Inter continued their perfect start to the season with a 1-0 win over Cagliari, with John Stones and Curtis Jones featuring off the bench. The post ‘Playing with pressure is their bread and butter’ – Chivu lauds Stones, Jones in Inter win appeared first on SoccerNews.
Unai Emery has insisted that there are no "good relations" between Chelsea and Aston Villa after a series of transfers between the clubs. On Sunday, Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez joined Chelsea from Aston Villa, completing the eighth deal between the clubs in the past four years. Martinez's move to Stamford Bridge comes after Nicolas Jackson's transfer the other way last week.
John Terry has urged caution ahead of Chelsea’s game against Arsenal next weekend (Picture: John Terry YouTube) John Terry hopes Xabi Alonso uses his time on the training pitch wisely this week after another patchy defensive display against Brighton. The Blues continued their 100% start to the new season with a thrilling 4-3 victory over the Seagulls. Chelsea’s star studded attack again offered a tantalising glimpse of the threat they will offer over the course of the next nine months. Cole Palmer looks somewhere near back to his best and has struck up an instant rapport with Morgan Rogers, while Joao Pedro finally appears to have ended the club’s search for a dependable No.9. Exclusive Premier League previews Get ahead of the start of the season with our weekly football newsletter. Sign up now for free. At the other end, however, the defensive frailty that has plagued Chelsea over the past couple of seasons was again in evidence, despite the presence of new goalkeeper Emi Martinez who was making his debut following a move from Aston Villa. With five goals conceded in two matches, Terry acknowledges that level of defensive generosity is unsustainable and improvements are required ahead of Sunday’s meeting with title rivals Arsenal. The former Chelsea captain told his YouTube channel: ‘As good as the attacking play was I think we have to look at the defence and I’m sure the manager will in the next few days. Emi Martinez conceded three goals on his Chelsea debut (Picture: Getty) ‘Five goals conceded in two games not good enough really, I think we need to tighten that up for sure and I think that will happen for sure with Martinez coming in. ‘Again, when the manager has got time and space to work within these weeks I’m sure this is something he’s going to look to improve. ‘Also, as a back three or four, whatever it may be, a back five at times, he hasn’t really had much time with players away at the World Cup. ‘I’m sure the manager is really going to look to get into those defensive sessions and how we can improve. {"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Alonso doesn't want to talk about the Chelsea goalkeeper situation until he's addressed the players","contentUrl":"https:\/\/videos.metro.co.uk\/video\/met\/2026\/08\/28\/5973446237838490050\/480x270_MP4_5973446237838490050.mp4","description":"Will Sanchez be starting in goal when Chelsea play Brighton at the weekend?","duration":"T9M43S","height":270,"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/28\/14\/110908679-0-image-a-1_1787922258551.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-08-28T14:09:11+0100","width":480} To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page window.addEventListener('metroVideo:relatedVideosCarouselLoaded', function(data) { if (typeof(data.detail) === 'undefined' || typeof(data.detail.carousel) === 'undefined' || typeof(data.detail.carousel.el_) === 'undefined') { return; } var player = data.detail.carousel.el_; var container = player.closest('.metro-video-player'); var placeholder = container.querySelector('.metro-video-player__up-next-placeholder'); if (placeholder) { container.removeChild(placeholder); container.classList.add('metro-video-player--related-videos-loaded'); } }); ‘We have a big game coming up away to the champions Arsenal, that’s going to be a big game and a huge test. ‘The manager has got time and space within those five days to work on us defensively because they’ve shown last year and early this year they’ve got goals in their team and they’re a very good side. ‘They’re big favourites for the Premier League for me Arsenal so it’s going to be a tough game.’ Robert Sanchez, whose blunders in Monday’s win over Fulham prompted the club to go after Martinez, was not in squad, with his future at the club now in serious doubt. Robert Sanchez wasn’t in the Chelsea squad against Brighton (Picture: AFP) The goalkeeper position had been see
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