February 2016
League games against Arsenal and Liverpool this month
Pedro comes back to haunt Barca at the Nou Camp
Remy and Costa smash in 12 goals this month between them
League
Chelsea 2 - 2 Liverpool
Costa(2)
Very tight game against Liverpool, Costa opened the scoring but a brace from ex Chelsea boy Danny Sturridge gave them the lead. Into the last ten minutes and Skrtel was running back towards his goal, he played a loose ball back to Mignolet and Costa reacted quickly latching onto it and slotting home.
Arsenal 1 - 5 Chelsea
Remy(2), Costa(2), Willian
We played the perfect counter attacking game here against them. No point trying to go to the Emirates and dominate is there, we soaked up the pressure and hit them quickly on the break exploiting the width and lack of pace Monreal and Ivanovic have. Perfect performance.
Chelsea 4 - 3 Tottenham
Maksimovic OG, Kenedy(2), Costa
Spurs didn't deserve their 3 goals, main thing was we walked away here with the 3 points.
Sunderland 0 - 1 Chelsea
Remy(PEN)
Awful performance from us here. Sunderland are rock bottom and destined for relegation, Ramires and Tielemans dominated though but we really struggled in the final third.
Chelsea 2 - 0 Newcastle
Costa, Kenedy
Straight forward win here. Goals from Kenedy and Costa in both halves. Starts for Ola Aina, Jay DaSilva, RLC, Tielemans and Dele Alli.
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FA Cup
Fifth Round
Chelsea 2 - 0 Derby
Remy(PEN), Ramires
Simple win here and managed to rest a number of players in prep for the Barcelona match too.
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Champions League
1st Knockout Round First Leg
Barcelona 1 - 4 Chelsea
Pedro(2), Remy(2)
A stunning win here against Barca. They're struggling in La Liga this season with Atleti leading the way. But when we went 1-0 down in the 1st minute I feared the worst. But a brace from Pedro and that guy Remy has surely wrapped up this tie already.
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Monthly Review
A great month with wins over Arsenal, Spurs and Barcelona. Even giving Ola Aina a start at right back against Neymar for crying out loud and he managed to keep the Brazilian quiet. In the league United are slacking massively and barring a huge collapse we should win the league this year which is awesome.
We have Watford in the next round of the FA Cup just 4 days before the 2nd leg of the already wrapped up Barcelona tie. In other news I secured a signing for us to join in the summer, another top English central midfielder to join our ranks meaning we'll probably offload Cesc Fabregas.
Player of the Month
Ramires
At the start of the season I didn't know quite what to do with the Brazilian. But he's been a cracking player for us this year, can always rely on him to give 100%. His pass for Pedro's first goal against Barca was absolutely magical.
Table
Twelve points clear with ten games left.