ESPN within the final couple of years, however to be truthful to them they had been additionally comfortable to provide the Blues their flowers after a surprising win over PSG on Sunday evening.
Stevie Nicol was so impressed that he stated the Blues had been even able to a title problem this coming season if they will discover some consistency:
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“Chelsea have now set the usual for themselves… We had been speaking final 12 months about ‘the place’s the management on this crew’… effectively in the present day they grew up,” Nicol stated.
“There was a management everywhere in the discipline. The again line held a incredible line all recreation. The center of the park dominated one of the best midfield on the planet. Then up entrance you add Joao Pedro to the work fee of Pedro Neto and Cole Palmer, you’ve bought every little thing there. If they will put all that collectively constantly they will beat anyone, and so they can actually win the Premier League in the event that they produce that recreation after recreation. I don’t care who was taking part in towards them in the present day – they might have received the sport.”
You may see the pundits discussing the Blues within the clip embedded right here:
Consistency is less complicated stated than finished
Chelsea elevate the Membership World Cup. (Picture by Alex Grimm/Getty Photos)
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In case you can beat this PSG crew you may beat anybody, that’s for positive. The problem is the consistency that Nicol talks about. There are many groups who can produce excellent one off performances, however profitable a league is about doing it each week.
We count on to see a lot and that could be sufficient to win the entire thing if the likes of Arsenal and Liverpool drop off.
However are we but on the stage the place we will play like that for a full season? We’re not so positive. It could be one other 12 months earlier than we attain that stage.