Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku says social media companies should sit down with Premier League footballers to help combat online abuse. A large number of footballers have been subjected to racist abuse in recent years and spoken out about the discrimination, including Lukaku and his Chelsea team-mates Reece James and Antonio Rudiger.
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Jimmy Greaves, the former England, Tottenham and Chelsea striker, has died at the age of 81. Greaves is Spurs’ record goalscorer having netted 266 times in 379 games for the north London club. His 37 league goals in the 1962/63 season remains a club record.
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Chelsea are investigating alleged sectarian abuse aimed at Aston Villa midfielder John McGinn by a member of the Stamford Bridge crowd. Scotland international McGinn, 26, played the full 90 minutes for Villa on Saturday as they lost 3-0 to Chelsea.
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The draw for the 2021/22 Champions League Group stage was made this evening and will see Premier League champions Manchester City have been drawn to face Paris St-Germain, RB Leipzig and Club Bruges in the Champions League group stage. Liverpool face Porto, Atletico Madrid and AC Milan in an eye watering group.
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Club-record signing Romelu Lukaku scored and put in a dominant display on his second Chelsea debut as they beat Arsenal 2-0 at the Emirates. Reece James who provided the assist for Lukaku’s opener scored the second goal that sees them maintain their unbeaten start to the season.
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