Fernando Torres is forgiven and anointed as Chelsea’s main target man
The Spain striker receives the assurances he wanted when speaking out after the triumph in MunichFernando Torres need not worry. The Chelsea striker ran the gamut of emotions in the Champions League final on Saturday and he departed the arena in Munich...
Tottenham told by Uefa it is not unfair, you should have finished third
UEFA President Michel Platini has reacted in his own unique tongue-in-cheek style to claims from Tottenham Manager that Chelsea taking the final Champions League spot from Spurs despite finishing lower than them in the Premier Continue reading Tottenha...
Uefa willing to review fourth place rule
• Michel Platini says rule may be changed but only in three years• 'In the next executive committee we can speak about it'Uefa is prepared to review the controversial rule that caused Tottenham Hotspur to miss out on the Champions League in favour ...
Blues hero talks up CL final ‘homework’
Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech has revealed that his penalty shoot-out heroics against Bayern Munich in Saturday’s Champions League final triumph are directly attributable to homework rather than guesswork. Even before the shoot-out, Cech was brilliant in denying former Blues teammate Arjen Robben five minutes into extra time, thus thwarting Bayern’s hopes of taking a 2-1...
Cahill: Destiny denied brilliant Bayern
Chelsea defender Gary Cahill has expressed his sympathy for a dominant Bayern Munich side that the Blues overcame against all odds to win Saturday’s Champions League final at the Allianz Arena. Cahill, 26, recovered from injury to make it to the final to provide cover for the suspended John Terry and Branislav Ivanovic. The former...
Neuer: Bayern had ‘one hand on trophy’
Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer has rued his side’s inability to finish off Chelsea as the German giants lost Saturday’s Champions League final on penalties despite a dominant performance. There were several chances for Bayern to put the Blues away but the defiant Premier League side managed to hang on until the very end, when...
Emotional Didier Drogba says now is the right time to leave Chelsea
Winning the Champions League provided the striker with the perfect send-off after eight successful yearsIn the end the timing just felt right. Didier Drogba had long since set himself the target of hoisting Chelsea's first European Cup so, in the boist...
Terry relaxed despite being ridiculed
Chelsea captain John Terry has refused to pay attention to media and rival supporters’ mockery of his Champions League celebrations, insisting that he feels blessed to simply be a part of the most glorious week in the Blues’ history. Terry received a red card in the semifinal second leg clash with Barcelona last month and...
CL winner reveals Spurs sympathy
Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard acknowledges that lifting the Champions League trophy at Tottenham’s expense was a little bittersweet due to the efforts of his uncle Harry Redknapp but knows that it was only the top priority for the Blues to seize their moment of glory. Lampard and his teammates finished sixth in the Barclays Premier...
Stunned Bayern put loss into perspective
It is no secret that most of Bayern Munich’s squad endured a sleepless night following the penalty shoot-out defeat to Chelsea in Saturday’s UEFA Champions League final. But after hours of reflection, at least some are able to put it all into perspective. Bayern had 43 shots to the Blues’ nine, while also delivering 20...
Rummenigge: 2012 worse than 1999
Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has insisted that his side’s penalty shoot-out defeat to Chelsea at the Allianz Arena on Saturday evening was a more bitter pill to swallow than the nightmare 2-1 defeat at the hands of Manchester United in 1999. Thirteen years ago in Barcelona, Bayern led 1-0 heading into stoppage time before...
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