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Wolves striker Kevin Doyle hoping to add to Chelsea’s woes in Saturday’s Premier League clash
After last season’s 1-0 victory in the reverse fixture at Molineux, the Irishman is hoping for a result against Andre Villas-Boas' struggling Blues at Stamford Bridge
25 Nov 2011 18:53:00
By Alfie Meekings
Wolves striker Kevin Doyle has insisted his side will look to further compound Chelsea's miserable run of form when they travel to Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
Mick McCarthy's men have a good record against the division's top teams, managing to snatch a 1-0 victory in the reverse of this fixture last season, and the 28-year-old believes they may be able to cause an upset in west London.
"It will be difficult but we've got a reasonably good record against the top sides,” he told reporters.
"It is games like this, when people least expect us to get anything, that we sometimes pick something up.
"I don't think we've ever been overawed by this sort of challenge. More often than not we've actually risen to the challenge and perhaps played better than normal.
"We've all been involved in plenty of games with the top teams. I'm sure we all feel reasonably equal against them even though we know they have got quality players.
"I think a team like us can beat one or two of the top sides in a season if we play as we can."
The Republic of Ireland international has never won at Stamford Bridge, but with the Blues having lost three of their previous four Premier League outings, Doyle sees this as the perfect opportunity to heap more misery on Villas-Boas’ men.
"I've not had much joy down in Chelsea in the two seasons with Wolves and before that with Reading,” he continued.
"But, as they've been in the top two for the last few seasons, there's no surprise there.
"It will be difficult but they've not been on the best of runs although I am sure they could be saying the same thing about us.
"We'll just have to play as well as we can and see what happens. If we can start the game well and put them under a bit of pressure and frustrate them, it gives us a chance.”
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Mick McCarthy's men have a good record against the division's top teams, managing to snatch a 1-0 victory in the reverse of this fixture last season, and the 28-year-old believes they may be able to cause an upset in west London.
"It will be difficult but we've got a reasonably good record against the top sides,” he told reporters.
"It is games like this, when people least expect us to get anything, that we sometimes pick something up.
"I don't think we've ever been overawed by this sort of challenge. More often than not we've actually risen to the challenge and perhaps played better than normal.
"We've all been involved in plenty of games with the top teams. I'm sure we all feel reasonably equal against them even though we know they have got quality players.
"I think a team like us can beat one or two of the top sides in a season if we play as we can."
The Republic of Ireland international has never won at Stamford Bridge, but with the Blues having lost three of their previous four Premier League outings, Doyle sees this as the perfect opportunity to heap more misery on Villas-Boas’ men.
"I've not had much joy down in Chelsea in the two seasons with Wolves and before that with Reading,” he continued.
"But, as they've been in the top two for the last few seasons, there's no surprise there.
"It will be difficult but they've not been on the best of runs although I am sure they could be saying the same thing about us.
"We'll just have to play as well as we can and see what happens. If we can start the game well and put them under a bit of pressure and frustrate them, it gives us a chance.”
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