By RYAN TOLMICH
Two days after Manchester City pushed themselves to a tie atop the table, Chelsea head north for a visit to the always-pesky Stoke City.
Chelsea enter Monday two weeks removed from their first and only slip-up of the season, a 2-1 loss at St. James Park to Newcastle. After following the misstep with a 2-0 victory over Hull City, the Blues will need at least a point to maintain sole possession of first place heading into Christmas.
Stoke, meanwhile, enter with a mixed 1-1-1 record in their last three contests, with the highlight coming in an upset victory over Arsenal at the Brittania Stadium. Currently nestled in 13th, the club sits just four points out of the relegation zone.
Both sides are expected to see the return of key contributors, as Stoke playmaker Bojan Krkic and Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois are in the lineup following injuries, while U.S. Men’s National Team defender Geoff Cameron is also in the Starting XI.
If you will be watching today’s action, please feel free to share your thoughts, opinions and some play-by-play in the comments section below. Enjoy the action.
cameron out for charlie adams. he wasn’t horrible, but he made a couple of noticeable mistakes–including, of course, terry’s goal.
not sure how the ref didn’t give bardsley a red there. late, high challenge out-of-bounds. happy to still have the game 11v11, but the game will probably start getting chippy now.
Watched that live, looked pretty bad…looked worse on the replay…but he did apologize to Hazard at halftime, so he showed a touch of class there. Totally agree though, lucky not to be sent off.
red for me. and could have seen second yellow for the shirt pull of Costa later, risky grab but he got away with both
Italian Supercup looks to be going to PK’s. Both teams score in extra time to tie it back up again.
PK’s go 9 deep until Napoli are able to break the deadlock. Napoli win!
Cam was marking John Terry, and Terry scored off a corner. In the second minute. Not a great start…
Wow Cameron schooled by JT.