Chelsea suffered a shock 1-0 defeat to West Ham on Saturday and will be looking to bounce back immediately against Aston Villa.
A second-half goal from Aaron Cresswell condemned Frank Lampard’s side to their second consecutive league defeat, and the Blues boss admitted the performance wasn’t good enough. We were below par in many parts of our game. It is not one. We didn’t do enough in the final third. Football fans from all over the world can buy Premier League Tickets online to enjoy its stunning performances.
I think that has been a little bit of the story of our last few games this week. Now, we were different against Man City. We got in the final third a lot and we didn’t do enough with our choice of pass or cross or shot similarly to Valencia.
Today, we didn’t get in there quite as much. We need to be more inventive and generally, we have been this season. My gripe this season is more we are not converting enough of the changes we are making.
“Today wasn’t quite that, we didn’t create enough.”
Tammy Abraham injury boost
Chelsea will decide today Tammy Abraham will be fit for Wednesday night’s Premier League game at Aston Villa. The striker suffered a badly bruised left hip late in the first half of the 2-2 draw away to Valencia last Wednesday, causing him to miss Saturday’s 1-0 defeat against West Ham United.
Olivier Giroud started up front instead and struggled against Manuel Pellegrini’s side, though Frank Lampard insisted that he did not have a good time. Abraham will be considered against if he can get his fitness in training on Monday. If not, Michy Batshuayi is expected to start against Dean Smith’s side.
Eden Hazard dig
Ex-France manager Raymond Domenech has taken a dig at Eden Hazard after the former Chelsea winger finished in 13th place in the 2019 Ballon d’Or.
Despite winning the Europa League with the Blues last season and helping them to a third-place finish, Domenech took aim at the Belgian forward.
He said: “He has absolutely no right to be there.”
The £80m TV boost Arsenal, Chelsea, and Spurs could get
This week heralds the beginning of a new era of on-demand. Amazon has paid a reported £ 90million for the privilege of streaming 20 matches per season until 2021/22, becoming the first broadcaster to offer pure streaming service for the Premier League.
Other competitors have tried and failed to challenge Sky’s near three-decade stranglehold on the Premier League. Among them are Setanta, and ESPN along with BT Sport – which continues to fight, with rights to 52 matches this season.
This is a small change compared to Sky’s 128 games per season, which is a jump on the previous three-year deal.
Chelsea and Frank Lampard handed fresh Ruben Loftus-Cheek injury boost
Chelsea midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek appears to have a hand Frank Lampard some welcome injury news. There have been a number of fitness issues for the Blues head coach to deal with this season.
N’Golo Kante has been in and out of the side; Antonio Rudiger suffered a setback on his return against Wolves in September, while Reece James and Callum Hudson-Odoi missed the first month of the campaign.
The good news is that these injuries are eased in recent weeks.
Kante is back; Rudiger returned to training ahead of the Champions League trip to Valencia and also took part in a full session ahead of Saturday’s clash against West Ham United.
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