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Morata celebration

Alvaro Morata has debuted a new celebration honouring his wife, Alice.

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Klopp confirms change for Chelsea preparations

Liverpool will take advantage of the good weather in Spain and delay their return to England in order to get in an extra training session ahead of Saturday’s clash with Chelsea.

The Reds have made the trip to Seville for tonight’s Champions League tie knowing that a win would guarantee their passage to the round of 16 and potentially tie up first place.

With the Blues set to visit Anfield on Saturday evening, Jurgen Klopp has decided that the squad should fly back to Liverpool on Wednesday afternoon instead of the morning, as originally planned.

Read the full report here.

Hazard sends warning to rivals

Eden Hazard has warned Chelsea’s rivals that he is back to his best having recovered from the ankle problem that made him miss the start of the season.

“I am in good form. Since I came back from the injury I have been feeling good,” said Hazard.


“When you miss football for two months, you just want to be back on the pitch, especially when you watch the players and your team is playing and doing well.


“It’s a bad thing to be injured, but I also think it was a good thing for my body to recover. I have played as a professional for ten years now and I’d never had a big injury like this.

Read the full quotes here.

Chelsea fans in Baku

Another look at training

Before the Champions League draw was made, some Chelsea fans might not have expected to have to mark Qarabag on their calendar.

However, the Azerbaijanis were the last name out of the hat for Group C and that only meant one thing to a lot of Blues supporters; that’s one long road trip.

Being one of the furthest trips in the competition, the thought of doing the trip in a day might seem a little far-fetched, however that is what facing several of the Blues’ most-dedicated.

Check out the itinerary for the trip here.

Rudiger in good form

Antonio Rudiger seems to be enjoying himself anyway...

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That's it from Conte

With that the Chelsea boss departs for the evening and heads off to get the team ready for tomorrow’s game

Hazard's fitness

Hazard is fit and no new injuries. Batshauyi and Moses are not available for tomorrrow’s game, also Musonda and Kenedy. Kenedy had a little muscular problem, but I think he is very close to be back with us.

Will you change formation again from the 3-5-2?

This season I understood that it was very important to change something in some games, to have two options. It is a good thing for the team, because we can play in two different systems but at the same time don’t lose our identity.

Time to be back in England?

Now it is difficult. Maybe four or five o’clock? It depends on some things. This is not the first time, imagine to play Manchester CIty in the same condition. If we won the game the difference was only three points, but now it is nine. They must look to change something because it is the best thing for English football.

Have you spoken to Premier League about fixtures and can you win CL and PL?

I would like to underline that I am talking about all teams that is playing in CL, not only Chelsea. England needs to try to understand this and try to change something. A lot of time there isn’t an English team to win the CL, every team has the possibility to go through. Who prepare this fixtures must pay great attention. We are doing our job and it’s important to do it in the best way. We want also a bit of respect for our job.

Rotation for tomorrow?

For sure I have to make the best decision for these games, because we are playing every three days and it is normal to have rotation. I trust my players and am very sure for my choice. I trust all my players and it is normal to have rotation. For us the game against Qarabag is very important as we don’t want to wait to go through to the next round. When you wait or you arrive in this type of moment it could be more difficult for us.

It is not difficult (to motivate the players). I have a squad with great maturity and they know very well the importance of the game and we must have great focus to beat a good team. They drew twice with Atletico and we have great respect for this team, we must be very clear. If someone thinks that we are sure to win, it will not be easy.

Can't afford to make any mistakes?

For us it must go game by game, tomorrow is the most important thing for us. If we win we go into the next round, it is a really good target for us. To reach this target for us before the game against Atletico will be very important. On Saturday we are going to play another tough game against Liverpool. This season it is the second time we have had this situation, firstly against Manchester City and now Liverpool is playing tonight and we play tomorrow, a long trip and it will be very difficult to recover and rest. Who prepare the fixtures for the league must pay great attention. Because it is difficult to ask if we can catch Man City if we are in this situation. I don’t want to find an excuse, but this is the reality.

Played here before and won, same result tomorrow?

For sure I hope to have the same result, a good win for us. I remember that we win and qualify for the Euros mathematically and it was a great day. But I remember that we struggled a lot before winning. The level of the football here is increasing a lot. We must pay great attention

Shave the beard in Baku?

I think the most important thing is not my beard, but to play well and win the game and go through. Then for my beard it is very difficult to keep. I don’t think I keep the beard for a long time, even if we win or lose.

Thoughts on the match

Tomorrow we must pay great attention. Qarabag drew twice with Atletico, you know very well which team is Atletico. Roma struggled a lot to win before Qarabag. It is an important game. If we win the game we go through to the next round, it will be very important for us. I consider them a really good team and like to play football and dominate the game. In the first game, we were a bit luck and Qarabag didn’t deserve to lose with this great final result.

Conte has arrived

End of Courtois

New contract?

The most important thing is to perform the best. The contract, Chelsea must deal with my agent but I don’t think there are any developments. There are so many games that I need to think about my own performances. Then at the end of the season there is time for talks

Impressions of Azerbaijan

I want to say hello to everyone here, when I came with Atletico and Chelsea there has been a lot of fans on the streets of both clubs and hopefully they will enjoy the game tomorrow.

Is Roma a turning point?

The Roma game has not changed a lot because of time. The biggest change was maybe last season because of the Arsenal game, and this year in the Roma game it shows we have to be focused. Against West Brom and Manchester United we showed we can do the extra metres

Qarabag's strengths?

I think the first game was the first in CL and they might have been under pressure. They changed a bit of tactic. They are fast strikers and on the counter we have to careful tomorrow. We have to face difficult game and we have to have focus like West Brom and Manchester United

Are you afraid of coming second in the group?

We will see tomorrow, the CL if you go through all 16 teams are very strong. Sometimes if you are second you play an easier team. It is never easy, but we have to get through first

Can you get the three points?

We are the favourites, but we face a difficult game tomorrow. I hope we can take the three points back to London

Mind on Liverpool?

We only think about the Qarabag game, we respect them a lot and we need to win to qualify. I mentioned Liverpool because of the time difference, but we are focused on tomorrow

More on the time difference

We play at 5.30 against Liverpool and I think it is the best way not to be disturbed

Feeling after the journey?

It was good for us to leave yesterday. We arrived with a good plane, I had a good siesta. We are keeping on English time, which is good for the Liverpool game as well. We will be ready for tomorrow.