Villa out to ruin Chelsea's Christmas spirit
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Chelsea have been warned by Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill that his side are out to do the double over them on Wednesday and dent their English Premier League title hopes.
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As if to celebrate the arrival in Britain of the rare blue robin, Chelsea went on a Christmas spree yesterday, claiming an increasingly common 4-0 victory - their fourth of this Premiership season - at the expense of Norwich City.
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IT IS ALL TOO EASY TO PICTURE the other title contenders acting like sulky kids in a Christmas grotto. Before their very eyes Santa Claus gave the Chelsea boys a brand new training centre in
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Chelsea suffer their first defeat of the season at the hands of a resolute Man City.
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Andriy Shevchenko is ailing with a virus and can't seem to score for Chelsea. Wayne Rooney has stopped scoring for Manchester United.
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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has pleaded with supporters to have patience after his side made hard work of a 1-0 win against injury-plagued Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge.
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Aston Villa manager David O&#39;Leary believes his side will come through the Christmas programme with their heads held high despite their poor recent results.
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West Bromwich Albion, Norwich City and Southampton scored one goal between them and conceded 13 as the last Saturday before Christmas brought little festive cheer for the Premiership stragglers.
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Aston Villa defender Zat Knight on Friday lost his appeal against his controversial red card at Chelsea.
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Sport: Premier League: Zat Knight, Ricardo Carvalho and Ashley Cole sent off as Aston Villa battle to 4-4 draw
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Jose Mourinho must be developing an intense hatred for visits to Villa Park after Martin O&#39;Neill condemned Chelsea to yet another dose of Midlands misery.
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Tottenham&#39;s slump has continued with a narrow 1-0 defeat away to Aston Villa this evening, although Spurs can consider themselves unlucky not to have left with a point.
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Jose Mourinho is dealing with his injury crisis at Chelsea by refusing to give his fit players a day off. The Blues have just 16 players as they enter the Christmas schedule.
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Middlesbrough's hopes of securing a Uefa Cup spot are dashed by a classy Villareal side.
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AN EQUALISER in injury time by Portsmouth&#39;s Lomana LuaLua against Liverpool at Anfield yesterday will hamper the home side&#39;s attempts to make ground on the leading English Premier League soccer rivals during the Christmas program.
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Birmingham manager Steve Bruce received an early blow to the season with the news that on-loan Chelsea striker Mikael Forssell could be out of action for the next six months.
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Mark Delaney has warned his Aston Villa team-mates to be aware of a back-on-song Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs ahead of tonightâs Barclays Premiership clash.