Chelsea 3 Norwich 1

Aston Villa 0 Chelsea 0

FORGET about Keano in Saipan, Anelka in South Africa or all those rebellious Dutch players down the years who have seen it as their birthright to rail against the perceived idiocy of football’s powers that be. When it comes to both getting mad and getting even in football, none of the above could hold a candle to Bela Guttman.

Wigan 0 Chelsea 6

New France coach Laurent Blanc has taken the decision to suspend the entire 23-man squad which took part in this summer’s failed World Cup campaign for next month’s friendly against Norway.

THIERRY HENRY admitted he felt “isolated” in the French squad and spoke of a “sickness” at the heart of the World Cup camp.

France veteran Thierry Henry has today said that he felt “isolated” in the French World Cup squad and spoke of a “sickness” at the heart of the training camp.

Sports minister Roselyne Bachelot has told France's World Cup players they are no longer heroes in the eyes of children.

Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba has come out in support of his Chelsea team-mate Nicolas Anelka after he was kicked out of France’s World Cup squad.

FRANCE’S chaotic World Cup campaign went into meltdown yesterday after the players mutinied over the treatment of Nicolas Anelka, who was sent home in disgrace following a row with coach Raymond Domenech.

Nicolas Anelka would love to extend his time at Chelsea until 2014 before heading for a big-money move abroad.

NICOLAS ANELKA stunned Porto for a second time this season as Chelsea finished top of Group D with a 1-0 victory in the Estadio do Dragao.

WILLIAM GALLAS fired a relieved France into the World Cup finals as a controversial winner shattered the Republic of Ireland’s brave resistance.

Republic of Ireland 0 France 1

FRANCE coach Raymond Domenech has ignored the pleas of Zinedine Zidane and refused to pick his fit-again captain Patrick Vieira for the World Cup qualifying play-off against Ireland on November 14.

Bolton 0 Chelsea 4

WILL the real Chelsea please stand up? Last Sunday we saw the kind of combative game and fighting performance that was seemingly beyond us at both Wigan and Nicosia.

Luiz Felipe Scolari believes team ethic is separating Chelsea from the rest with confidence in the camp growing by the week.

Didier Drogba struck twice as Chelsea came from behind to beat Arsenal 2-1 at Stamford Bridge and keep alive their hopes of catching Barclays Premier League leaders Manchester United.

CHELSEA coach Avram Grant remains tight-lipped over the expected arrival of Nicolas Anelka but has dismissed suggestions linking the club with Dimitar Berbatov.

Bolton 3 Birmingham 0

Man City 4 Bolton 2

Liverpool 4 Bolton 0

Bolton 1 Manchester United 0

West Ham 1 Bolton 1

Rabotnicki 1 Bolton 1

West Ham 3 Bolton 1

Wigan 1 Bolton 3

Everton 1 Bolton 0

Bolton 0 Middlesbrough 0

THAT was a weird column last week. All the politics left in and all the West Ham stuff left out. If this is a subtle hint from the paper they want me to take a job in Beirut, no thanks.

NEWCASTLE boss Graeme Souness has admitted Real Madrid outcast Michael Owen would be the ideal solution to his St James’ Park striking problems.

Mark Bradley

An in-depth scan has shown Nicolas Anelka is not suffering from a serious groin problem.

Manchester City 4 Charlton 0

Manchester City striker Nicolas Anelka is too expensive for Lyon according to the French club’s president Jean-Michel Aulas.

Monaco claim they expect Manchester City striker Nicolas Anelka to decide today whether he will join them.

Manchester City chairman John Wardle has admitted the club have contingencies in place should they lose their Premiership survival fight – but he is confident they will not be needed.

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Lokeren 0 Manchester City 1 (Manchester City win 4-2 on aggregate)

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