The Chelsea Chronicle
Match12 Sep 2026
No mercy from Chelsea
Burnley will want this one forgotten quickly: 7‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Chelsea were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Squad14 Sep 2026
João Pedro takes the match ball home
3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Cole Palmer takes the match ball home
3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Teddy Sharman-Lowe is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Moisés Caicedo falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match12 Sep 2026
João Pedro among the goals in a wild afternoon
7 goals in one match, João Pedro on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Chelsea and Burnley.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Ninety minutes of João Pedro at his very best
Marked 9.78. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Chelsea.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Cole Palmer in the eights
A performance of 8.43 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
A masterclass from Morgan Rogers
Marked 8.20 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
In brief
- Player ratings Enzo Fernández shuts the door
- Market The Levi Colwill talk will not go away
- Market Window shut, Caleb Wiley still here