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Mauricio Pochettino is earning a lot of criticism from Chelsea fans after their 1-0 loss to Aston Villa.   The Blues have been without a goal for the last three games and fans are annoyed with some mistakes that the manager keeps making. One of these includes playing Levi Colwill as a left-back at the expense of the actual full-backs at the club. Colwill is a natural centre-back who seems to add no real attacking threat to Chelsea at all. Fans are sick of seeing Pochettino play him there and…

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Malo Gusto has been given a straight red card for Chelsea against Aston Villa as VAR read serious foul.     The French right back went in hard on Luca Digne, and while he did get some of the ball, was judged to have been excessively forceful. His studs caught the Villa player, and you can’t have too many complaints.  VAR knew right away. It gives further difficulties to the team going forward too. Gusto will be out for 3 games, and Reece James isn’t ready to return yet. Things…

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Aston Villa manager Unai Emery has suggested that his team defeated Chelsea 1-0 in Sunday’s Premier League tie because his players were very competitive and good defensively against the hosts.   DAILY POST reports that Ollie Watkins scored the only goal of the encounter against Chelsea in the second half. Malo Gusto did receive a red card during the encounter at Stamford Bridge. Speaking at his post-match press conference after the game, Emery said: “To win here is not easy and if the match was going differently, we could have…

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If it wasn’t for Sanchez, Chelsea would’ve lost this game by a way bigger margin. He made a number of clutch saves to deny some super efforts. However, the Spaniard conceded a cheap goal – getting nutmegged by Watkins for it and undid some of his good work – but he was still his side’s brightest aspect on the day. The Ukrainian winger produced arguably his best performance of the season. Made some nice runs into the final third and created a few great chances, playing some delightful passes into…

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Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino has opened up on injury concerns and how such setbacks have forced him to take some decisions with the squad. The West London side had a handful of Academy players on the bench in the goalless draw against Bournemouth last weekend. However, Pochettino holds some good news regarding the next Premier League clash against Aston Villa as Moises Caicedo, Armando Broja, Noni Madueke and Marc Cucurella have high probability of featuring in the game. In a pre-match conference, Pochettino admitted that: “We need to assess Moi…

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Stan Collymore has advised Mkyhailo Mudryk to leave Chelsea on loan to rediscover his form. “There have been some reports that a January loan move for Mykhailo Mudryk could be on the cards. I actually think that’s a great idea,” Collymore told Caught Offside. “Let’s not forget, this is a young player who played just 44 games for Shakhtar Donetsk before Chelsea signed him for nearly £90 million. “Some players can live up to the hype, others can’t, and so far, Mudryk has massively failed. “He can still fulfil his…

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The club’s record signing was absent for the 1-1 draw against Bournemouth recently after picking up a knock on international duty. He has yet to return to team training with the Blues, but Pochettino has revealed that he will be offered sufficient time to prove his fitness. Moises Caicedo is expected to report for full training tomorrow and he will be assessed to find out whether he is ready for Sunday’s encounter. The Blues are currently languishing in the 14th spot in the Premier League table, having picked up only…

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It was another uninspiring performance, as Chelsea could only get a point against Bournemouth on Sunday. Both sides played out the first goalless draw of the season, with Chelsea hitting the post twice. Speaking after the game, Pochettino admitted he wasn’t too pleased with the performances of his fullback in the game – Levi Colwill and Malo Gusto, as well as Ben Chilwell who came on as a late substitute. He said: “One thing I am disappointed is they [the full-backs] try to go forward too much and create confusion…

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Moises Caicedo joined the long list of Chelsea players suffering from injury this season after the £115million summer signing was absent at the weekend Moises Caicedo in action for Chelsea Chelsea spark Moises Caicedo injury fear ahead of Aston Villa clash on Sunday Chelsea fans have been left fearing the worst regarding Moises Caicedo’s fitness after he was not spotted in pictures from training this week. Mauricio Pochettino is preparing his squad for a huge Premier League fixture against Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge this weekend. The Blues boss confirmed…

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Trevoh Chalobah’s close friend has labelled Chelsea an ‘absolute mess’ behind the scenes as their injury problems continue to stack up and hinder their start to the season. Mauricio Pochettino has a whole host of players ruled out currently and could field a full XI of stars who are sidelined. It has been cited as a key issue behind their poor performances this season. Chalobah was linked with a move away from Chelsea over the summer, with Nottingham Forest and Bayern Munich among the clubs to register an interest in…

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