Summary
AFTER Tuesday night's heroics against Barcelona, even those who resent Roman Abramovich's billions and Jose Mourinho's manners must surely see how vital a resurgent Chelsea are to the Premiership's international reputation.
Liverpool outperformed even their own expectations, and good luck to them, but no one seriously expects them to win the Champions League, or even survive the quarterfinals. So it's on Chelsea that English hopes must rest, an outcome that was both predictable and predicted.See the full content of this document
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Roman's Empire Can Halt Decline
At the turn of the year I mentioned here that whatever feelings Abramovich engenders - and there are no shortage of Chelsea fans who don't like the Russian revolution any more than jealous rivals do - he has saved the Premiership from becoming a rich man's Scottish Premier League, endlessly dominated by two big clubs in palpable decline.
And anybody doubting Arsenal and Manchester U...See the full content of this document
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