Adding one more depressing moment to the end of Steven Gerrard’s Liverpool career, the Reds lined up on the pitch at Stamford Bridge to give Chelsea a guard of honor before their match on Sunday. Chelsea clinched the Premier League title last week against Crystal Palace to earn the traditional show of respect from their next opponent.
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Didier Drogba blasts Jose Mourinho directly in the face with champagne
Chelsea TV provided some impressively in-depth analysis of the team’s celebration after clinching the Premier League title with a win against Crystal Palace. Included in that analysis was a clip that will make Jose Mourinho’s supporters and detractors equally happy.
For his supporters, the site of Didier Drogba playfully spraying him with champagne and then embracing his old friend is a heart warming moment. For his haters, seeing Drogba blind him with a blast of bubbly eyeball torture from point-blank range is a brief moment of schadenfreude.
So, whichever camp you’re in, enjoy this clip.
Video via Bleacher Report
Jose Mourinho, John Terry, and Cesc Fabregas use Chelsea title to settle old scores
Everyone knows that the best part of winning is rubbing it in the faces of people who have wronged you in the past. And with that in mind, Jose Mourinho, John Terry, and Cesc Fabregas all fired some shots after Chelsea clinched the Premier League title by beating Crystal Palace on Sunday.
The very best moments from Chelsea’s fourth Premier League title celebration
Chelsea confirmed the inevitable with a 1-0 win against Crystal Palace to clinch their fourth Premier League title (fifth top division title overall) with three matches left to play. It’s Chelsea’s first league title in five years and first since Jose Mourinho returned to the club last season, bringing an added level of satisfaction.
Jose Mourinho is taking advice on how to handle Arsene Wenger from Taylor Swift
In the long ago time of last weekend, Jose Mourinho responded to criticism that Chelsea are boring after their scoreless draw with Arsenal at the Emirates by saying that Arsenal going 10 years without a title is what’s actually boring. On Friday, Wenger was asked about this rebuttal.
Chelsea players pull off lunch table trick, celebrate like they’ve won the league
Jose Mourinho and John Terry were quick to give their responses to critics labeling Chelsea as boring and now Didier Drogba has made his case with an Instagram video.
Captioned “Boring boring chelseaaa!!!!!” the video has seven Chelsea players (Loic Remy, Branislav Ivanovic, John Terry, Eden Hazard, Drogba, Thibaut Courtois, and John Obi Mikel sitting across from each other at the lunch table. They head the ball across the table and down the line until Mikel finishes off the routine (a daring choice) with a fall away header into a strategically placed bin beside the table. They then celebrate like they just sealed the Premier League title.
This is what you do when you’re 10-points clear at the end of April.
If it continued…. (Arsenal v Chelsea)
Arsenal and Chelsea settled for a scoreless draw at the Emirates, extending Jose Mourinho’s unbeaten streak against Arsene Wenger to 13 matches and putting Chelsea a step closer to a seemingly inevitable Premier League title.
Though Chelsea once again employed a strategy roughly akin to a bank handing you all of their money and daring you to escape with it, putting all the blame for the match’s lack of entertainment value on them is like blaming the guests at a party for it being dull. Arsenal had 12 shots, but just one on target. Surely the hosts must take some responsibility for poor planning and execution. And a distinct lack of guacamole.
But while others debate tactics, we must ask, “What if it conitnued?”
This might be Jose Mourinho’s favorite press conference question ever
Jose Mourinho has a complicated relationship with the press. In many ways, he feeds off them and their tidal mix of antagonism and reverence for him. Even when he’s making a point of not speaking to them, he demonstrates how important the relationship is to him. But his Friday press conference ahead of facing second-place Arsenal might have produced his favorite question yet.
Eden Hazard demonstrates how he makes defenders want to give up on life
This is Chelsea’s Eden Hazard doing stuff with his feet that my brain can’t even comprehend.
He did miss the shot at the end, though. I can do that.
Cesc Fabregas’ open letter to Arsenal fans ahead of his return to the Emirates
Hello old friends,
I know it’s been a while since we last spoke, but since this weekend will mark my return to the Emirates — a place where I have so many wonderful memories — I thought I should say a few things.