The Chelsea Chronicle
Squad15 Feb 2027
Robert Sánchez keeps Chelsea in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 10 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match10 Feb 2027
Chelsea through in the cup
A 2‑0 win over Tottenham, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Match13 Feb 2027
The run at home goes on for Chelsea
17 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
A derby belongs to Pedro Neto
Beat anybody else and it is three points. Beat them and it is a story a city tells for a decade. Chelsea have their man.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Cole Palmer in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Chelsea this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad15 Feb 2027
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.
The terraces15 Feb 2027
The crowd has taken to Alejandro Garnacho
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Robert Sánchez shuts the door again
11 clean sheets and counting. Strikers leave this ground muttering his name, which is exactly how a goalkeeper measures a good season.
Market15 Feb 2027
Blackburn Rovers expected to open talks for Deivid Washington
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Chelsea will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
In brief
- Loan watch Chizzy Ezenwata wants to come home
- Player ratings Nobody could get near João Pedro
- Match Honours even between Chelsea and Newcastle United