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Olimpija Ljubljana 1-2 Chelsea<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Cesc Fabregas set up fellow debutant Diego Costa to score as Chelsea beat Olimpija Ljubljana 2-1 in Slovenia.<\/p>\n

The Blues had trailed at half-time to a Darijan Matic strike in front of 16,000 inside the Stozice Stadium.<\/p>\n

But the Spain team-mates combined for Chelsea’s equaliser after 55 minutes, before Kurt Zouma prodded in a rebound eight minutes later.<\/p>\n

Boss Jose Mourinho said: “We feel we are going to be very strong and we want to fight for the title.”<\/p>\n

The match also featured an terrible miss from Fernando Torres, who chested a Nathan Ake cross over the bar from two yards out, with the goal gaping.<\/p>\n

New signing Didier Drogba, in his second spell at the club, did not feature, but watched on from the sidelines.<\/p>\n

Chelsea first half: Delac, Azpilicueta, Zouma, Cahill, Luis, Fabregas, Matic, Salah, Boga, Brown, Costa.<\/p>\n

Chelsea second half: Cech, Ivanovic, Zouma, Terry, Ake, Fabregas (Romeu 63), Matic (Solanke 70), Van Ginkel, Salah (Chalobah 70), Costa (Bamford 70), Torres.
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Chicago Fire 0-2 Tottenham<\/strong><\/div>\n
\"Harry<\/div>\n

Goals from Harry Kane and Aaron Lennon gave Tottenham a 2-0 friendly win over Chicago Fire in the United States.<\/p>\n

Mauricio Pochettino’s side extended their unbeaten pre-season start to three matches as Kane scored in the fifth minute.<\/p>\n

Lennon sealed the victory when he converted a Roberto Soldado through ball with six minutes to go.<\/p>\n

“It was difficult in the humidity but well done to the players, it was a good game out there,” Pochettino said.<\/p>\n

Tottenham had begun their tour of North America with a 3-3 draw against Seattle Sounders and a 3-2 victory over Toronto.<\/p>\n

Tottenham: <\/strong> Friedel (McGee 78), Walker (Naughton 46), Dawson, Veljkovic (Fredericks 80), Rose (Davies 46), Capoue, Mason, Holtby (Falque 64), Lamela (Eriksen 46), Townsend (Lennon 46); Kane (Soldado 46).<\/p>\n

Subs not used: <\/strong> Kaboul, Ceballos.<\/p>\n

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Real Madrid 1-1 Inter Milan (2-3 pens)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Gareth<\/div>\n

A stunning Gareth Bale goal was not enough to give Real Madrid victory in their pre-season International Champions Cup meeting with Inter Milan in Berkeley, California.<\/p>\n

Wales international Bale surged through the Inter midfield before beating keeper Samir Handanovic with a powerful swerving 30-yard shot after 10 minutes.<\/p>\n

But Argentine striker Mauro Icardi equalised with a penalty after a foul on Nemanja Vidic – before scoring the decisive kick as Inter won in a shootout.<\/p>\n

“Gareth Bale is working well and has a great attitude,” said Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti.<\/p>\n

“He will improve and this will be a very different campaign for him, especially in terms of the start of the season, as he didn’t have a pre-season last year.”<\/p>\n

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AC Milan 1-5 Manchester City <\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Stevan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Manchester City thrashed AC Milan 5-1 in a game suspended for 30 minutes because of a severe thunderstorm.<\/p>\n

Stevan Jovetic, Scott Sinclair, Jesus Navas and Kelechi Iheanacho put City into a 4-0 lead within 26 minutes in Pittsburgh, USA.<\/p>\n

Sulley Muntari pulled a goal back for Milan before half-time and the restart at the Heinz Field stadium was delayed because of bad weather.<\/p>\n

Jovetic added a fifth, while Milan’s Mario Balotelli had a goal disallowed.<\/p>\n

City now face Liverpool on 30 July.<\/p>\n

Manchester City: <\/strong> Caballero, Clichy, Kolarov (Richards 69), Boyata (Rekik 77), Nastasic, Fernando (Garcia 62), Zuculini (Rodwell 77), Navas (Leigh 77), Jovetic (Guidetti 69), Iheanacho (Huws 62), Sinclair.<\/p>\n

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Olympiakos 0-1 Liverpool<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Liverpool<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Raheem Sterling scored the winner as Liverpool beat Greek side Olympiakos at Soldier Field in Chicago. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Sterling latched on to a deflected shot from striker Daniel Sturridge to score from close range early in the game, while the closest Olympiakos came to an equaliser was when a Gevorg Ghazaryan effort hit the crossbar.<\/p>\n

Reds captain Steven Gerrard started alongside Sterling, Sturridge and summer signing Lazar Markovic, who joined the club from Benfica for \u00a320m.<\/p>\n

Winger Markovic played the first half before being replaced by Brazilian Philippe Coutinho.<\/p>\n

“Markovic will only get better and better,” said Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers.<\/p>\n

“He showed great strength when he burst through and hopefully later on when he picks up that speed and sharpness in his game, he’ll go on and finish that.”<\/p>\n

Liverpool: <\/strong> Jones, Johnson (Kelly 62), Skrtel, Toure (Coates 62), Enrique (Robinson 45), Gerrard (Leiva 62), Henderson, Can (Allen 45), Sterling (Ibe 75), Markovic (Coutinho 45), Sturridge (Lambert 74).<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC Sport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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