Reading v Chelsea
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With internationals out of the way, we're back to Premiership games
Off the Blues go to play new boys, Reading.
Predictions anyone?
For me, it's a 1-3 away win for our boys in Blue
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continue discussion here with chelsea fans and haters
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+1 before close.
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lol i post both here and there la............dun worry lol
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May I say that Chelsea will get a 4 - 0 win.........
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Good luck Reading , may you guys beat this overrated team.
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I dun think chelsea can score so much but good luck...Originally posted by eemtij:May I say that Chelsea will get a 4 - 0 win......... -
Will Shevchenko score...... -
Who would have thought that Terry will become Chelsea's rd goalkeeper for the match.
Anyway, hope either Cech and Cuducini will be ready for Barcelona. Dun know much about Hilario. -
only one nil and what a lucky goal that was.
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yucks...EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeee
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Chelsea keepers Cudicini and Cech in hospital
Sat 14 Oct, 11:06 PM
LONDON (Reuters) - Chelsea had goalkeepers Petr Cech and Carlo Cudicini taken to hospital after both were knocked unconscious in the champions' 1-0 win at Reading on Saturday.
What proved to be an astonishing match at the Madejski Stadium began with Czech keeper Cech colliding with Reading midfielder Stephen Hunt in the first minute and being carried off.
Cudicini took over, but collided with Reading's Ibrahima Sonko at the end of the game and needed treatment by paramedics before he too was taken off on a stretcher.
Coach Jose Mourinho told Sky Sports: "Both are in hospital and both were completely knocked out."
Mourinho said he thought Cech was lucky to be alive after being caught in the head by Hunt, branding the Reading man's challenge "a disgrace".
Mourinho made it clear he expected action from the Football Association, though both Hunt and Reading manager Steve Coppell denied there was any malice in the challenge.
Chelsea stayed second in the table on goal difference after league leaders Manchester United came from behind to beat Wigan Athletic 3-1 in the day's early kickoff.
United and Chelsea have 19 points from eight games, three ahead of Portsmouth who beat West Ham United 2-0. Arsenal moved up to fourth with a 3-0 win over Watford.
Chelsea took the lead in first-half stoppage time when Frank Lampard's free kick through a packed area was deflected in by Icelandic defender Ivar Ingimarsson.
The champions suffered their second setback of the game when Nigerian midfielder John Obi Mikel was sent off in the 62nd minute for a second booking, hauling down French defender Sonko.
But Chelsea held on and it was all-square in terms of players when Reading's Cameroon defender Andre Bikey was dismissed in the 83rd minute.
Cudicini was taken off in the closing stages, reportedly having been given oxygen and a neck brace. Captain John Terry had to play in goal for the final minutes of stoppage time. -
Mourinho demands FA action over Cech injury
Sun 15 Oct, 1:07 AM
LONDON (AFP) - Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho demanded that the English Football Association take action after goalkeepers Petr Cech and Carlo Cudicini ended his side's win at Reading in hospital with concussion.
Cech was knocked out following a challenge by Reading's Stephen Hunt just 16 seconds into the 1-0 victory at the Madejski Stadium and the Czech Republic keeper's replacement Cudicini was also concussed in stoppage time when he collided with Ibrahima Sonko.
Mourinho claimed Cech was lucky to be alive after Hunt's knee had caught him on his head as he slid to claim a loose ball in his penalty area.
After Cudicini was carried off, Blues captain John Terry was forced to go in goal for the final few moments of a brutal encounter which saw both sides finish with 10-men after the second half dismissals of Chelsea's John Obi Mikel and Reading's Andre Bikey in seperate incidents -
Petr Cech underwent surgery for a depressed skull.
Outcome still uncertain.
Injury looks worse than thought.
Carlo Cuducini may be fit for the CL on Wednesday. He has been discharged. -
Didn't catch the Cech incident but thank goodness Cudicini's injury turned out alot less serious than it looked. He couldn't move at all!
What a costly 0-1 win
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Looks like we are heading for a HILARIO evening on Wednesday.