Estevao replaces Cole Palmer. 🔁

🔵 1-1 🟣 [72] #CFC | #CHEAVL

Villa take the lead. Watkins.

🔵 1-2 🟣 [84] #CFC | #CHEAVL

Defeat at the Bridge.

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 🗣️ Enzo Maresca on Chelsea’s 2-1 defeat against Aston Villa [H] in the Premier League:

🤝 “The goal we conceded was the turning point. Until we conceded that goal, for one hour of the game, we were in complete control.

“But it [the reaction to conceding] isn’t the first time it’s happened. Even if we are winning and concede a goal, we struggle a little with the management of the game. It’s something we need to improve.

“It’s difficult to analyse because we need to understand why, when we concede a goal, we struggle to manage the game in a better way.

“It can be experience, or it can be something else, but we need to analyse and understand that.”

🤔 𝐎𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝟏-𝟎, 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐈𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐦:

“It looks like a penalty but they decided no, so it’s difficult. It’s clear that it’s handball and Pedro Neto is in behind, so also Pedro can touch the ball, can tap in, but the referee decided no.”

🏥 𝐎𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜 𝐂𝐮𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝-𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟:

“He was complaining about a feeling in his hamstring. We don’t know if it’s an injury or not, so he asked for the change.”

(Via Chelsea FC & Bobbyvincentfl - Football London)

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Chelsea will launch an investigation after Aston Villa reported that a bottle was thrown at its bench at Stamford Bridge following Saturday night’s meeting between the sides.

As the full-time whistle was blown, a plastic bottle was hurled at the Villa bench, showering substitutes and staff in water.

One member of the Villa staff seemed to signal that he saw where the bottle came from. It appeared to be tossed from the side of the Chelsea dug-out, but on Saturday night there was no confirmation of where exactly the bottle was thrown from.

Chelsea will cooperate with Villa and potentially the authorities to try to find out exactly where the bottle was thrown and who threw it. The London club have not commented, but are understood to take a dim view of such an incident.

It remains to be seen whether or not the incident is included in referee Stuart Atwell's report, with CCTV likely to be checked to try to determine how it happened.

[Matt Law - The Telegraph]

#CFC #Chelsea #ChelseaFC

Chelsea defender Jorrel Hato is Ajax’s number one left-back choice in January, however it is unclear if the Blues would be willing to loan him back just yet.

Chelsea have also filled all six of their permitted international loan spots, which Fifa rules limit for overseas moves.

[mike_verweij - Telegraaf]

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Feliz cumpleaños, Marcos! 🎉💙

🚨🔵 Palmer was not pleased when he was substituted against Villa. He asked Maresca’s assistant why he was subbed out.

While Emery’s substitutions won the game for Villa, it was hard to see what Maresca was trying to achieve with his’.

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🗣️ Enzo Maresca ahead of Bournemouth [H] in the Premier League:

🏥 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬:

“For Bournemouth, no, I don’t think [Jorrel Hato] will be ready to feature.

Maresca also confirmed that Wesley Fofana was unused against Aston Villa solely to ‘manage his fitness condition’.

🤔 𝐎𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡:

“We will need to see how they are. Then we will need to decide [if they face Bournemouth].

“Reece is doing very well, no matter which position he is playing, he is helping a lot. After the effort against Aston Villa, we will have to see how he is for Bournemouth. But again, we are happy that he is fit.’

💪 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐧:

“Absolutely - very important. It becomes very important to finish the year in the best way. It will be another tough game because they are all the same, but we need to win games as soon as possible.”

(Via Chelsea FC & Bobby Vincent - Football London)

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Hoping to end 2025 with a bang! 💥

Our 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 lineup for tonight’s match against Bournemouth [H] in the Premier League.

✍️ by Tommy Quinto

𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬:

— Marc Cucurella is a doubt after feeling his hamstring during Aston Villa.

— Jorrel Hato is unavailable due to an injury suffered at half-time against Newcastle.

— Romeo Lavia remains out due to a quad injury.

— Levi Colwill is out with a long-term injury.

— Dario Essugo remains unavailable after an injury setback in training.

Feel free to leave your thoughts. 🔵⬇️

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