Chelsea are being backed as serious contenders to win the Champions League this season after beating Atletico Madrid.
Chelsea are being backed as serious contenders to win the Champions League this season after beating Atletico Madrid. The Blues gained the upper hand in the first leg of their last 16 clash thanks. Feb 05, 2021 Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. An adorable five-year-old girl has been bringing smiles to her neighbourhood by going on daily fancy-dress walks for charity.
The Blues gained the upper hand in the first leg of their last 16 clash thanks to a spectacular Oliver Giroud bicycle kick, which sealed a 1-0 win for the Blues.
Chelsea have had a difficult domestic campaign, with Frank Lampard axed as manager in January and replaced by Thomas Tuchel.
But they are now eight matches unbeaten under Tuchel and looking a much more formidable outfit.
Former Chelsea ace and talkSPORT host Jason Cundy now sees no reason why the club can’t repeat their 2012 Champions League success.
Just like this term, in 2011/2012 they had changed managers and endured a tough Premier League campaign – eventually finishing sixth – but went on to seal Euro glory.
“We can win it,” Cundy – still an ardent Blues fan – declared on the Sports Bar.
“The year we won it wasn’t the best Chelsea side I’ve seen.
“We had a better Chelsea side when we lost in ’08, we got out the following season in ’09 – that was a better Chelsea side.”
Giroud’s sixth goal in the Champions League this season was his best yet to win it for Chelsea.
On the super strike, Cundy added: “What a brilliant finish from him. He is a brilliant striker as shown over the years.
“He’s not prolific as a striker but he has scored some big goals for Chelsea and that is right up there. Brilliantly taken and he’s up against one of the best goalkeepers in the world there.
“There’s very little of the goal he can aim at. It was a brilliant strike and a brilliant performance. I thought we deserved it and played really well.”
Atletico Madrid failed to have a single shot on target in the whole game and it was an underwhelming performance by the current LaLiga leaders.
‘Spanish Burnley’ was trending on Twitter in response to their performance and Cundy was not impressed with what he saw.
He said: “We spoke last night about what to expect from them. They are top of LaLiga, what is LaLiga right now?
“I saw your mob (Man United) tear apart Real Sociedad, I saw PSG do something similar to Barca and we beat Sevilla 4-0 earlier this season.
“I don’t want to take away from our victory, because it’s a brilliant victory, but if that’s the best Spain can offer then my god, they’ve gone backwards in a serious way.”
| Rock Love | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio album / live album by | ||||
| Released | September 1971 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 38:11 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Steve Miller | |||
| Steve Miller Band chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | C–[2] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
Rock Love is a half live / half (sixth) studio album by American rock band Steve Miller Band. The album was released in September 1971, by Capitol Records. All of Miller's previous backing band had left following the recording of the previous album, save bassist Bobby Winkelman. They were replaced by members of Winkelman's previous group, the psychedelic rock band Frumious Bandersnatch for this record, including Ross Valory (a future member of Journey) on bass, and Jack King on drums. Bobby Winkelman was in the band (having moved back to rhythm guitar) during the live recordings on the album's first side, but is not credited on the album cover. David Denny, who later joined the band in 1976, is a guest guitarist (again, not credited) on 'Blues Without Blame'.
The album consists of three blues-rock tracks recorded live, including lengthy jam-style 'Love Shock' which lasts nearly 12 minutes and includes an extensive drum solo, and four studio tracks. The first song starts with the words 'I'm going to play you some blues 'cos I know you like that', but some critics disagreed, criticising the album's songs as 'generic white-boy blueisms'. Unlike Miller's previous five albums, this album was a commercial failure.[1]
Track listing[edit]
All tracks written by Steve Miller.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 'The Gangster Is Back (Live)' | 2:28 |
| 2. | 'Blues Without Blame (Live)' | 5:41 |
| 3. | 'Love Shock (Live)' | 11:43 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 4. | 'Let Me Serve You' | 2:26 |
| 5. | 'Rock Love' | 2:28 |
| 6. | 'Harbor Lights' | 4:06 |
| 7. | 'Deliverance' | 9:19 |
Personnel[edit]
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- Steve Miller – lead guitar, vocals
- Ross Valory – bass guitar
- Jack King – drums
- Bobby Winkelman – rhythm guitar (1–3) (not credited)
- Tracks 1–2 were recorded live in Hollywood, Florida.
- Track 3 was recorded live in Pasadena, California.
Charts[edit]
Album - Billboard (United States)
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | The Billboard 200 | 82 |
References[edit]
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- ^ abJames Chrispell. 'Rock Love - Steve Miller Band'. AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
- ^Christgau, Robert (1981). 'Consumer Guide '70s: M'. Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN089919026X. Retrieved March 8, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN978-0195313734.