Sheffield United v Chelsea: Premier League – live!
07-Feb-2021 18:42:28 | The Guardian
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Did you miss today’s earlier matches? A spot of pre-match reading then. Harry Kane was back for Spurs as they downed West Brom:
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Tuchel’s selection only serves to remind us of the embarrassment of attacking riches that Chelsea possess. Hakim Ziyech is on the bench, along with Tammy Abraham and Callum Hudson-Odoi. Presumably, Tuchel will be quizzed on all of this before kick-off.
There are four changes for Sheffield United, with Oli McBurnie and Oliver Burke forming the front two, and Kean Bryan and Max Lowe coming in on the left flank.
Sheff Utd: Ramsdale, Basham, Egan, Bryan, Bogle, Lundstram, Norwood, Fleck, Lowe, Burke, McBurnie. Subs: Sharp, Jagielka, McGoldrick, Foderingham, Osborn, Brewster.
4 changes for the Blades.
McBurnie & Burke lead the line with Bryan & Lowe coming into the side on the left.#SHUCHE pic.twitter.com/5q1vblF0as
Team news
Here's how we start against the Blades this evening #SHUCHE pic.twitter.com/JpVnNfkOT6
Chelsea’s Twitter people are excited to be in Sheffield:
We’ve arrived in South Yorkshire! #SHUCHE pic.twitter.com/g3JzT0oWiu
Manchester City are currently drubbing the champions, Liverpool, by four goals to one, and you can follow the last couple of minutes here with Rob Smyth, if you wish. But do come back for #SHUCHE -
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Are Chelsea experiencing the common or garden New Manager Bounce™, or is Thomas Tuchel just a really, really good coach? The answer is probably some from ‘Column A’ and some from ‘Column B’. Tuchel’s passion for the game, the energy with which he imparts his ideas, and the astuteness of his early press conferences have all made a very positive early impression. Since the merciless dismissal of Frankie Lampard, the Tuchel era has begun with a draw and two victories, most recently against Tottenham. With his emphasis on attacking wing-backs, the former Paris Saint-Germain and Borussia Dortmund coach already seems to have made his mark on the Blues’ playing style. Another victory here and Chelsea can consider themselves firmly back in the race for Champions League qualification, as it would put them level on 39 points with fifth-placed West Ham.
Chris Wilder’s Sheffield United are rock-bottom of the Premier League, but after an utterly miserable pre-Christmas, they have won two out of their last three league matches, including victory away against Manchester United. The defeat in those past three matches came against Manchester City, and they most recently got the better of fellow relegation strugglers West Brom. So all is not lost, and a team that has recently beaten United at Old Trafford are surely capable of mustering a home win against Chelsea - on paper at least. Win tonight and they would even be off the bottom of the table, with Big Sam’s Baggies taking their place as the basement boys. So there is all to play for.
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