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    Chelsea show form at the right time

    Defoe the key to Sunderland beating Manchester United

    Reigning Premier League champions Chelsea’s struggles this season have been well-documented, but this time they produced a dominant performance to defeat struggling Newcastle 5-1 at Stamford Bridge.

     

    Pedro scored a brace, with Diego Costa, Willian and youngster Bertrand Traore also getting on the scoresheet. The win showed that the Blues are still capable of producing big performances and play attractive football.

    Blues boss Guus Hiddink could have been excused for fielding a weakened team with a crucial Champions League clash to come next week against PSG. Instead the Dutch boss named a strong team and it may just give the Blues some momentum going into the last 16 tie against the big spending French side.

    It may just be a good time to face Laurent Blanc’s, as PSG’s 16 matching win run in Ligue One came to an end on Saturday with a goalless draw at the Parc De Princes against Lille.

    Winning the Champions League will be Chelsea’s only realistic way of making Europe’s elite competition this season. The Blues are highly unlikely to finish in the top four of the Premier League this season, so entrance next season will depend on Hiddink’s team winning the competition.

    Chelsea suffered a last 16 exit at the hands of Blanc’s team last season and will be looking for revenge for that exit. The Blues will certainly now head into the clash in better spirits after that drubbing of Newcastle.

    Chelsea will now be full of confidence and fancy their chances of making the last eight of Europe’s elite competition.

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    Western Conference

    OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
    1
    Vancouver Whitecaps 55 30 16 7 7 32
    2
    Saint Louis City 51 30 14 9 7 15
    3
    FC Dallas 51 30 14 9 7 8
    4
    San Jose Earthquakes 48 30 13 9 8 10
    5
    Houston Dynamo 47 30 13 8 9 2
    6
    Los Angeles FC 46 31 12 10 9 15
    7
    Seattle Sounders 42 30 11 9 10 2
    8
    Los Angeles Galaxy 40 31 10 10 11 -9
    9
    Colorado Rapids 39 30 11 6 13 0
    10
    Real Salt Lake 36 30 10 6 14 -3
    11
    San Diego 34 30 8 10 12 -3
    12
    Portland Timbers 34 30 9 7 14 -5
    13
    Minnesota United 34 30 8 10 12 -8
    14
    Austin FC 31 30 7 10 13 -18
    15
    Sporting Kansas City 22 30 6 4 20 -39
    Play-off 1/8-finals
    Play-off 1/16-finals

    Eastern Conference

    OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
    1
    Nashville SC 67 30 20 7 3 41
    2
    Inter Miami CF 55 30 15 10 5 22
    3
    New England Revolution 52 30 16 4 10 8
    4
    Chicago Fire 48 30 14 6 10 8
    5
    Charlotte FC 47 30 13 8 9 8
    6
    Philadelphia Union 46 30 13 7 10 13
    7
    Orlando City SC 41 30 12 5 13 -12
    8
    Toronto FC 36 30 8 12 10 -9
    9
    FC Cincinnati 36 29 9 9 11 -10
    10
    New York Red Bulls 36 30 10 6 14 -17
    11
    Columbus Crew 35 30 10 5 15 -1
    12
    New York City FC 34 30 8 10 12 2
    13
    DC United 33 29 7 12 10 -14
    14
    Atlanta United 30 30 8 6 16 -14
    15
    Montreal Impact 25 30 6 7 17 -24
    Play-off 1/8-finals
    Play-off 1/16-finals

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