2 weeks in Chelsea: 5/10 - 18/10

Sunday, 6th of September, 2013

Chelsea beat Norwich 3-1 at Carrow Road. Oscar opened the scoring but Anthony Pilkington equalised. With the game looking to head to a stalemate Mourinho switched to a 3-6-1, bringing on two substiutes. The substitutions worked well, with Eden Hazard and Willian scoring with 5 minutes to go. Willian's in particular was lovely:

INTERNATIONAL BREAK

Andre Schurrle scored 4 goals in 2 games over the break.  A goal against Ireland was followed up with a hat trick against Sweden.

A Week in Chelsea - 21/9 - 27/9

Welcome to A Week in Chelsea FC, a weekly  roundup of all the goings on at Chelsea Football Club, from Saturday to Friday.

Saturday, 20th of September, 2013

Chelsea hosted Fulham in a bid to put their poor form behind them. A bad first half performance led to a few jitters but Oscar and John Obi Mikel (!) got second half goals to put the game to bed. Oscar's goal was messy, but Mikel's first league goal in 185 Premier League appearances was a thing of beauty.

Oscar:

Mikel:

It's also worth watching manager José Mourinho's post match interview on Sky Sports.

Chelsea loanee Romelu Lukaku also scored for Everton against West Ham on his debut.

Tuesday, 24th of September, 2013

Chelsea traveled to Swindon in the third round of the League Cup on Tuesday night. Marco Van Ginkel started but was subbed off after 10 minutes with a knee injury.

Ramires replaced him but then came off at half time with his own injury. Fernando Torres scored his second goal of the season halfway through the first half.

Ramires finished off the game five minutes later with nice chip, and the League One side were never coming back.

Chelsea were drawn away to Arsenal for the fourth round.

Thursday, 26th of September, 2013

Marco Van Ginkel underwent surgery on his ACL, and was confirmed as out for six to nine months, almost certainly missing next year's World Cup.



Chelsea play Tottenham tomorrow at Three Point Lane and Steau Bucaresti away on Tuesday in the Champions League.