Champions League nights (and José Mourinho, too) are back at the Bridge, after a two-year absence!

Pedro Neto says the players must take some of the blame for the club’s mixed start to the season.

Mourinho has been critical of his previous employers’ “crazy” spending in the build-up to this clash, remarking that he believed that Chelsea had “lost direction” for a period following Todd Boehly a...

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca will not feel like he is in a position of weakness when facing the media today before a Champions League match with Benfica. The Italian has endured a difficult post international break and only won once in five matches - an unconvincing victory over League One side Lincoln City - and the latest 3-1 defeat to Brighton on Saturday was disappointing.

“In this moment, I think we need to be positive first of all because it’s what the players need,” he said.