Chelsea impress in tough run

No person likes a world break, however within the case of Chelsea’s season thus far, this looks like a suitable one.

Blues followers can have been so totally exhausted by a fairly extraordinary run of video games that they want a break nearly as a lot because the gamers. We wrote earlier than this run that we’re in the midst of that issues may get nasty, however true to our form of earlier in the campaign, we’ve really carried out higher in opposition to these stronger groups than we now have in our video games in opposition to the division’s weakest sides.

It started with a fairly heartbreaking 2-2 in opposition to Arsenal, a recreation the place we have been 2-0 up and felt sure to win. That ache was compounded in our subsequent recreation, a loss to Brentford that basically gave the sense we have been again to sq. one.

After that we performed two of essentially the most incident packed video games we will bear in mind within the area of week. A 4-1 win over Tottenham and a 4-4 draw with Man Metropolis.

If there was ever a time for a fortnight off, this was it.

Mauricio Pochettino can look again at this final chunk of the season with loads of positivity regardless of the actual fact it was one win from 4. The probabilities have been there for significantly better outcomes, and this was all in opposition to some the highest groups within the league plus our bogey crew Brentford.

Don’t suppose the enjoyable is over nevertheless – after we return it’s straight again into motion in opposition to some of the stronger teams within the Premier League. We face Newcastle, Brighton after which Man U to shut out this tough run, and any bookie who accepts boku payments shall be giving lengthy odds on us profitable all 3 of these.

However simply as we noticed on this final patch, we don’t have to win all of them. Enjoying properly and choosing up factors is nice sufficient for this crew in transition, so long as we’re then completely ruthless in out video games in opposition to the weaker groups are the season goes on.

The issue is that we now have definitively not been ruthless to date, and beating these groups is not going to have instantly bought any simpler. However there’s a glimmer of hope – by the point we attain the sport in opposition to Everton on the tenth of December and finish of robust fixtures, Christopher Nkunku needs to be very near a return, and our lack of ability to interrupt down low blocks could also be about to be cured.