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The Guardian // Sport // Football

James thwarts Bournemouth but act of redemption cannot halt Chelsea slide

Tuesday 14th January 2025, 9:57PM

From title challengers to top-four contenders to reviving the undercur­rent of dissatisfaction with the club’s direction, quite the recent slide for Chelsea. Thomas Tuchel, on an ­England scouting visit, will have seen few of the players he left behind in 2022. He will, though, have been reminded of the permanent jeopardy of the Chelsea manager.Previously the safe pair of hands guiding the Chelsea project, Enzo Maresca’s cachet is wobbling after five winless games. Chelsea paid for a combination of callowness and profligacy against a bare‑bones Bournemouth. “The game was completely in our control,” Maresca said. “And it’s something we need to improve.” Continue reading...

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