Chelsea have given themselves the possibility to go high of the Premier League desk for the primary time three years – simply don’t name them title contenders.
Head coach Enzo Maresca has constantly denied discuss of Chelsea being within the title race but a fifth successive League win moved his group two factors behind leaders Liverpool.
That signifies that Chelsea will go high, not less than for a few hours, in the event that they beat Everton subsequent Sunday, with Liverpool taking over Tottenham Hotspur later within the day.
Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester Metropolis all slipped up this weekend, however not Chelsea who, on type alone, have to be one of the best group within the league in the mean time.
Maresca and Chelsea could query the importance of being high for a number of hours earlier than Christmas, however not since December 3, 2021, have the membership hit the No 1 spot.
The membership’s followers are clearly proud of what they’re seeing, as the house crowd sang “we’ve acquired our Chelsea again” throughout Sunday’s victory over Brentford.
Targets from Marc Cucurella and Nicolas Jackson proved to be sufficient for Chelsea, regardless of a late strike from Bryan Mbeumo that arrange a nervous seven minutes of stoppage time.
Cucurella was proven a pink card after the full-time whistle. The defender had upset Brentford by taking place clutching his face in stoppage time after which reacted to one thing as all of the gamers gathered within the centre circle.