If it wasn’t for bad luck...
Allegedly, it had a dead magpie in its gob.
The Premier League champions, weakened by injuries but also by some untimely meddling in the coaching staff by Roman Abramovich, have lost three of their last four games, the latest a 1-0 reverse at Birmingham City. The defeat was a ludicrous perversion of the run of play – Birmingham’s solitary shot on target produced Lee Bowyer’s winner, and resisted a barrage of 32 Chelsea attempts.
