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Chelsea for more success against newcomers

Saturday, 23 August 2014


LONDON, Aug 22 (AFP): Jose Mourinho's Chelsea side will attempt to apply early pressure on their main Premier League rivals when they face a newly-promoted side for the second time inside a week with the visit of Leicester City to Stamford Bridge Saturday.
Mourinho's team started their campaign with a comfortable 3-1 victory at Burnley that included a first competitive goal for recent signing Diego Costa following the striker's £32 million ($53 million, 40 million euros) move from Atletico Madrid.
And it would constitute a major surprise if they failed to take maximum points against Nigel Pearson's City side.
Chelsea recovered from the unexpected shock of falling behind to Burnley before moving impressively through the gears to effectively kill off the game before half-time.
The performances of Costa and Cesc Fabregas, another major close-season signing, offered promising signs that Mourinho's efforts to strengthen his side's attacking options have been successful.
But Andre Schurrle, fresh from his success with Germany at the World Cup in Brazil and the scorer of Chelsea's second goal at Turf Moor, insists there is more to come from himself and the rest of the team.
"I think it was a good start for me, but of course we can be better. And when I am 100 percent fit, there will be more," Schurrle said.
"So there's a lot of work for me, but I'm feeling good. I'm enjoying my game, I'm enjoying being on the pitch.
"I think the whole team played well at Burnley. We had a lot of control, passes, good combinations. It was a lot of fun on the pitch."