Xabi Alonso is your new manager. Chelsea have appointed the former Liverpool and Real Madrid midfielder, and the club pushed for him to have the 'manager' title rather than 'head coach' — he will have more authority than recent appointments .…Chelsea lost the Pokal final, ending a disastrous campaign with silverware slipping away and the very real possibility of no European football next season . The defeat compounds what was already a deeply disappointing year for the club, and the fallout is immediate — missing out on the Europa League would be a huge blow financially and in terms of pulling power for summer targets.…Weekly AnalysisStart with Saturday, because you have to. Chelsea 0–1 Manchester City at Wembley.…Chelsea lost the FA Cup final 1–0 to Manchester City at Wembley, making it four consecutive FA Cup final defeats. No team has done that since Leicester City in 1969 .…Manchester City have taken the lead in the FA Cup final through Antoine Semenyo. The goal came in the 72nd minute, a clever backheel that left Chelsea with it all to do .…This is it. Chelsea face Manchester City in the FA Cup final at Wembley — the game that defines your season.…Saturday is it. Chelsea face Manchester City in the FA Cup final, and nobody is giving your team a chance .…Sam Kerr is leaving Chelsea when her contract expires this summer. The striker departs after six and a half years as the club's all-time leading WSL goalscorer.…Chelsea have conceded 11 goals in the opening 15 minutes of Premier League matches this season. No team has a worse record in that window.…It all comes down to this. Chelsea face Manchester City at Wembley in the FA Cup final, the last chance to salvage silverware from a rough season .…Xabi Alonso is Chelsea's favourite to become the next manager, and he's already got a transfer demand lined up . The Bayer Leverkusen boss reportedly wants Real Madrid's Aurélien Tchouaméni to follow him to Stamford Bridge, with an £86m offer potentially opening the door .…Chelsea have held encouraging early talks with Xabi Alonso and are optimistic about landing him. But he hasn't made a decision yet, and Chelsea aren't waiting around.…Chelsea beat Man City 1–0. A clean sheet, three points, job done .…Chelsea came away from Anfield with a 1–1 draw. Not a disaster, but not the result that pushes them clear in the European qualification race.…Chelsea came away from Anfield with a 1–1 draw against Liverpool . It keeps them in the European qualification race, but a win would have been better.…Chelsea were 2-0 up and heading to the FA Cup final. Then Khadija Shaw happened.…Chelsea drew 1–1 at Liverpool . Not a great result, but given how inconsistent the Blues have been lately, you take it .…Weekly AnalysisSix straight Premier League defeats. Eleven goals conceded.…Six straight Premier League defeats. Then Anfield.…The losing run is over. Enzo Fernández's freakish free-kick earned Chelsea a deserved draw at Anfield and stopped the club from matching their worst run of league defeats since 1952 .…This is as bad as it gets. Chelsea have lost six consecutive Premier League matches, and the next fixture is Liverpool away .…Chelsea head to Anfield in the worst run of form in the league this season. Six straight Premier League losses.…Andoni Iraola is currently the leading candidate for the Chelsea job . That's a significant shift after reports out of Spain suggested he was heading to Crystal Palace instead.…
