old winger Callum Hudson-Odoi after he provided two assists in the 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest on Saturday.
Sarri said the youngster is a "very important player" for Chelsea and confirmed "he is ready" to make the step up to senior football.
"He's very young. He has a very great future here, in England, with the national team and with Chelsea," said Sarri.
"We have very important players in the same position. [But] I think now he is ready. Sometimes he will be on the bench, as Willian, as Pedro. Now I can start to consider him at the same level."
MATCH PREVIEW
Tottenham will host Chelsea at Wembley for the second time this season and hope to repeat their performance from a comfortable 3-1 win in the Premier League in November.
Mauricio Pochettino's side outplayed a lacklustre Chelsea team then and will be hoping to do the same as they aim to reach the Carabao Cup final for the first time since 2014-15.
They were beaten by Chelsea that year, as Jose Mourinho claimed his first trophy in his second spell as the Blues boss.
After Spurs scored twice in the opening 16 minutes during their meeting in November, Sarri has urged his Chelsea side to be "more aggressive".
The tie is 50-50. It will be a very exciting game.
Mauricio Pochettino
Tottenham manager
"We need to approach this match in another way, because we lost the [last] match in the first 16 minutes," said Sarri. "They were really more aggressive than us, more determined than us.
"Now we know very well if we approach the same there's no solution for us. I want to speak before about this, otherwise it's useless to speak about tactics."
Tottenham manager Pochettino added: "We've started the new year very well, with victories at Cardiff and Tranmere. We know very well that it's going to be again 180 minutes, two legs.
"Chelsea are a great team, a team that will be tough to beat. The tie is 50-50. It will be a very exciting game. We hope to have the possibility to win and go to Stamford Bridge in a very good position."
Tickets for the semi-final have now sold out and a crowd of 51,000 is expected at Wembley.
Can you name Spurs' League Cup winners in 2008?
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
This is the ninth League Cup match between these sides, and the first since the 2015 final - of the previous eight meetings, Spurs have won two, Chelsea have won four with two draws.
Spurs and Chelsea are set to meet in a League Cup semi-final for the third time, having also done so in 1971-72 and 2001-02 - the only fixture to be played more often at this stage is Arsenal against Spurs (four occasions).
Tottenham
Tottenham have won their last two matches against Chelsea, both in the Premier League - they haven't won three in a row against their London rivals in all competitions since a run of five between March 1961 and September 1963.
Spurs are competing in their 15th League Cup semi-final - only Liverpool (17) have appeared at this stage more often in the competition's history.
Dele Alli has scored more goals against Chelsea (6) than he has against any other opponent in all competitions during his career, as well as netting four goals in his last five League Cup appearances for Spurs.
Chelsea
Chelsea have qualified for the League Cup final on four of the previous five occasions they've played the first leg away from home, despite winning just one of those games (D2 L2).
Chelsea - who've already lost to Spurs at Wembley in the Premier League this season - could become just the second team to lose twice against the same opponent at Wembley in a single season, after Sheffield Wednesday against Arsenal in 1992-93, who lost the League Cup final and an FA Cup final replay to the Gunners.
Eden Hazard has scored in his last three League Cup appearances - the last player to score in four consecutive appearances in the competition was Dwight Gayle in September 2015 for Crystal Palace.

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Just a page shows People weren't able to see the match.

TEAM NEWS
Olivier Giroud could be Chelsea's only attacking option for their Carabao Cup quarter-final against Bournemouth.
Alvaro Morata is out with a knee injury and Eden Hazard (foot) is a doubt, while midfielders Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Cesc Fabregas could feature.
Bournemouth are aiming to reach the last four of a major cup competition for the first time.
Captain Simon Francis (groin), striker Callum Wilson (hamstring) and defender Tyrone Mings (back) are all doubts.
Meanwhile, Lewis Cook, Adam Smith and Dan Gosling remain sidelined.
Chelsea beat the Cherries 2-1 at the same stage of this competition 12 months ago, but Bournemouth have lost six of their last seven league matches since their 2-1 fourth-round win over Norwich City.
However, boss Eddie Howe is hopeful of making some club history by beating a Blues side that are fourth in the Premier League.
He said: "It's well documented that we've never been in a major cup semi-final before, so what greater incentive can we have? We're very excited to try and make that happen.
"We have a massive hurdle to overcome, one I really want my players and staff to relish and try to rise to.
"It's a great game for us, we're very excited to be in the competition and trying to get to the semi-final."
Wilson has scored nine goals in 18 matches in all competitions for Bournemouth this season and also netted on his England debut against the United States last month.
Chelsea assistant boss Gianfranco Zola said many clubs would be interested in signing the 26-year-old.
"I'm sure there are a lot of players linked with us," said Zola. "Certainly Callum Wilson is doing well for his club and is of interest not only of us but for many.
"He's strong, fast, and he sees the goal. I like him because he's quick, but also strong in the air, which is a very important quality.
"But I don't want to go too much into it. He's doing very well. I'm pleased for him. He has a lot of qualities that can take him a long way."
Despite their poor run, Zola called Bournemouth "a dangerous team" and added: "They've gone far, even from last year. They keep improving.
"A very good coach and a good team. We know the game will have a lot of difficulties.
"With all respect we know our potential, we're getting better. We've had our bad spell, but we're coming strong from that. We approach the game with a lot of confidence."

MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
Chelsea have won all three of their League Cup meetings with Bournemouth, including a 2-1 victory at this stage last season - Dan Gosling had equalised in the 90th minute for the Cherries but Alvaro Morata scored Chelsea's winner just 75 seconds later.
Chelsea
Chelsea are looking to reach the League Cup semi-finals in consecutive seasons for the first time since 2007-08.
Chelsea have won seven of their last eight home League Cup games (drew one), since a 2-0 defeat versus Swansea in the 2012-13 semi-final.
Chelsea have benefited from two own goals in the League Cup this season, more than any other side and accounting for 40% of their total goals scored (two of five).
Bournemouth
Bournemouth are looking to reach the semi-finals of the League Cup for the first time in their history.
Bournemouth have won two of their last five League Cup games against top-flight opponents (lost three), as many as they had in their previous 22 in the competition (won two, drew five, lost 15).
Junior Stanislas has scored in his last two League Cup games for Bournemouth.

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How much did Liverpool pay to avoid keeper mistakes like that. What are the odds that Allison wouldn't do a karius in a final?

Southampton playing beautiful cross and nod in this game .

That Ings header. what goal.

TEAM NEWS
Brighton striker Glenn Murray has fully recovered from the shoulder injury which restricted him to a substitute appearance last weekend.
Alireza Jahanbakhsh is back in contention and Jose Izquierdo's knee problem will be assessed, but Shane Duffy is still suspended.
Eden Hazard, Cesar Azpilicueta and N'Golo Kante were rested in the Europa League and should return for Chelsea.
Alvaro Morata is a doubt with a knee injury and Mateo Kovacic remains out.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
Chelsea have won all six of their league game against Brighton by an aggregate score of 12-1.
Brighton are looking for their first victory over Chelsea in any competition since 1933, when they won 2-1 in the FA Cup third round.
The Seagulls have lost the last eight meetings, conceding 18 goals and scoring just once.
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton have lost just one of their last 10 Premier League home games (W5, D4), and failed to score in only one of the last 14.
However, four of their five home defeats in the division have come against last season's top six.
Brighton manager Chris Hughton is winless in his last eight meetings with Chelsea.
Glenn Murray's goals have been worth nine points this season, a joint league-high with Arsenal's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Everton's Richarlison.
Brighton's only shot on target last weekend against Burnley came in the 93rd minute.
Thirteen of Brighton's 19 league goals have come via a set-piece.
Chelsea
Chelsea have lost their last two Premier League away games, having sustained just one defeat in the previous nine (W7, D1).
They began the season with five straight league victories but have only won five of the last 11, drawing four and losing two.
The Blues have used just 20 players in the Premier League in 2018-19 - only Wolves, with 18, have selected fewer.
Eden Hazard has made a league-high eight assists, double the tally he managed in 34 appearances last season.
The Belgian could assist Premier League goals in four consecutive games for the first time.
Kepa Arrizabalaga has not kept consecutive league clean sheets since August 2017 for Athletic Club in La Liga.
However, Chelsea have kept a clean sheet in all five Premier League matches this season following a Europa League fixture.

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Na so Burnley eff up o.

Congratulations to her.

I think op means Men who were once one of the most handsome. Most of those on the list are now old men.

diggz:
How can the space occupier be in the squad? He needs to fvck off for real tho...


Meanwhile...what happened to amba or ambassador?

If Raumdeuter= Space Interpreter then space occupier would be what? Perhaps Aparieuter.

Neymar1095:
^^^^^^^^^^^
Wack line bro!

lol.

dopeJemi:
Wadup my G, you have been speaking Impeccable English since the defeat, hope you good bruh


SarriBall!!!

I am good bruh just amazed I could be trolled by a United fan. Or is this a way of easing the pain and bitterness set upon you by Mourinho and your players?

Ibime:
Gibbs-White breezed through Fabregas to set up Jimenez on the first goal.

I saw that and that is why I am of te the opinion that had willian converted fabregas good might have over shadowed his lapses.

airmark:
A sigh of relief for Morata here.

Lol Morata certainly isn't a scapegoat today for me. I don't remember him getting any decent service. I place the blame at Alonso's feet. I don't think he had a successful cross, I just hope Sarri starting him today means he doesn't want to start him against City.

Moment like this would determine how long Sarri would stay at Chelsea for me he needs to either change personnel or style. I hope Sarri is noting the important stuff in that his notebook.

PlainJAY:
Didn't watch the match.

But from what I've read online.

GOAL - Wolves 1-1 Chelsea
Raul Jimenez (59 mins)

Scenes. Wolves are level with their first shot on target. Morgan Gibbs-White plays the ball through to Raul Jimenez, who is at a tight angle.

I don't know how he's going to score from there...

But he just blasts the ball at Kepa Arrizabalaga and it somehow goes through the keeper as if he was a ghost or a hologram.

I would have expected him to save with his feet. It was a Striker's Finish Sha and again he is low on ladder of scapegoats that cost us this match. Willian, Alonso and Sarri take preeminence.

Ibime:
Game over

Bring back Tammy Abraham please, bench Alonso for Emerson, and never play Fabregas at base of midfield again.

I don't know why he started Alonso with the nonsense he delivered on Saturday. As for fabregas I thought our game seemed faster with him and but for willian there would have been no blemish on him.

I hope this is not the wrong Time to buy Sterling?

Ibime:
Gameweek just started and my captain has 2 goals, meanwhile my opponent took 16 point hit.

I should just go to sleep till next gameweek.

who is that?

Hello. Can someone provide me analysis of pork production to the GDP in Nigeria or direct me to where I can access it?

TEAM NEWS
Wolves are without midfielder Ruben Neves, who serves a one-game ban after accumulating five yellow cards.
That could mean Morgan Gibbs-White, 18, starts his first Premier League game, while alternative replacements include Romain Saiss and out-of-favour summer signing Leander Dendoncker.
Chelsea will monitor Mateo Kovacic and Marcos Alonso, who are nursing ankle and back problems respectively.
Blues boss Maurizio Sarri is set to make changes to keep his side fresh.
Alvaro Morata, Ross Barkley and Ruben Loftus-Cheek are among the players hoping for recalls.
MacDonald.

MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
Chelsea have won the last four meetings in league and cup by an aggregate score of 13-1, including a 2-0 victory at Molineux in the FA Cup fourth round last season.
Wolves' solitary victory against the Blues since 1983 came in a Premier League game at Molineux on 5 January 2011, courtesy of a Jose Bosingwa own goal.
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolves lost just one of their first eight league games this season but have been beaten in five of their subsequent six matches.
They have scored only three first-half goals this term, the lowest figure in the top flight, including just one at Molineux.
They could suffer four consecutive home league defeats for the first time since a similar sequence in the Championship in October and November 2016.
All four of their league wins this term have come against teams below them in the table prior to the latest round of games.
Matt Doherty has been directly involved in four Premier League goals this season (scoring two and assisting two). The only defenders with higher tallies after 14 games are Jose Holebas and Benjamin Mendy (six and five respectively).

Chelsea
The Blues could keep clean sheets in consecutive league games for the first time under Maurizio Sarri.
They have won seven of their last nine games in league and cup.
The Londoners have lost just one of their last 13 away league games against newly-promoted sides (W10, D2), with that defeat coming at Newcastle on the final day of last season.
Chelsea have kept clean sheets in four of their six Premier League away games this season.
Three of the four goals they have conceded on the road came in their last away match, against Tottenham.
Eden Hazard has been directly involved in 12 Premier League goals this season (scoring seven and assisting five) - only Raheem Sterling (14) has a better record prior to the latest round of games.
Pedro has five goals in 12 league appearances this season - more than he managed in 31 games last season.
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what a goal to concede and the timing.

I love that Arsenal win. Game gave me lots of Joy Emery is starting to reclaim his worth as a good Manager for me.

nihilistjnr:
na Manyoo I dey pity now.

no mad dogs

With the way things are going Mad dogs would be what will chase Mourinho out of man utd.

TEAM NEWS
Chelsea pair Jorginho and David Luiz were unused substitutes for the midweek defeat by Wolves and are expected to be recalled on Saturday.
Ross Barkley is back in contention after an ankle injury.
Manchester City's record scorer Sergio Aguero will miss a third successive game because of muscle tightness.
Oleksandr Zinchenko is also a doubt due to a facial injury, while the match comes too soon for playmaker Kevin De Bruyne.

MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
Manchester City have won the last three meetings in all competitions, including this season's Community Shield, without conceding a goal.
This will be the 161st meeting of the sides in all competitions. City can win four consecutive games against Chelsea for the first time.
Chelsea have lost only four of their 21 Premier League home matches against Manchester City, but two of those defeats have come in the last three seasons.

Chelsea
Chelsea began this Premier League campaign with five consecutive victories, but they have won only four of their subsequent 10 fixtures.
The Blues are unbeaten in all eight home league fixtures this season but have drawn three of the past five.
They have not lost a Premier League home game against the reigning champions in 11 attempts since being defeated by Manchester United in 2002 (W5, D6).
A team managed by Maurizio Sarri has not lost consecutive league matches since October 2016, when Napoli were beaten by Atalanta and Roma.
Eden Hazard has failed to score in his last 11 appearances for club and country.

Manchester City
Manchester City are unbeaten in 21 league games since April, winning the last seven.
They are unbeaten in their last 14 away league matches (W11, D3) - they have never gone 15 without defeat in the top flight.
Since the beginning of last season, Pep Guardiola's side have earned 34 points out of a possible 42 against the other established top-six teams. Chelsea have only managed half as many points.
They could become the first club based outside London to win seven consecutive top-flight fixtures in the capital. They have equalled the record of six in a row, set by Portsmouth from December 1950 to December 1951.
Raheem Sterling, who turns 24 on the day of the game, has failed to score and provided only one assist in nine league appearances against Chelsea.

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hensben:
Since pep left Barca he has not made ucl final can we now say he is useless huh.

It’s not Hazard’s fault, a lot of factors are behind that. Chelsea sole reason of buying Hazard is to come replace aging attackers in the team unlike Neymar, so you see different agenda.

You get time to argue with Dayo Sha. When people tried to ridicule Guardiola's time at Bayern because he didn't win the Champions league or even made a final his excuse was how many times Bayern has won it in the last decade but Hazard has to get to a Ucl final to prove he isn't a failure because Chelsea miraculously won it the year before.

simonjassy:
so basically jorginho cannot play effectively against teams that lie deep

He can but those killer passes will not occur much.