United took the lead after 18 minutes through Park, who finished from close range after Petr Cech saved a low drive from Dimitar Berbatov following excellent work by Patrice Evra. Chelsea drew level when substitute Kalou rose unmarked in the visiting penalty area to head home a John Obi Mikel free-kick with 10 minutes remaining. Click to continue reading...

But Park is starting. Swings and roundabouts.

Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Carvalho, Terry, Ashley Cole, Obi, Joe Cole, Deco Ballack, Lampard, Malouda, Anelka. Subs: Cudicini, Drogba, Ballack, Bridge, Kalou, Alex, Belletti.

Man Utd: Van der Sar, Neville, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra, Fletcher, Hargreaves, Scholes, Park, Berbatov, Rooney.

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Oh how nice it is to have good ol' injury back in the mix at Stamford Bridge.  Just three games into the Premier League season, and Chelsea are facing a mini injury crisis in midfield.

With Michael Ballack and John Obi-Mikel already struggling with knocks the later a muscle tear which sounds more serious than we are being led to believe the Blues suffered another blow over the weekend when midfield dynamo Michael Essien picked up a "serious" ankle injury in Ghana's World Cup qualifier with Libya.

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Spurs have recently been just that in the side of Chelsea. Last year, those bums were able to not only pry the Carling Cup from our hands but also also deal a devastating blow to our Premier League title aspirations let's be real, Robbie Keane's out-of-nothing finish did that.

We'll have none of this .

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Germany's Michael Ballack set up the first goal as Luiz Felipe Scolari's tenure as manager of Chelsea got off to the perfect start as his side sent out a message to the rest of the league Sunday with a highly impressive 4-0 victory over Portsmouth.
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"Cheerio, cheerio, cheerio," the Old Trafford crowd jeered, waving John Obi Mikel off the pitch enthusiastically. Just days before, Jose Mourinho had been sacked and with half an hour played in to their first game without him, they were down to ten men. Mikel had clattered in to Patrice Evra and Mike Dean showed no hesitation [. Click to continue reading...

Thought I'd chuck up some highlights from the African cup of nations that is currently being played in Ghana. It's a really entertaining competition to watch and isn't always given enough coverage. The pressures of club competition and strict tactics don't apply here, it's all about that audacious run past several defenders or that rocket [. Click to continue reading...