Extremely in form Chelsea winger Christian Pulisic will get a chance for some rest and relaxation this international break. It’s well deserved too, and the 21-year-old American only had a few days of break in between the Gold Cup tournament this summer with the USMNT and reporting to Blues training camp.

And Pulisic’s last tour of international duty, in October, didn’t work out too well for both himself and his national team. However, it’s ancient history now as he’s got five goals in his last three games. He joins ex-Chelsea and current Liverpool star Mo Salah as the only Premier League players with five goals and five assists this season across all competitions.

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Patience is a virtue. So many were quick to write off Christian Pulisic as his start at Chelsea began nightmarishly. He just couldn’t get into the team at first, and the depth chart situation looked bleak as the Blues are/were stacked at winger. However, Pulisic produced when given the chance as he racked up the assists when called upon.

Now he’s getting the goals to go along with it. He’s absolutely on fire right now. Capt. America scored his fifth goal in three games today, converting in the 79′ of Chelsea’s 2-0 win over Crystal Palace.

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Since September 22nd, when they fell 2-1 at the hands of Premier League table toppers and reigning European champions Liverpool, Chelsea FC have won every match but two, across all competitions. During that ten game span, in which Chelsea has outscored their opponents 28-12, their only blemishes are a UCL group stage draw with Ajax on Tuesday night and a loss to Manchester United in the League Cup last Wednesday.

They’ve won five in a row in the Premier League, where they currently sit fourth in the table entering Saturday’s London derby at home against Crystal Palace. The Eagles have had a surprisingly good season as well up to this point as they come into the clash in ninth place.

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Chelsea midfielder Mason Mount underwent a scan, due to the ankle problem he encountered midway through the second half of his side’s 4-4 draw with Ajax on Tuesday night. Mount had to be helped off in the 60th minute of the match, and he now finds himself a doubt for Saturday when the Blues host Crystal Palace.

“They’ve strapped his ankle and hopefully it’s relatively minor but it’s one for the morning,” said manager Frank Lampard after the game. With Mount being called up for England duty this international break, it’s safe to say that the scan didn’t show any serious damage.

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Chelsea FC and Ajax have both taken six points from the first half of Champions League group stage play, with the English side sitting higher than the Dutch club by virtue of their 1-0 win in Amsterdam a couple weeks ago.

Now comes the rematch in London on Tuesday night, and it’s a battle of the two sides that will likely go through to the knockout round from group H. A win here, for either club, essentially gets then through to the next round with little, if any, work to do in the last two group stage games. So let’s preview this match by sorting through the team news, starting with the Blues.

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Heading into the Premier League fixture tomorrow at Watford, the Premier League’s dead last place team, Chelsea FC have no new injury concerns. However, they will be without a sizable number of key players, including Ross Barkley (ankle), Andreas Christensen (hamstring), N’Golo Kanté (groin), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (achilles) and Antonio Rüdiger (groin).

Their opponents will be without the services of several players as well, including Capoue (back), Tom Cleverley (heel), captain Troy Deeney (knee), Quina (groin), Sarr (leg), and Danny Welbeck (hamstring). That said, let’s take a look at who Blues boss Frank Lampard may select for his Chelsea first team on Saturday. For more detail on the role of American Christian Pulisic, go to this link.

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It appears that Christian Pulisic has finally earned his place at Chelsea, and that his spot in the team is his to lose. He entered the win over Burnley last weekend looking for his first goal in a Chelsea shirt (although he did have five assists), and by the time the game was over, he had achieved a hat trick.

Pulisic certainly got off to a slow start at Chelsea, struggling to find his place in the team, but it appears that he’s arrived now. He’s hitting his stride in sync with the team as a whole, and manager Frank Lampard said he won’t “rotate for the sake of it” when it comes to his lineup. Why fix that which is not broken? [Read more…]

The League Cup isn’t the most captivating of competitions, but this next round, the round of 16, should be a lot of fun. In it you have two match-ups that are all big six, with Manchester United at Chelsea perhaps the clash that most observers will be looking forward to.

United have had the advantage in the series as of late, but the Blues are coming into their own right now, and their overall form has been vastly superior to that of United’s this season. And now that they have figured out how to get Christian Pulisic fully involved, with the results showing that this past weekend, perhaps the Blues will reach another higher level up now.

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