Pause, rewind, play: When Chelsea won their first Champions League title in 2012, against all odds
The Blues beat Bayern Munich in their own backyard on penalties in the nail-biting final to seal a remarkable triumph after a dramatic campaign. Chelsea lifting the Champions League trophy after beating Bayern Munich in the final | ODD ANDERSEN / AFP
For Chelsea, the all-conquering English football force in the noughties backed by the riches of Roman Abramovich, the Champions League title was the one that always got away.
The Blues were a penalty kick away in Moscow in 2008 when club captain John Terry slipped at the most crucial moment to send his penalty wide and Manchester United triumphed in sudden death.
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Graham Potter is the anti-Mourinho. Spurs should hire him immediately.
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If you were to take Jose Mourinho, invert everything about him and form a new manager from the strange matter that Inverse Mourinho left behind, you’d probably end up with someone a lot like Brighton & Hove Albion’s Graham Potter. Calm, contemplative, introspective and scholarly, Potter comes across as the Yang to Mourinho’s Yin. That comparison seemingly applies to everything except, apparently, table position. We’ll get to that.
Pep Guardiola recently referred to Potter as “the best English football manager right now,” high praise for a 45 year old manager who only just guided Brighton to a place in the Premier League table that is safe from relegation. But to point that out would be a bit of a disservice. In an interview with Oliver Holt in the Daily Mail on Saturday, Potter touched on his philosophy of the game, one that extends be
Should Hugo Lloris Stay or Go this Summer?
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With just a few more games to play until the end of the 2020-2021 season, the next few months have the makings of one of the most important periods in Tottenham Hotspur’s recent history. After getting it wrong with the appointment of José Mourinho, Tottenham finds themselves in a curious position, trying to revitalize the possession-based, progressive approach that was established in the era of Mauricio Pochettino.
After Saturday’s 3-1 defeat against Leeds United, Tottenham suffered a huge blow in their goal to finish in a Champions League position. With just three games left, Spurs’ aspirations for European football now almost assuredly are to qualify for a Europa League position. Should Spurs fall entirely out of Europe it would put them in an even more dire situation as they approach an important summer period where many changes are needed.